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    Re: Anomaly in exposure testing

    When you exposed properly for Zone VII and tried to print it to be Zone VII, you found the Zone IV was too thin, printed too dark.

    I think you underdeveloped. You have a flat negative. You may have chosen the time for D23 stock instead of for D23 at 1:1.

    Recommend re-doing the test, keep it same - the tan towel at Zone VII wasn't a bad idea and the black t-shirt falling around Zone IV should give you a good range to work with.

    But develop for 13 minutes or more.

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    Re: Anomaly in exposure testing

    Quote Originally Posted by stawastawa View Post
    to test the metering see if you can locate some different meters to compare.
    My Luna-Pro F matches my Pentax extremely well. Both could be wrong, but as noted, I created a good Zone I with the tan towel placed on I using the same meter; it was the discrepancy between that and placing the black shirt on the same value that raised my question mark.
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    Re: Anomaly in exposure testing

    Quote Originally Posted by Bill Burk View Post
    When you exposed properly for Zone VII and tried to print it to be Zone VII, you found the Zone IV was too thin, printed too dark.

    I think you underdeveloped. You have a flat negative. You may have chosen the time for D23 stock instead of for D23 at 1:1.

    Recommend re-doing the test, keep it same - the tan towel at Zone VII wasn't a bad idea and the black t-shirt falling around Zone IV should give you a good range to work with.

    But develop for 13 minutes or more.
    Thanks for your response. Perhaps my writing is unclear. By "meter 7," I mean the Pentax's number, not Zone VII. I placed the tan towel on Zone VI as stated, which read as 7 on the meter scale, which I believe is in the EV (exposure value) scale. In any case, having read, placed, developed and proper-proof printed (Fred Picker, ZoneVI Workshop, etc.) both a Zone I and Zone III from the tan towel, with other values falling appropriately (the Zone III was, if anything, a teence high), I remain curious about the anomaly. If time allows, I will retest this weekend, in various ways, to see what transpires.

    I would only add, that this test came after a couple of months of available-time testing with HP5 and D-23 to establish basic exposure and an array of development times and procedures for N+2 through N-2, including tray and rotary processing, stock, 1:1, 1:3, and two-bath (with Borax). This test used Normal rotary processing and was meant as a concluding check of previous testing results. I will post back one I have more results.

    Thanks again to one and all!
    Philip Ulanowsky

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