Originally Posted by
Mick Fagan
Keith, today I developed 4 sheets of FP4+ 4x5" in my Jobo CPE2.
I use D76 1+1 at 20.4C
I use the slow speed for the CPE2, which is the very early model.
I use the bottom small section of the 2840 print drum for holding one reel, with this I can do 6 sheets but only do 4 for consistency. This drum section in another guise is called the test drum for prints and a single 4x5 film drum in another guise.
I never use a pre-wet.
My times are 10' 45", with this I get very good negatives to print on a DeVere 504 diffused colour head. I could process for another 1/2 a stop which usually lowers the paper grade by about 1 whole unit. My aim is grade 3 on my head. With a soft light situation I'm using up to grade 3 3/4, with harder light I'm running about grade 1 3/4 to grade 2 1/2 depending.
With most reasonable subjects I'm printing around grade 3 to 3 1/4.
Today the negs were shot in a very soft light and I used grade 4. This gave me the bump for the highlights, yet I was able to retain very good shadow detail in the print.
I realise it is not 8x10 but it is reasonably close. Many years ago developed quite a few 8x10 E6 sheets in my own 2840 print drum, as well as some Duratrans. I found that using a larger amount of solution than required, gave me more consistency.
Mick.
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