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| Forte 200 4x5 processing? | |
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| bobphillips Joined: 07 Jan 2006 Posts: 2 |  Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2006 10:06 pmI recently re-acquired a 4x5 Crown Graphic. It has been many years since I last used one of these. I bought a box of Forte 200 sheet film, shot a few for tests/practice shots and processed for 6.5 min in Ilford Ilfosol @ 68 degrees. Once I had the film in the fixer for 2 minutes, I turned on the light. To my amazement, the developer looked like mud and the film was totally clear. Before I give up, could someone tell me what I did wrong? |
| alecj Joined: 09 May 2001 Posts: 853 | Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2006 4:54 am Sounds like a developer prep problem to me. Haven't used that one so can't help otherwise. Was this first use of that dev. batch? Maybe it is bad/old/mixed wrong? |
| Top Joined: 06 Apr 2002 Posts: 198 | Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2006 4:59 pm I'm not familiar with Ilfosol, but I just souped a run of Forte 200 in Sprint, a liquid concentrate D-76/ID-11/HC-110 type developer. Worked just fine. Top |
| glennfromwy Joined: 29 Nov 2001 Posts: 903 | Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2006 5:50 pm Ilfosol S can go bad with no warning. I don't like the stuff. Personally, I'd stick to D-76. |
| bobphillips Joined: 07 Jan 2006 Posts: 2 | Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2006 7:34 pm Ok, thanks guys. I bought some fresh developer this morning. Everything turned out fine. Just have to refine the tray processing proceedures now. |
| Top Joined: 06 Apr 2002 Posts: 198 | Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2006 12:58 pm I've invested in a Nikor 4x5 tank. Does 12 sheets at a time in a quart of chem. Not easy to find, and not cheap when you do, but well worth the dough IMHO. Top |
| alecj Joined: 09 May 2001 Posts: 853 | Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2006 2:29 pm Check your private messages. |
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