Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/11/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I suspect what is going on is mistaken expectations. Plus-X has a fairly steep characteristic curve and Delta 100 doesn't in ID-11 under dilution. To get the steep curve you should probably use DDX or TMAX. Or, learn to live with a fairly long curve that lets you decide after processing what is black and what is white in scanning or printing. Looking at the basketball series you have detail in your shadows and detail in your highlights which is pretty good in a gymnasium with 100 speed film, some would say amazing. I personally won't go near a gym with less than 800 speed film. If your negatives have shadow detail and the highlights are printable then the developing is probably close to what is needed. On the other hand, if there is no shadow detail then I would decrease developer dilution even to using a replenished stock solution. If your highlights are blocking up then decrease agitation, increase dilution, and or last resort decrease time. EDITORIAL: Many people get lost in developing theories. Most of the time, if you reset to the manufacturers recommended developer, time, temperature and dilution then acceptable results will occur. If they don't , then there is some external factor, old film, damaged film, oxidized developer, poor metering technique, thermometers out of calibration, stupid human tricks(putting in 10ml instead of 100). So, if your processed film is truly odd then eliminate one variable at a time until you find out what is causing the problem. Don Dory dorysrus@mindspring.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html