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I recently changed to a different dilution 1:41, or 12ml HC110 to 488 ml water and increased the time to 9.5 minutes. The densitometry of this configuration works well for grade 2 and 3 papers on a cold light.
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Development Stats: Two reel stainless steel tank, invert and twist agitation.
1. No Pre-soaking 2. Dilution mixed from concentrate. 3. Initial agitation for 1 minute then 5 seconds every minute, (2 inversions per minute). 3. Stop with water, four dumps about one minute 4. Fix TF-4 two bath method 5. Wash rinse and soak method 6. Distilled H2O sprayed on while film is hanging, (works great) 7. Hang dry
Densitometry - Measurements taken from center of negative using Macbeth TD-502.
* Dilution H should be used for compensation. |