Below are tables of enlarger colour filter settings recommended for use with VC Select.
Proprietary filter sets such as Ilford Multigrade or Kodak Polymax are suitable, as are modular and automatic enlarger heads featuring proprietary filters otherwise the magenta and yellow filters of colour enlarging heads can be used. Cold light source enlargers can be used, but they may limit the contrast range achievable.Ĭontrast as a range approximately equivalent to grades 00 to 5 is achievable from VC Select by means of colour filters used in the enlarger. VC Select is designed for use with tungsten or tungsten halogen light sources. I copied this from kentmere's website and I hope they will get back to me about my enlarger. So as you can see I have committed to the paper for now. I never hear of anyone using the Zone VI VC head and having these situation. It is the Fineprint VC that I'm using.the speed problem was with the amidol and Pyro developers. I have some Dektol and I will mix that up and see how that responds, I have been using arista cold tone developer which is a hydroquinone base developer. The small changes while working are what I see and scanning the prints really will not show this. As for the amidol I use that for my Azo so trying with that was more of a check on what it would do. everyone seems to use a color heads where my heads (5x7 and 8x10) are positive colors green and blue versing negative colors of yellow and magenta. I have used Ilford MC developer and got good results but then I have the contrast problem again, with my Zone VI VC type II enlarger. I think I will go back to Dektol and see if that helps. and if so which paper seems to work the best with the pyrocat and Zone VI enlarger.
So with the combination of Pyrocat-HD, a Zone VI enlargers this paper just doesn't respond very well. But when using ilford or Zone VI brilliant papers, I can control the contrast as it should be on the stop clock timer. I'm finding my range of contrast is very limited. Now this could possible be due to the Zone VI VC enlarger that uses Green and Blue light versing Yellow and Magenta. Next I am finding that when I use the stop clock timer with this paper and increase my contrast it also greatly increases the exposure of the highlights and the contrast doesn't change that much. ANd even with that the tones are not great. I would have had to increase my exposure time by 3-4 stops minimal.
One is Amidol and the other is Pyro Plus Paper developer.
Speaking of developers I know of two that don't work with it at all. It could be I have not found a developer to match with it. After reseaching to find if photographers liked Kentmere, I went ahead and ordered some 8x10 and 11x14 paper.
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