RA4 Success !

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I'm very happy to say, I succeeded in my first RA4 color print (with proper colors) last night. I don't yet have the Kodak print viewing filters, so I've been adjusting by eye, and from the notes supplied from fellow APUGers (thanks very much guys).

Here's a scan of the print

The scan doesn't look exactly like the print, the colors are a bit more muted on the print, but the grey in the cement pillars is perfect grey. I used that area to judge the color.

Now I quite like the color in the print, it has a bit of a retro look to it. The picture was taken with a Kodak Retina IIIc on Fuji 200 film. If I did want to punch up the color though, could I control this in the print making process? If I read correctly too, contrast can't be altered except by adding hydrogen peroxide to the developer, correct ?

Cheers
Steven

 

[markbarendt]

I'm having fun learning RA-4 too.

It depends on what you call contrast.

Dodging and burning works.

 

[nickandre]

So far my best solution for increasing color was Ektar 100 with Kodak supra Endura. Contrast doesn't equal saturation either. You could try getting some Ultra-Endura too and maybe lowering the contrast.