I did check my FB paper and it's good. No problems there. I did change the actual development time down to 2 minutes after re-checking with the manufacturer's instructions on Dektol (2-3 minutes). Made sure I was being more precise on my transferring of the paper from one tray to another, checked my consistency of agitation requirements, etc., etc.
Thursday, January 10, 2013
Enlargers
Yesterday was another day in the darkroom. First of all I had this brilliant idea the night before to try out the Vivitar enlarger. I have two: the Beseler and Vivitar. The Vivitar is used only for developing black and white prints. I thought it was about time I tried it out and this way I would find out just how far off I might be in the developing of prints. I was thinking there was going to be this MAJOR difference! Alas, no difference, other than the diffused light was 'diffused' and so it took longer to develop a print. I developed one that I had already printed out on the Beseler. IT WAS EXACTLY THE SAME, and really not even any better. So after messing around with that for a couple of hours, I continued working on the third roll from Dubrovnik on the Beseler. Developed three more and called it a day. I'm sharing my favorite of the three here. Again, another restaurant front that looked very inviting - "Restaurant Aquarius".
I did check my FB paper and it's good. No problems there. I did change the actual development time down to 2 minutes after re-checking with the manufacturer's instructions on Dektol (2-3 minutes). Made sure I was being more precise on my transferring of the paper from one tray to another, checked my consistency of agitation requirements, etc., etc.
I did check my FB paper and it's good. No problems there. I did change the actual development time down to 2 minutes after re-checking with the manufacturer's instructions on Dektol (2-3 minutes). Made sure I was being more precise on my transferring of the paper from one tray to another, checked my consistency of agitation requirements, etc., etc.
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