I’ve used Dektol with hi-con plenty, but my experience is that exposure times are VERY short, definitely less than 1 min with the chemistry at room temperature, even when I dilute the developer. (It slows considerably as the chemistry gets exhausted, of course.) I rate hi-con at ASA 12 when I shoot it, so that could make a difference in time to proper exposure. Like Christopher suggests, I do use a safelight with 7363 and just eyeball proper exposure, but I find it VERY easy to miss the mark & end up with black film. (I also process as negative, since I don’t love the idea of dealing with scary bleach.)
I’m certainly not a lab expert, but I do demos of this regularly enough with my students to feel pretty confident that my results are repeatable and that these very fast development times aren’t just a one-time quirk. Can anyone else confirm this? Roger On Aug 4, 2014, at 2:08 PM, Chris G <spy...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Erin, > > 7363 is orthochromatic and is process until completion, so you can't *really* > overprocess it. It is extremely forgiving in terms of time and temperature. > I'd recommend processing under a safelight so you can watch the process. > Using a paper developer such as Dektol will afford you a wider range of > tones/greys over film developers and is a great way to play with the stock. > D-19 is a high-contrast developer and will typically give you black or white > with little in between. Usually I process short strands (40'/12m or less) of > 7363 in trays or buckets with paper developer and a safelight until it looks > "done." Guessing around 5-6 minutes at 68F/20C. I've honestly never checked > the time but have had a lot of success with this method. > > Cheers, > Christopher Gorski > > On Aug 3, 2014, at 22:09, Erin Weisgerber <eri...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello all, > > I usually use D-19 to process 7363 to negative, but I'm thinking of trying > out Dektol for this purpose. > > Would anyone be willing to share some guidelines processing times for 7363 > processed to neg in Dektol? > > How would you describe the difference in look between '63 developed in D-19 > compared to Dektol? > > Thanks so much for your help. > > Erin > _______________________________________________ > FrameWorks mailing list > FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks _______________________________________________ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
