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Oops, sorry - yes ...less contrast.

It's not going to be easy to get, to be honest as it is VERY nasty stuff. Oh well, slightly toned down version of VERY nasty stuff - FR's main ingredient is potassium ferricyanide (potassium ferricyanide as a powder has the most beautiful shade of orange, btw). I've not used FR ever, but did...

You could, but you'll need to experiment with the dilutions. I'd do two strip tests (possibly three), one after another, if I were really serious. First for dilution, second for intensity of agitation and the third for the reducer. There's another variable to be thrown into the mix if anyone...

It's been awhile since I've done this, if I recall correctly, you can increase the contrast with farmer's reducer. I'd start with a high acutance developer like Rodinol if one can still find it. With any colour film, you're not going to get grain, but dye globs, which differs greatly from the...

This lens has found its way to a new home and I'm sure it will be well taken care of and will provide it's new owner awesome memories and recordings.

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Just one, actually. ;)

In the scale of things, it is a fading craft. Quite sad, really. If you can visualise your final print, with the aid of a straight contact, with practice, one could learn to determine how much dodging, burning, etc. is required for each specific area.

It's great that you're dabbling in large format. Sadly, it's a dying art. You have a 8x10 camera? Adams used to burn and dodge his contact prints - he was meticulous.

Yea, washing was a bitch. It was also done in a trough with multiple of multiple changes of water. You can do it with mops, but no way are you going to get the tonal values that agitation will give.

Ansel Adams was a master printer. Have you seen his 8 x 10 contact sheets??!! They blew me away.

Yea, I know what you mean. Sometimes, it would take days to get the perfect print. Worse yet ...you get your perfect print and it rips while drying from all the water weight. Aargh! Rodinal has been a standard forever. Thankfully, it apparently is available again now. It was and still is...

Spot on ....the were done in troughs in a pretty big darkroom. They weren't the easiest prints I've ever done, but it was worth it. This was done in Australia, shot on a Mamiya RZ with Ilford Pan F and Fuji Neopan 100; projected (sideways), onto a frame that was drilled into the wall, with...