I have just bought an Omega D2V and am trying to make my first prints from 4x5 n egs. I have exposed the neg placing the shadows on Zone II and the main element of interest on Zone V. Highlights fell on Zone IX. This would seem to call fo r normal development.
However, when I develop the negs (Ilford Delta 100) in both HC111 (dilution B, 6 minutes) and D76 (stock, 9 minutes) which according t o Ilford is the recommended times for normal development at 68F, I get negs that are so contrasty I cannot print them on Ilfospeed grade 2.
I don't want to m ove to grade 1 as I am trying to get the development times sorted for grade 2 pa per. With D76 I have tried cutting development time to 3 1/2 minutes which helps but I am worried that in doing so, I am loosing shadow detail.
Any thoughts or suggestions?
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