Re: Direct toner synonym
Judy Seigel (jseigel@panix.com)
Fri, 3 Nov 1995 23:42:31 -0500 (EST)
> Judy,
> there is also toning with tin (Stannous Chloride), which produces
> browns and purples. I have been looking for a proper formula and
> the time to try it, but basically, it's a ferricyanide bleach/
> redevelop type, I think. If anyone has access to L.P. Clerc's
> photographic encyclopedia, they might find it there. Unfortunately,
> my library's copy was destroyed in Hurricane Andrew and it's out
> of print. In fact, the whole section on toning was very complete.
>
> Ed Lukacs
Hello Ed & toners,
I've come across tin toning formulas, even bought the stannous chloride,
but never used it. Naturally, when I went to look up (no hurricane excuse
here), failed to find -- in LP Clerc, or Glafkides, though someone else
cites Glafkides for the process (all the books lie, we know that) or Wall,
or any of the dictionaries etc. I could lay hands on and not in my own
file either though it's in there somewhere. Here's what I did find
(besides all the lost & forgotten & seductive things I WASN'T looking
for):