Do you tone your prints?I have been developing the new Ilford MG Classic in LPD 1:1 and find the prints have a slight greenish/olive tone. Someone suggested that I use dektol to get the pure black tone that I had on the old Ilford mg IV. That is easy to try and I assume I could also try the Ilford multigrade developer. Any thoughts on these or other developers to yield a blacker or more neutral black with the new classic paper. Thanks.
Well, that is the advice I was going to give you since I believe you are using one of the very best paper developers made. Selenium toning isn't that scary if you're careful.I do not. I know that selenium will help but would like to avoid that step if I can.
It's hard to go wrong with Dektol.I have been developing the new Ilford MG Classic in LPD 1:1 and find the prints have a slight greenish/olive tone. Someone suggested that I use dektol to get the pure black tone that I had on the old Ilford mg IV. That is easy to try and I assume I could also try the Ilford multigrade developer. Any thoughts on these or other developers to yield a blacker or more neutral black with the new classic paper. Thanks.
I have been developing the new Ilford MG Classic in LPD 1:1 and find the prints have a slight greenish/olive tone.
There's also colour latitude within a developer. Generally speaking, if you extend your developing time - say to 5 or 7 minutes - you'll produce a much cooler image relative to a shorter developing time that will yield a warmer - more olive - image.
I've always wanted to try this, as I love cold tones but just don't have the patience. I did try 3 minutes instead of my usual 2 once and couldn't see any difference.
Interestingly enough, just the other day I was developing a print when I realized that I had forgot to stop the lens down. I grabbed it from the developer and threw it right into the trash. Then continued to expose and develop another print without ever turning on the lights. When I did finally turn the lights on to examine the next print I looked at the print in the trash and as it darkened before my eyes it was a beautiful cold blue color. Got me thinking about extended development times again. The print was probably in the trash 6-7 minutes soaked in developer.
I have been developing the new Ilford MG Classic in LPD 1:1 and find the prints have a slight greenish/olive tone. Someone suggested that I use dektol to get the pure black tone that I had on the old Ilford mg IV. That is easy to try and I assume I could also try the Ilford multigrade developer. Any thoughts on these or other developers to yield a blacker or more neutral black with the new classic paper. Thanks.
It's a character of the emulsion. No special developer will change it. Suggestions to neutralize it have already been mentioned.I have been developing the new Ilford MG Classic in LPD 1:1 and find the prints have a slight greenish/olive tone. Someone suggested that I use dektol to get the pure black tone that I had on the old Ilford mg IV. That is easy to try and I assume I could also try the Ilford multigrade developer. Any thoughts on these or other developers to yield a blacker or more neutral black with the new classic paper. Thanks.
If you like cold tones why aren't people using the new Ilford Coldtone paper? Something wrong with it compared to Classic? I like the slightly warmer untoned Classic when developed in Ilford PQ. I use 1:10 for 3min. But I can't see color differences all that well. Did very bad on an Internet test for seeing various color differences. I never liked the old Agfa MCC in selenium toner. Always looked better to me untoned when using Neutol WA.
I've always wanted to try this, as I love cold tones but just don't have the patience. I did try 3 minutes instead of my usual 2 once and couldn't see any difference.
Interestingly enough, just the other day I was developing a print when I realized that I had forgot to stop the lens down. I grabbed it from the developer and threw it right into the trash. Then continued to expose and develop another print without ever turning on the lights. When I did finally turn the lights on to examine the next print I looked at the print in the trash and as it darkened before my eyes it was a beautiful cold blue color. Got me thinking about extended development times again. The print was probably in the trash 6-7 minutes soaked in developer.
That beautiful cold blue color was because it was unfixed.
If you like cold tones why aren't people using the new Ilford Coldtone paper?
Chuck, have you tried the new cooltone paper. I have and in my
Opinion it's no cooler than Classic.
I've found it to get pretty chilly in PQ Universal and Multigrade developer - and noticeably so alongside MG Classic - a hit of moderate strength Ilford selenium (1+9-ish I recall) seems to take it even cooler - for a while, then it'll eventually go eggplant. What are you developing in? I suspect that the restrainer may well be an important factor in eventual image tone. For that matter I suspect that the only major difference between MG and PQU devs are the restrainer choices.
MG Classic is a great paper if you shoot HP5+ - stunningly so. Vastly better than MGIV I think.
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