paper/developer advice, please.

desi8888

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After many years I am trying to return to printing my recent (kodak bw400cn) night photos. I used kodak polyfiber double weight f surface in dektol using a leitz focomat for many, many years. I was able to achive great 16x20 prints. I would appreciate any advice on paper and developer that IS available that would be similar to what I used in the past.

grateful.
 
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Marek Warunkiewicz

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A lot of great printers I know use Ilford Warmtone paper, develop in 1:1 Dektol and then selenium tone 1:5 for one minute.

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Personally I like a warmtone paper,and use ilford wtfb, and develop in Fotospeed warmtone paper developer diluted at 1/29, which gives me a very warm image indeed, much warmer than using the harman warmtone,Richard
 
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was the kodak polyfiber considered warm or cool?
 
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Any advice on achiving a cold tone for night photography?
thank you for any suggestions!
 

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Polyfiber was neutral to cool. I'd give the Seagull VC a try- print color will be closer to Polyfiber with that than with a warmtone paper. Dektol is great with the Seagull as well.
 

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desi8888 said:
Any advice on achiving a cold tone for night photography?
thank you for any suggestions!
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Use a "cold-tone" paper developer. I use Ansco 103 (not a typo) which has only 1.2 gms potassium bromide per liter of stock solution. Moreover, I halve that bromide when I mix it and add benzotriazole in its place.

I think Edwal makes a "cold-tone" paper developer. I believe Freestyle sells it.
 
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