Ilford Multigrade RC prints too dark

[Pieter12]

I forgot to add that I always have an Ilford contrast filter in the drawer. For the ND filter, I found that my 52mm ND CAMERA lens filters sit nicely in the safelight swingout filter holder under the enlarger lens (23CII). Just make sure the holder is centered, to avoid vignetting.

Maybe not the ideal solution but I, like many, tend to stick with an acceptable solution without bothering to look for the best solution.

You can probably slip an ND gel in the same drawer as the contrast filter. The advantage is, unlike a filter in front of the lens, there is little chance of a scratched or dirty filter deteriorating the quality of the image.

 

[Brendan Quirk]

You can probably slip an ND gel in the same drawer as the contrast filter. The advantage is, unlike a filter in front of the lens, there is little chance of a scratched or dirty filter deteriorating the quality of the image.

Yeah, I got some ND gels, I just haven't cut them yet. Inertia...

 

[Olivia23]

When I rekindled my interest in darkroom work in this millennium it seemed to me that modern enlarging papers are way faster than I remember from the 1960s, etc. So I added a 2-stop ND filter to my gear. If printing smaller than 8x10 or so, the filter goes on. By accident in my acquisition of lenses, I have 50, 80, and 105 mm Nikors that all take the same 40.5mm filter size. I use a condenser enlarger (Omega B8) which only uses a 75 watt bulb and my first attempts, on some Ilford Multigrade, were down in the sub-5 second range for a 5x5 inch print without the ND filter. (Good luck burning and dodging!)

What's sort of cool is that I can make 5x5 test prints with the filter on or using worktime, then crank the head up to do 10x10 or so and take the filter off. That leaves me in the ballpark for the exposure of the larger print. It does take some adjustment, presumably due to bellows extension differences, but one test strip is likely to resolve the adjustment.

 

[Andrew O'Neill]

When I rekindled my interest in darkroom work in this millennium it seemed to me that modern enlarging papers are way faster than I remember from the 1960s, etc. So I added a 2-stop ND filter to my gear. If printing smaller than 8x10 or so, the filter goes on. By accident in my acquisition of lenses, I have 50, 80, and 105 mm Nikors that all take the same 40.5mm filter size. I use a condenser enlarger (Omega B8) which only uses a 75 watt bulb and my first attempts, on some Ilford Multigrade, were down in the sub-5 second range for a 5x5 inch print without the ND filter. (Good luck burning and dodging!)

What's sort of cool is that I can make 5x5 test prints with the filter on or using worktime, then crank the head up to do 10x10 or so and take the filter off. That leaves me in the ballpark for the exposure of the larger print. It does take some adjustment, presumably due to bellows extension differences, but one test strip is likely to resolve the adjustment.

This is DWThomas's post from post #5. Were you quoting it??

 

[pentaxuser]

This is DWThomas's post from post #5. Were you quoting it??

With no words from Olivia at all - just DWThomas' words????

So that makes two of us curious, Olivia. Any explanation?

pentaxuser

 

[MattKing]

It certainly could be the case of a new user struggling with the "Reply w/quote" function, and intending to merely add a "+1" comment.
Those Quote tags have defeated the intentions of many - Ralph Lambrecht being a regular example!

 

[pentaxuser]

It certainly could be the case of a new user struggling with the "Reply w/quote" function, and intending to merely add a "+1" comment.
Those Quote tags have defeated the intentions of many - Ralph Lambrecht being a regular example!

+1
I just clicked Reply with Quote and there it was. So underneath I just hit the "+" key and pressed the "1" key. You may be right Matt but if a Luddite like me can manage it ......

Normally a responder would look to see if what has been done by said person comes out as intended, wouldn't she?

pentaxuser

 

[MattKing]

+1
I just clicked Reply with Quote and there it was. So underneath I just hit the "+" key and pressed the "1" key. You may be right Matt but if a Luddite like me can manage it ......

Normally a responder would look to see if what has been done by said person comes out as intended, wouldn't she?

pentaxuser[/QUOTE
This is what happens if I accidentally remove just the "]" from the end of the last QUOTE tags

QUOTE="pentaxuser, post: 2409395, member: 6596"]+1
I just clicked Reply with Quote and there it was. So underneath I just hit the "+" key and pressed the "1" key. You may be right Matt but if a Luddite like me can manage it ......

Normally a responder would look to see if what has been done by said person comes out as intended, wouldn't she?

pentaxuser[/QUOTE]
And this is what happens if I accidentally remove the "[" from the beginning of the first QUOTE tag.

 

[Andrew O'Neill]

Maybe DWThomas has another identity....

 

[DWThomas]

Maybe DWThomas has another identity....

Hmmmm -- cue Twilight Zone theme.



Of course there is that old line "This bears repeating."

 

[pentaxuser]

Of course there is that old line "This bears repeating." [/QUOTE]

Nice one. Is the bear a Grizzly the morning after the night before? This bear is

pentaxuser

 

[Sirius Glass]

I cannot bear it.