Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/08/04

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Subject: [Leica] Acros & black spots
From: dlridings at gmail.com (Daniel Ridings)
Date: Thu Aug 4 22:45:48 2005
References: <vqaqe1pu6j39tcr27kinv7g137fnqk3t9g@4ax.com> <42F17EF5.10402@adrenaline.com> <v735f1dfp9ui6aomu4b647qenqmnhoq4me@4ax.com> <42F2EA81.9080401@adrenaline.com>

Hi guys,
That's why I like liquid fixer (Ilford or Kodak). I mix up a liter and
use it for a week at the most. If I'm using Tmax films I chuck it out
even earlier. I want fresh fixer and never muck around with it. In
fact, I like fresh everything. That's the appeal of HC110 too. I like
mixing up only as much as I need every time.

But to be honest, 5 liters of Xtol or D76 doesn't last very long for
me so the advantage of HC110 is that it is liquid to start with.

I use Photoflo once and then throw it out. Fresh, fresh, fresh. Helps a lot.

Daniel

On 8/5/05, Scott McLoughlin <scott@adrenaline.com> wrote:
> To be honest, I don't know. Just relaying what some of the
> APUG folks suggested.
> 
> Scott
> 
> Eric wrote:
> 
> >Scott:
> >
> >
> >
> >>I just discovered tiny black flecks on my FP4+ negs (2 rolls). I asked
> >>over on APUG and got two responses:
> >>
> >>-1- Photo flow can do this sometimes
> >>
> >>-2- Bits of silver in the fix can get lodged in the emulsion.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >How would Photo-Flo cause black flecks?  Would it only be a risk if you're
> >reusing it?
> >
> >--
> >Eric
> >http://canid.com/
> >
> >
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