[pure-silver] Re: Polycontrast Paper Performance / Cold lite

  • From: Camclicker@xxxxxxx
  • To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2004 09:56:46 EDT

 
 
In a message dated 10/19/2004 12:10:03 AM Eastern Daylight Time,  
charlie_thorsten@xxxxxxxxx writes:
---  Richard Knoppow <dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Selectol  Soft is normally used at 1:1. 
> I suspect that at 1:3 it appears to be  
> lowering the contrast because the blacks 
> are not at full  density.

Yes I normally use it at 1:1.  1:3 is an
extreme case  where maximum black is not 
as important.  I would not normally  recommend
it unless someone wanted the absolute lowest
contrast  possible.  At 1:1 I get a nice rich
black although I've never measured  it with a
densitometer so I don't know if it reaches
the Dmax of Dektol  etc.

-Charlie





For those of us (at least me) who practice a split development  regime with 
VC-FB paper, this is the 'creme de la creme':  +/- 15-20  seconds Dektol/D73; 
one minute water bath; 2+ minutes SS @ 1-3.
 
Bruce,
Brooklyn, NY.


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