Developping Gevalith ortho 081p/083p

[Peter de Groot]

Hi,

I shot some test photo's on Agfa Gevalith ortho 081P and 083P. I developed in sheet of 081P in Paper developper Amalco AM6006. I believe the solution was 1 + 8. I got a nice blank sheet of film. The develop time was more then 8 minutes, I kinda lost track of time there. Clearly (no pun intended) not a succes. I have read some threads on how to develop the stuff but I am lost. I read somewhere that if you use paper developer you get a wider range tone in the negative and that with film developer you get the harsh contrast.
I am going for a larger tone scale so can someone help me out please.

I tried finding back the thread that was more or less clear to me but no succes yet. Next time I go into the darkroom I want to be a bit better prapered. I don't mind screweing up as long as it has a learning purpose

Thanks in advance!

 

[dancqu]

I'd say no exposure and/or no development.
High contrast with paper developer. Dan

 

[Peter de Groot]

I exposed for one second at aperture 8. I did see the lens open so I am sure it is exposed. I also took the darkslide out. I will try out with film developer then. I think I have some neatol or d-11 left to experiment with. Any thoughts on dilutions with the two developers?

Thanks.

 

[Peter de Groot]

Ok I have now developped a couple of sheets in id-11. First I developped two normal 5x7 negatives. They where ok. Next I did a smaller exposed ortho film. That one was a blank so maybe it wasn't exposed indeed. Afterwards two 8x10. they did show something in 1 corner. The rest was dark. So I think it has been exposed to light earlier. To bad but now i know.