I recently came across this Ilford Multigrade exposure calculator disc (photo attached).
It appears to be an older, pre-electronic darkroom tool related to split-grade printing, but I haven’t been able to find a clear explanation of its intended, practical use.
I’m hoping someone here may have:
used this disc back in the day,
seen original Ilford documentation,
or can explain how it was meant to be read at the enlarger.
In particular, I’m trying to understand:
what the inner numerical ring represents,
how it is meant to be read against the outer time scale once the disc is set,
and how the blue-labelled filter combinations (e.g. 0 + 4, 2½ + 3, etc.) translate into actual exposure steps in the darkroom.
I’d really like to understand how Ilford expected a printer to use this tool in practice, step by step.
Thanks in advance.