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Is this even possible? Specifically, using an enlarger with 35mm B&W film - maybe with some filters? I'm aware there are methods out there to create color separations from B&W images (e.g. 3 identical shots when shooting film w/ various filters, or using a digital method on photoshop), but...

Exactly! Neither did I for way too long! I tried using different batches of paper, chemicals, water vs deionised water, shorten/lengthen times, increase/decrease temp etc (list goes on). Now feel kind of silly that I didn't trial soaking times, but at least I now know my process works a treat!

+1 for getting chemistry from Vanbar. One of the very few places that have raw chemicals too, and the prices are reasonable. I tend to get film & paper from B&H but prices have gone up... thankfully stocked up already.

+1 for the Nikkor. Great bang for buck, renders beautifully. Albeit a little too contrasty for me, and now use Summicron v2

Update: Issue solved (I think). Blotches seems to be areas permeating into the paper through the 'pin pricks" (black dots on base side). The blotches become larger as time progressed, so I intentionally extended soaking time to have one large blotch covering the whole paper... and now we're all...

I don't think so - I've used multiple bottles of MG Developer. Some old-ish, some opened last week. Batches always made fresh and have never noticed any particles floating around. Sometimes (now rarely), it's worked. E.g. the old Ilford stock, first .5-1m of the new fomabrom 10m roll, etc

Thank you both for your input. Just went back to basics - dunked some bits of the same Ilford FB Matt paper in water vs deionised water, plus developer mixed w/ tap water vs developer mixed with deionised water. Slight differences observed when they were just soaked in the water baths, but the...

Hello all, I'm edging close to insanity - I've been having constant issues making Bromoil prints. Simply put, the 'spots' that show up during processing (as a silver gelatin), refuse to allow ink to adhere evenly on paper. During processing as a silver gelatin, hundreds of dark/black 'spots'...