Hmm, very interesting. I am surprised by the processing at less than a minute!
Thanks for this info. Best, Erin On Mon, Aug 4, 2014 at 2:13 PM, Beebe, Roger W. <[email protected]> wrote: > I’ve used Dektol with hi-con plenty, but my experience is that exposure > times are VERY short, definitely less than 1 min with the chemistry at room > temperature, even when I dilute the developer. (It slows considerably as > the chemistry gets exhausted, of course.) I rate hi-con at ASA 12 when I > shoot it, so that could make a difference in time to proper exposure. Like > Christopher suggests, I do use a safelight with 7363 and just eyeball > proper exposure, but I find it VERY easy to miss the mark & end up with > black film. (I also process as negative, since I don’t love the idea of > dealing with scary bleach.) > > I’m certainly not a lab expert, but I do demos of this regularly enough > with my students to feel pretty confident that my results are repeatable > and that these very fast development times aren’t just a one-time quirk. > > Can anyone else confirm this? > Roger > > > On Aug 4, 2014, at 2:08 PM, Chris G <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi Erin, > > > > 7363 is orthochromatic and is process until completion, so you can't > *really* overprocess it. It is extremely forgiving in terms of time and > temperature. I'd recommend processing under a safelight so you can watch > the process. Using a paper developer such as Dektol will afford you a wider > range of tones/greys over film developers and is a great way to play with > the stock. D-19 is a high-contrast developer and will typically give you > black or white with little in between. Usually I process short strands > (40'/12m or less) of 7363 in trays or buckets with paper developer and a > safelight until it looks "done." Guessing around 5-6 minutes at 68F/20C. > I've honestly never checked the time but have had a lot of success with > this method. > > > > Cheers, > > Christopher Gorski > > > > On Aug 3, 2014, at 22:09, Erin Weisgerber <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hello all, > > > > I usually use D-19 to process 7363 to negative, but I'm thinking of > trying out Dektol for this purpose. > > > > Would anyone be willing to share some guidelines processing times for > 7363 processed to neg in Dektol? > > > > How would you describe the difference in look between '63 developed in > D-19 compared to Dektol? > > > > Thanks so much for your help. > > > > Erin > > _______________________________________________ > > FrameWorks mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks > > _______________________________________________ > FrameWorks mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks >
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