Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/11/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Once the negatives are dry the hardener has no effect. If I recall the hardener does have a contrary effect on clearing agents which we should all use. Walt Daniel Ridings wrote: > Don Dory wrote: > >> Jeffery, >> With scanners picking up any flaw in a negative I've found that I can >> not >> afford to not use a hardening fixer. Just pulling a negative out of the >> sleeve can leave enough of a scratch that I have to heal the wound >> before I >> print it. > > > Don, I always thought that the hardener only mattered while the > negative was wet/damp. Once dried, it is hard again. > > I know Fomapan is so soft when it is wet that a hardener is > recommended by many. I don't use one. I am just very careful with wet > negatives. I haven't noticed anything once they are dry and sometimes > they can really get held back in the negative sleeves by suction. > > But thanks for the warning. I'll keep my eyes open. > >> As to Rodinal, with the higher speed films I mostly use, Xtol 1:2 or 1:3 >> works better magic for me. But I think that I will try Acros in Rodinal >> 1:50 to see if I can get better tonality than I can with Xtol. I >> think that >> the increased edge effects will work to my advantage. I'll find out >> in the >> next couple of weeks. Heresy, I will be using a tripod with an M and >> modern >> glass to see just what can be done on some abstract images with 35mm. > > > I don't know ... Xtol 1:2 and 1:3 is pretty nice. Acros is also very > nice right out of the box. > > Recently I've shot a couple with Rodinal, well, Calbe R09, the > original "Rodinal". It is different, but I don't know how. Its > standard dilution is 1:40 as an equivalent of 1:50. > > Last week's paw: > > http://www.dlridings.se/paw/2006/44.html > > But probably more significant (that is, Rodinal's contribution to the > result), the portrait of Ewa: > > http://www.dlridings.se/paw/2006/41.html > > I don't think I'll use it for 35mm anymore. It is a bit too much of a > good thing. > > Daniel > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >