Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/01/30

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Gradation of bw print material
From: "Robert G. Stevens" <robsteve@istar.ca>
Date: Sat, 30 Jan 1999 20:34:18 -0400

Peter:

If all else fails, it is your negatives that are too contrasty.  Must be
those contrasty Leica lenses ;-)  You may also be developping the negatives
too long or over exposing.

Regards,

Robert

At 12:02 AM 1/31/99 +0100, you wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I just come out of my darkroom (i.e. my kitchen). Today I got a
>remainder of glossy Ilford RC paper in gradtaion 2 and 4. Usually I'm
>using foma baryt paper, gradation normal. I already found the
>,,normal'' foma paper quite hard, but the Ilford 2 seems to be as
>steep as the ,,normal'' foma.
>
>Now my question: Does anyone know if RC paper is steeper than baryt?
>
>I'm a bit confused...
>
>Cheers, Peter N.
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