Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/02/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I've been printing all night with Negs which I shot on a white backdrop with strobes with my 90 Elmarit on my M6 with Leica Winder M. It was Delta 100 and I ran it in Xtol 1:3 70 degrees for 15 minutes agitation once per minute and with a pre soak. They look better than my previous studio standard: Pan F in Rodinol. A cleaner sharper image with better grain. Also with a perfectly aligned enlarger because of my new Zig align with the LED's. I was able to print stopped down only one from my 5.6 Nikor 80mm which i use for my 35mm work and which I need to do for that warm stuff, the Ilford Multigrade Warm which is a stop or two slower than my regular Multigrade FB. And my first time using Agfa Neutal Plus, Xtol for prints (it has Ascorbic acid in it and lasts all day). Too many changes to know what the heck is going on but everything seems to be working out. Even the addition of Brown toner (sulfides) to my Selenium has worked out. This is for archival purposes not effect but I don't mind the obvious effect on the warm paper. On the regular paper if anything it seemed to make it cooler!???? Smells like dead bodies in the basement the minute you walk in!! Rotten eggs!! Sunny side up! Shaken but not… Mark Rabiner