Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/01/02

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Re: Light purple/pink Ilford film
From: Mark Rabiner <mrabiner@concentric.net>
Date: Sun, 02 Jan 2000 12:39:17 -0800

Pete Su wrote:
> 
> What I meant was, I was confused I got pinkish HP5+ negs, which has never
> happened before.
> 
> Anyway, I took one of the HP5+ neg strips and gave it a half hour wash, and
> the pink went away. Maybe my Permawash really has given up.
> 
> thanks,
> Pete
> 
The Permawash  or Orbit will give your negs a blue cast or your prints a blue
cast if they get more than 30 seconds an effect so irritating to me I no longer
buy the stuff. I just use the Kodak or some Sulfite if at all.
HP5 is not even a tab grain film. I say we're at that point where they expect us
to use large amounts of incredibly fresh non hardening fixer for not short
periods of time and not just sitting there but with regular agitation.
I get casts with my Delta but no where near as bad as the pinko T Max I used to use.
The casts if still there when I print have not shown themselves in the print,
they print out. Call them filmbase + fog.
Mark Rabiner