I just finished some contact printing last night. Because I moved across country and all my gear is at old place right now, I play with Ilford FB Mutligrade Glossy paper. To avoid short term exposures I bought a 7.5W white satin bulb, I believe for night lamps.
Exposure times range around 15-25 sec.
I think that temperature of the lamp would be in a range on 3200-3700K. My pictures turned out to be muddy, clearly, I just cannot make wites shine like whites. Oh, I forgot to mention. I do stretch the paper to avoid curling and therefore darkening effect.
So question is on the table. Should I go for enlarging bulbs? or some other types of light? How do I lower the wattage that I can make some contact and have control over it (I do not have ND filters with me)?
Cheers,
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