Yay! My first work out of my personal darkroom

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comp_wiz101

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Yes! I have finally developed film in my own home. Currently, it is drying, so it will be a bit before we see some prints. Came out of my Zorki 4K w/ I-61L/D Agfa APX400 dev. in D-76.
 
Congratulations. If you are going to wet print, just wait until you see the image appearing on photographic paper for the first time. I am told there is a reasonable scientific explanation, but actually - it's just magic!
 
Congrats!

Are you going to wet-print your negs?

Haven't printed anything that way in the last 15 years.

/start envy/
if only I could convince the wife I need all the space for an enlarger etc...
/end envy/

have fun!
 
hiwatt said:
Congrats!

Are you going to wet-print your negs?

Haven't printed anything that way in the last 15 years.

/start envy/
if only I could convince the wife I need all the space for an enlarger etc...
/end envy/

have fun!
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Maybe tell her your going to clean out one of her closets for your darkroom. Im sure she's be amenable, no?
 
Yep, I've been doing wet-printing out of negatives in the bathroom :) Here's a print out of my Zorki C and I-22 collapsible (Any Thoughts?):
 

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it looks ok to me. maybe just a little more exposure and it will be great. congratulations on your first print. mine was a lot uglier. :D
 
Comp-wiz,

the tones look slightly washed out on that print, but it could just be the scanner. Do you know if either the negative or the print are lacking in contrast?

Clarence
 
Keep it up, I thought the example although a tad low on absolute contrast showed some fine detail in the darker areas.

Welcome to the Dark Room :)
 
Here's a print out of my Zorki C and I-22 collapsible (Any Thoughts?):
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It looks like overexposed and underdeveloped. In a nutshell you can't overdevelop paper and if picture looks dark you need smaller exposure. Do you use multigrade filters? It could be another factor for low contrast. Keep going and good luck!
Eduard
 
It was old Grade 3 RC paper. The scanner did "wash out" the print a bit - I didn't tweak the curves before I posted it. The print looks a bit better in person, I think.
 
I'm an idiot. When I first started, it took me several prints before I realised that overexposing photographic paper makes it darker.

Clarence
 
It was old Grade 3 RC paper. The scanner did "wash out" the print a bit
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Ah, I think that explains. Very good start! Don't use enlarger lens wide open if you did so by any chance. It's just yet another typical mistake of beginers :) Use open lens to focus and then close to f/8 or f/5.6 to calculate exposure, even if you use microfocus finder.
 
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