B&W Couple of DARKROOM PRINTS -

[pentaxpete]

YO !! Felt well enough to set up darkroom gear and get rid of some ''Old Paper' at last ! I have shown my 'Night Photos of Brentwood' here as NEG SCANS so will not 'double up ' to show the scanned prints but here are a couple from EDINBURGH on some 10x8" Kentmere Fineprint VC Satin surface from my 1965 Leica M2 with Agfa APX 400 film processed in home-made ID 11 formula . Enlarger was my DURST M305 + El-Nikkor 50mm f4 lens, and I used my home-made Print Developer made up to Geoffrey Crawley's Formula 1+4.

 

[RustySnapper]

Which of Crawley's developer are you referring to Pete? Looking at my new coucil tax and energy bills I need to get the best 'bang per buck' for my photographic expenditure and this might be another opportunity to save a few bob out of my pension.

 

[pentaxpete]

I have now tried E72 Paper Developer -- cheap and keeps very well for intermittent use --- as proposed by pictorialplanet on you tube John Finch

Sodium Sulphite anhydrous 45 gms
PHENIDONE 0.3 gm
OR use a 1% Solution in Propylene Glycol
DISSOLVE a PINCH of the SULPHITE FIRST then the PHENIDONE
Ascorbic Acid 19 gms
Potassium Bromide 1.9 gms
Sodium Carbonate anhyd 77 gms
WATER TO 1 Litre

DILUTE 1+3 for Normal Contrast

CRAWLEY'S Paper Developer
Sodium Sulphite anhydrous 50 gms
Sodium Carbonate anhydrous 60 gms
Hydroquinone 12 gms
PHENIDONE 0.5 gm
Potassium Bromide 2 gms
Benzotriazlole 1% Solution 20 mls
( Dissolve 1 gm in 100mls of near Boiling Water)
WATER to make 1 LITRE
Dilute 1+ 4 for use

 

[Fuju]

I like them, Pete. I especially like the shadow detail on the wall (1st photo) as the grain makes it look more textured.

 

[moggi1964]

Good to see you've been back in the darkroom Pete and I'm pleased to see the old paper is standing up well.

I especially like the first image and the girl's shadow. Such a simple part yet it grabbed my attention and made me examine the print in detail.