[Frameworks] times for dektol and 7363

[Ruth Hayes]

At Evergreen we've been processing 7363 in Eco-pro paper developer with good results (the darkroom in Photoland has both red and amber safelights). I use trays for short strips and buckets for longer lengths.  Processing time is about 2 minutes for good blacks, sometimes a little less. I haven't been shooting it, but making photograms using a variety of lights, including florescent, LED, enlarger lighting and moon light.

Ruth Hayes

http://www.randommotion.com
blogs.evergreen.edu/hayesr

On Aug 4, 2014, at 11:13 AM, Beebe, Roger W. wrote:

> I’ve used Dektol with hi-con plenty, but my experience is that exposure times are VERY short, definitely less than 1 min with the chemistry at room temperature, even when I dilute the developer.  (It slows considerably as the chemistry gets exhausted, of course.)  I rate hi-con at ASA 12 when I shoot it, so that could make a difference in time to proper exposure.  Like Christopher suggests, I do use a safelight with 7363 and just eyeball proper exposure, but I find it VERY easy to miss the mark & end up with black film.  (I also process as negative, since I don’t love the idea of dealing with scary bleach.)  
> 
> I’m certainly not a lab expert, but I do demos of this regularly enough with my students to feel pretty confident that my results are repeatable and that these very fast development times aren’t just a one-time quirk.
> 
> Can anyone else confirm this?
> Roger
> 
> 
> On Aug 4, 2014, at 2:08 PM, Chris G <spydir at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Hi Erin,
>> 
>> 7363 is orthochromatic and is process until completion, so you can't *really* overprocess it. It is extremely forgiving in terms of time and temperature. I'd recommend processing under a safelight so you can watch the process. Using a paper developer such as Dektol will afford you a wider range of tones/greys over film developers and is a great way to play with the stock. D-19 is a high-contrast developer and will typically give you black or white with little in between. Usually I process short strands (40'/12m or less) of 7363 in trays or buckets with paper developer and a safelight until it looks "done." Guessing around 5-6 minutes at 68F/20C. I've honestly never checked the time but have had a lot of success with this method.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Christopher Gorski
>> 
>> On Aug 3, 2014, at 22:09, Erin Weisgerber <erincw at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Hello all,
>> 
>> I usually use D-19 to process 7363 to negative, but I'm thinking of trying out Dektol for this purpose.
>> 
>> Would anyone be willing to share some guidelines processing times for 7363 processed to neg in Dektol?
>> 
>> How would you describe the difference in look between '63 developed in D-19 compared to Dektol?
>> 
>> Thanks so much for your help.
>> 
>> Erin
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