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Erik.

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Southwest Colorado 1992 by Nokton48, on Flickr

4x5 Sinar Norma 90mm F8 Sinar Super Angulon HP5+ PMK+ 8x10 Arista RC #2 Multigrade dev

Southwest Colorado 1992

On our way to "The Great Sand Dunes National Monument" we stopped here and I was struck by the beauty of this scene. It was difficult to walk around with so many "stickers" everywhere.
 

Flowers Back Porch J Lane Dry Plate Multigrade dev by Nokton48, on Flickr

9x12cm J Lane Dry Plate, loaded into a 9x12cm RADA Normalfaltz Single Plate Holder. Exposed in Plaubel Makiflex Automatic with a lens purchased from an Antique shop in the UK. An 8 inch F4 (?) approx brass projection lens of the Petzval variety. 1/4 sec exposure at wide open F4 (?) approx EI of 1, lightest cloud veiling direct key sun. Almost key light. No fill. Glass neg processed in Ilford Multigrade paper dev 10 mins at 20C.

I also shot frames with modern film, Efke PL100 and FOMA 100. Will be interesting to see the differences.

It does have a period look to it.........


Petzval Lens Six Inch F3.5 from London by Nokton48, on Flickr
 
Here are two from my first experiments with Adox MCC 110.

For some reason, I am not getting the contrast I expected out of this paper. Both of these were printed with a grade 5 filter--the first time I had ever used the grade 5 filter. The negatives are somewhat lower than average contrast, perhaps, but I wouldn't think grade 5 would be necessary (and in fact I'd like a little more contrast in both prints). During the same sessions I made contact sheets and a few prints with Ilford RC paper, and those were printing well at lower contrast grades. I was using freshly opened Ilford Multigrade developer, developing for 2 minutes (Ilford's recommended time for FB).

I know that there is a good deal of experience with MCC 110 in this thread (I'm thinking of Erik's beautiful prints!), so I'm hoping someone has some advice for me?

Perkeo II, HP5+, EI 200



Rollei 35S, HP5+, EI 400
 
dfranklin said:
"Here are two from my first experiments with Adox MCC 110.
For some reason, I am not getting the contrast I expected out of this paper. "

dfranklin, I've used a modest amount of Adox MCC110, so i'm far from an expert with it. It didn't become my favourite, but I did get good quality results. I know Erik is a split-grade printing aficionado, and this paper is his favourite. Perhaps you could send him a PM and ask him.

Here are my questions/observations. What is the negative like? Is it thin, as in under-exposed or underdeveloped? Or is it well processed and developed but low contrast by virtue of the quality of the old lens? If either of these are the case, then the old adage applies, that you can't get what''s not in the negative.

I would suggest that a truer test/exploration of the paper would be to take a known negative and make prints to give you an idea of contrast range. I don't print contact sheets, but i do on occasion use RC glossy to begin proofing. The RC proofs almost always look more contrasty.

I'm not sure if that sheds any more light on your problem, but i'd suggest dropping Erik a line. BTW is your Adox relatively new? I haven't been able to get any from B&H in some time... Best of luck finding a solution
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