I'm attempting to make enlarged negatives from medium format and 4x5 negs. The first attempt making the inner positive looks promising, but have a few questions. I'm using Arista Legasy diluted as recommended by Freestyle and developing by inspection, which results in a short developing time of less then two min. Exposures are with a cold light head, f11 or f16 for 3 seconds. My question is, although I'm getting good tonal range, the film has peppering, small but easily seen all over including the border edge. In some cases, with longer development there is the added density, contrast, that looks almost like solorization. Safe light is a good 8 feet away and sitting on the floor. It's a Thomas with the proper, new, filters. So, my question is, developer, exposure, or time in the tray? Or any combination.
Thanks, and by the way, I'm doing this to make contact prints for P/P and other alternative contact printing.
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