PMK developer and Delta 100

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I am new to B&W and this is the first time that I have tried to determine my own film speed and developing time. Here are my results: 20min at 20 C, 1:2:100 (parts A:B:water)

EI 50

Zone I Zone V Zone VIII OD 0.12 0.85 1.24 0.10 0.88 1.26

EI 100 Zone I Zone V Zone VIII OD 0.03 0.62 1.19

It would appear that EI or 50 is correct based on zone I readings.With the developing time of 20 min, zone VIII also looks pretty good, but zone V is too high. If I reduce developing time down to 15 min then zones I and V are OK (approx 0.1 and 0.65) but zone VIII is too low (approx. 1.1). Any suggestions on what I should change in order to get things right? By the ways, I am using a condenser enlarger.

thanks, mike

-- Mike Rott (rott@mailer.mpib-tuebingen.mpg.de), November 29, 1997

Answers

Somehow the formatting was lost:

OD values at EI 50

zoneI, 0.12 and 0.10; zoneV, 0.85 and 0.88; zoneVIII, 1.24 and 1.26

OD values at EI 100

zoneI, 0.03; zoneV, 0.62; zoneVIII, 1.19

hope that is more readable

-- Mike Rott (rott@mailer.mpib-tuebingen.mpg.de), November 29, 1997.


PMK/Delta 100

20 minutes is probably too much development as high values will be too dense. I use 14 minutes @ 68. Remember, because the PMK negative has a distinct greenish tint, you must use a COLOR transmission densitometer. Note that your Zone I reading, for EI 50, is 0.12, close enough to 0.1. The best way to determine development time, is to expose several sheets of film for Zone VIII (EI 50) and develop for different times, starting at say 12 minutes, and going up to 20. The neg that prints a Zone VIII value on normal (grade 2) paper is the correct dev time. Use your paper of choice. This fine tunes your dev time for you own system and methods.

-- Michael D Fraser (mdfraser@earthlink.net), November 29, 1997.

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