At Evergreen we've been processing 7363 in Eco-pro paper developer with good results (the darkroom in Photoland has both red and amber safelights). I use trays for short strips and buckets for longer lengths. Processing time is about 2 minutes for good blacks, sometimes a little less. I haven't been shooting it, but making photograms using a variety of lights, including florescent, LED, enlarger lighting and moon light.
Ruth Hayes http://www.randommotion.com blogs.evergreen.edu/hayesr On Aug 4, 2014, at 11:13 AM, Beebe, Roger W. wrote: > 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
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