Here's my problem: After making a number of test strips, I finalised the exposur e for the print I am working on (20 secsonds @ f11). Then I take a sheet of 8x10 and without altering anything (enlarger height, aperture, focus), I make the ex poseure and develop the print EXACTLY as I have the test strip, (2 minutes const ant agitation, 4 times the image appearance time). However, the shadows which w ere a nice rich Zone I on the test strip appear as Zone II or III on the 8x10.
I then make a repeat test strip to cehck that I have not done something silly and again the blacks fall on Zone I - then I make another 8x10 and again they r ise to Zone III.
This, as you might imagine, is rather frutating. Does anyon e have a suggestion as to what is going on.
Many thanks
Simon
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