Step 8 is a good exposure point for negative films, I don't know about positives. Based on the photo, I'd shoot for an exposure time of around 85 seconds - your step 1 (340 seconds) is overexposed, but by step 8 (21 sec) you're underexposed. Note that "step held" is the highest step that's still getting barely enough light to do something, so in your picture you're holding approximately step 12 - the highest step that still shows any trace of your inkjet pattern. Correcting for that also results in an exposure of around 85 seconds. When using a step wedge, you don't always go by which step has the best *pattern*, but usually by which step has *anything*.
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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Fotoboard2 / step wedge issues - am I doing something wrong?
2010-03-22 by DJ Delorie