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Re: a lot of over-exposed negatives: what to do?
Dear Shannon:
Try Kodak's Farmer's Reducer:
Stock Solution A
Potassium Ferricyanide 37.5 grams
Water to make 500 ml
Stock Solution B
Sodium Thiosulfate (Hypo) 480 grams
Water to make 2.0 liters
Mix 30 ml "A", 120 ml "B" and water to make 1 liter. Pour over the negative
to be reduced (a white tray makes it easier to judge the effect). After the
negative has been reduced sufficiently, wash thoroughly. Do not combine
solutions A and B until ready to use. HTH
Dave Rose
Cactus Cowboy
Big Wonderful Wyoming
> I have been thinking about the whole issue of exposure and development for
> alt-process, and I have come to the conclusion that most of the negatives
I
> made over the past year are over-exposed for those processes. That is, I
> thought my film speed was 320 for alt-process as for silver, and it's
> probably really closer to 400. So, all the shadow areas are over-exposed.
> But I would like to salvage these negatives if I could, for alt-process.
I
> wonder if I could just under-develop them a little, and then adjust the
> printing solutions for a less contrasty negative? Or, the alternative is
> just to develop them for silver printing. I'd really rather print them
some
> other way though. What would you do?