Hi, This is totally non-Pentax related, but I'm taking advantage of a captive audience _and_ the fact that the group is responsive and highly intelligent, unlike hte majority of website and newsgroup users out there..
So, I've started doing some 4x5 contact printing on Ilford multigrade RC paper. They tend to be very gray and bland, would/should I be using a different grade of paper? I know that there;s more to it than that, but just to start out and get a feel for contact printing, I'd like to get someone to clue me in. For the record, I'm developing them in Sprint Systems' print developer at 1:19, while I'm slapdash in my times, it currently seems like 30-45 seconds gives me about as good of an image as I can expect..Anything over that is over developed. I'm also using a 15 watt bulb in a clip on fixture for my source, boucning it from the ceiling for about 10 seconds. I share that part cause someone here was lookign for details on contact printing earlier. -- http://www.infotainment.org <-> more fun than a poke in your eye. http://www.eighteenpercent.com <-> photography and portfolio.
