andym911 Posted January 11, 2009 Share #1 Posted January 11, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) Yesterday I went into my (makeshift)darkroom for the first time in a long time... Just getting everything ready to start doing some wet printing again. Dusted off the V35 Focomat, washed out the trays etc. My developer is well past its shelf life so will look to get some new stuff. Her the question... can anyone recommend a developer that gives a neutral to warm tone in the prints? Long life, easy mixing is important to me. Will be using Ilford MG at the beginning and mainly doing 10 be 8's. thanks for any tips andy Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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jpattison Posted January 11, 2009 Share #2 Posted January 11, 2009 Hi Andy, Why not try Ilford Harman Warmtone... Welcome to ILFORD PHOTO Great with Multigrade Warmtone FB... Welcome to ILFORD PHOTO The distributors of ILFORD PHOTO products in Germany are: Le BON IMAGE Gesellschaft fuer Imaging - Systeme und Zubehoer mbH, Am Holzweg 26, D - 65830 Kriftel, Germany Tel 0049 6192 95589 00 Fax 0049 6192 95589 20 Email info@bon-image.com Website Le Bon Image GmbH Info from Ilford's excellent web site... Welcome to the ILFORD PHOTO Website John Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don'tknowmuch Posted January 12, 2009 Share #3 Posted January 12, 2009 Hello Andy. When you do get going, do you think you might post how, in your opinion, the optimum density of negative might vary from one that scans well to one that prints well? I don't know if it's my scanner but I'm under-developing more and more in order to get good scans, and am worried that if I wanted to print conventionally these negs might be terribly weak. Good luck with the whole thing! Jim. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andym911 Posted January 12, 2009 Author Share #4 Posted January 12, 2009 John many thanks for the info..I think I will give that a try. Jim...it is a good point, I will start next week and give you some feedback as to ow it goes, I also have some pretty thin negs....keep you posted andy Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
haris Posted January 12, 2009 Share #5 Posted January 12, 2009 Andy, it seems that warmtone look depend of what developer/paper combination you use. Some warmtone developers will gove strong effect with some papers and with some other papers will not give any warm look. On the other hand, some ordinary paper/warmtone devloper or warmtone paper/ordinary developer can give better result than some warmtone paper/warmtone developer combos. That was discussed several times and to long extent on APUG forum, so if you don't find here satisfying answer, maybe to look there. I only tried Ilfords warmtone paper/warmtone eveloper and wartone deveoper/ordinary paper combos, and I wasn't happy, but I think it was mine error, so can't tell definitive answer. I have read Foma, Bergger, Kentmere papers are good for warmtone images, some claim Ilford is great, but you will get as many opinios as there is people who give them. For example, as I remember, Ilford's warmtone developer have simillar shelf and working life as for example multigrade developer, only developing time is longer (2 minutes for warmtone, one minute for multigrade for RC papers, or 2 minutes both for FB papers) Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucklik Posted January 12, 2009 Share #6 Posted January 12, 2009 Hi Andy, You are from Germanu so take a look at - Fotoimpex Berlin | alles für die analoge Fotografie they have Agfa papers and chemicals. (new manufactured) With the MCC111 paper + WA developper gives a nice warm tone regards Luc Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andym911 Posted January 13, 2009 Author Share #7 Posted January 13, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) Luc thanks as well..will check it out.... andy Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don'tknowmuch Posted January 27, 2009 Share #8 Posted January 27, 2009 Well? How's it going? No chickening out! Jim. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andym911 Posted January 27, 2009 Author Share #9 Posted January 27, 2009 had to travel last week..so no progress yet...paper and chemicals are sorted..hopefully this weekend.... chicken out!...no way;) Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbelyaev Posted January 28, 2009 Share #10 Posted January 28, 2009 Try Agfa Neutol plus. You can get it in freestyle. Dektol is fine too but it comes in powder, I have not noticed any difference between in prints. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Morgenstern Posted January 28, 2009 Share #11 Posted January 28, 2009 Andy, Try Ethol LPD. This Long-lasting Paper Developer is a non-toxic, non-staining favorite, based on Phenidone. It's available as a powder, or liquid concentrate for easy mixing. Dilute the stock solution 1:1 for cold tones, 1:2 for neutral, or 1:4 for warm tones. The contrast stays the same! It has a long tray life, and a very long bottled shelf life ( if you are an infrequent printer ). It should be available everywhere. Bill Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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