I've been playing around with the Foma Graded paper, the "hard" contrast version (Grade 4). I'm finding that side by side with MGIV, it's more like a soft-ish Grade 3. Anyone else have this result? I've read an older thread detailing the opposite experience. I'm using Dokumol developer for 4 minutes on either paper. That should deliver the max contrast, but maybe it's not a good match?
On the bright side, I do find the paper to be quite nice, and got a better print from one particular neg by over-printing and selective bleaching than I got by nailing the contrast with MGIV. That may just be that particular image, though. I'm bleaching more and more now, so I will revisit this.
On the bright side, I do find the paper to be quite nice, and got a better print from one particular neg by over-printing and selective bleaching than I got by nailing the contrast with MGIV. That may just be that particular image, though. I'm bleaching more and more now, so I will revisit this.