Ok I just try this at home. the printing part.(posted 8447 days ago)Here's what I got. I did my setup in the laundury room. 4 trays. Dektol(1:2) Stop bath, fixer, wash... I got some vinly sheets to cover the windows. not light prof in the day, but at night It passed the white paper test. an amber safelight and a 25W light bulb.
I then cutted up strips of Kodak PolycontrastIII RC paper and tested it on a strip of negative at different exposure. with the light bulb pointed toward the paper..... way over exposed... then light bulb turned up toward the celing... at various time....from 8sec to 4sec. 5 sec. is the best looking test strip I can get out of the 25W light bulb pointed away.
So after that I was satisfy with the result on this little strip. then I try to make a full sheet w/ all 24 frames on the 8X10. same time. but this time it comes out a little fuzzy(out of focus). The contrast is the same but the image is less defined.
What's my problem? I look up the kodak specs. the quart of Dektol should be able to do 30 sheets of 8x10 and the stop bath and fixer hasn't change color yet. so I don't think is the chemical being exhausted. I would like to try a lower watage bulb, but can't find anything less than 25W at the hardware store that have the big base.
What gives?
>:(
Alex