Practice question · Put in order
Arrange the steps of making a print in the order they are carried out.
- Develop for the full recommended time, then stop, fix and wash
- Choose the exposure from the test strip
- Expose the full sheet
- Focus with the lens wide open, using a grain magnifier on the baseboard
- Stop the lens down about two stops
- Make a test strip in whole-stop steps
Hints
- Focusing is done at the brightest aperture, not the working one.
- Development is timed, not judged by eye.
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- Focus with the lens wide open, using a grain magnifier on the baseboard
- Stop the lens down about two stops
- Make a test strip in whole-stop steps
- Choose the exposure from the test strip
- Expose the full sheet
- Develop for the full recommended time, then stop, fix and wash
Why
The last step is where beginners lose their blacks. Pulling a print when it looks right in the dish gives a grey, weak result, because the paper has not reached its full density; the correct response to a print that is coming up too dark is a shorter exposure next time, never a shorter development this time.
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