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Re: correction Re: a lot of over-exposed negatives: what to do?
On Tue, 17 Apr 2001, Richard Knoppow wrote:
> According to the "book" Farmer's has a somewhat different effect when the
> bleach and hypo are mixed than when bleaching and fixing are done separately.
Which "book," there are by last count 5,327... of which 5,322 have copied
from each other.
> Kodak says that when the two steps are separate the reducer reduces
> contrast. When the two parts are combined it cuts shadow areas (effectively
> increasing contrast).
Oh, Kodak... so which Kodak book?
> Have you tested this and if so is it consistent with your results?
> ----
But you've got me -- I did NOT test every variation and possibility... I
probably took the formula from Photographic Facts and Formulas... about 10
years ago. Frankly I don't recall distinction between types... But there
was a big play everywhere (I had checked several sources) on distinction
between *concentrations.* When I found that to be invalid (for my
purposes) I stopped.
PS. It just goes to show, testing depends on what you're testing for.
Judy