[BMbikerider]

Thanks everyone. Develop longer as in push a stop? For this session, the negative is Tri-X 400 from my Olympus XA4, developed in D76 1:1 for 9:45. Fresh everything.

I also use the dialed in filtration, and I have the equivalents from the insert that ships with the paper. (I'm using the Kodak line.) I did some tests a while back and found that the results from the physical filters versus the dialed in filtrations weren't always the same. Maybe my filters are faded (?); anyway, it was a casual test.

Here are some examples. I like the shadow detail in the top print (grade 2 dialed in) but the blacks aren't very black. The bottom print has blacker blacks and good contrast but the shadow detail is gone.

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As far as I am aware and have seen nothing that disproves it, dichroic filters do not fade! According to the latest times for D76 at 1-1 at 68Deg is the times you are using. Is your camera meter accurate? Is the film speed adjusted right?

If you are not happy using Ilford Multigrade, change your paper to the Kentmere version. It is made by Ilford after a company buy-out a couple of years ago and it is at least 1 grade harder and at least twice as fast. (Also about 20% cheaper in UK too!) I gave up Ilford MG a long while back because of similar problems to yourself. with no filtration you are supposed to get Grade 2, I estimate comparing it against a non multigrade paper it is about 1 grade softer.