DARKROOM AUTOMATION F-STOP, Instruction Manual

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BASIC MODE
Introduction
The timer has four Modes - Basic, Memory, Setup & Seconds. This section deals
with basic mode. Subsequent sections deal with other timer modes.
The timer is normally in basic f-stop timing mode when you turn it on. The timer will
turn on in seconds mode if so enabled, see the chapters on setup and seconds
mode.
Basic mode is for manual print making. You enter the value for the print’s exposure
and hit the expose key to make the exposure.
Hitting the menu key cycles you through the functions available in basic mode:
• Base exposure -
2.0
- exposure given to the entire print.
• Dodge exposure -
d0.5
- number of stops to be held back for dodging.
• Finish dodge exposure -
Fin.
- make the undodged remnant of the base
exposure. Only active after a dodge exposure.
• Burn exposure -
b1.0
- additional stops exposure given to a burn-in area.
• Progressive burn exposure -
P1.0
- additional stops of exposure to burn
within a previously burned area. Only active if a burn exposure has been
made.
• Reset progressive exposure -
r
Î
.y r
Î
.n
- reset the progressive burn
sequence to the last burn exposure - this only appears when hitting the menu
key at the completion of a progressive burn.
• Test strip exposure -
t0.5
- make a series of test strips/prints. Only active
after making a base exposure and disabled by dodge and burn exposures.
• Select memory bank/enter memory mode -
m 1
- select the memory bank to
use. Enter memory mode by holding the menu key down for 1 second.
• Paper speed adjustment -
J0.0
- stops of exposure adjustment to
compensate for changes in paper speed as the paper ages/a new box is
opened. Only active if adjustments have been enabled in setup mode.
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