It has been a while since I have printed any film. As I recall the last time, I tried burning through a lot of time and paper trying to determine the correct exposure/ print development time.
I have search the web and some older photography books and the time for developing paper seems to be between 1 1/2 minutes to 3 minutes.
So to prevent as lot of tail chasing, I would like some opinions.
I prefer to mix as I go, so I have new bottles of Arista film developer and Fixer concentrate and an older bottle of indicator Stop bath concentrate. I am working with Arista 5x7 Grade 3 and VC glossy resin coated paper. I can hold the chemical temperatures between 68 and 72 degrees.
* My plan is to mix a quart of each solution in 8x10 trays.
* Keep my paper development time between 1 1/2 and 1 3/4 minutes.
* Adjust only the enlarger time, using time exposure test strips as references.
I believe this is a good starting point, but I am open to suggestions.
Thanks
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