If you are serious about b/w and doing it your self, start at the beginning and do your film/print tests first, I recommend The Zone VI Workshop by Fred Picker, you should be able to get it at your local library, once you have performed the basics and established your personl film/print procedures then you will be able to figure out what is wrong. Until you have a consistant procedure for developing and printing, you will never know for sure what is wrong or right. Do the test and you will know for yourself. Pat(posted 8859 days ago)