Re: Overexposed negatives

Hi folks,

Have you tried the bleach and redevelopment sistem?
I believe it might be a better solution, try
http://www.qa63.dial.pipex.com/bleachbleach.htm
Hope it helps

Joao

John Yeo wrote:

> I've only used it once... to take the stem off a flower against a back
> blackground. I started by mixing solution A and B together (according to
> the instructions) and couldn't get it to do anything at all. I asked on
> usenet, and Richard Knoppow advised to just use solution A alone, then soak
> the neg. in fixer after you're done reducing. I had to use quite a few
> applications (of solution A) before I even started to see any effect.
>
> I don't know what it will do to your shadows. Unless somebody who has used
> it more offers advice, I would try it on an unimportant neg. from the roll
> and see what happens.
>
> John
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Guy Glorieux" <guy.glorieux@sympatico.ca>
> To: "Pinhole List" <pinhole-discussion@pinhole.com>
> Sent: Saturday, June 16, 2001 9:05 AM
> Subject: [pinhole-discussion] Overexposed negatives
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I just shot a couple of rolls of 120 B&W film with my pinhole camera and
> > they turned out to be massively overexposed (due to my own error).
> >
> > Any suggested treatment from anybody? I hear that the stuff to use is
> > Farmer's Reducer but I've never used it. Does anyone have experience
> > with this chemical? Does it remove density uniformely across the
> > negative? I guess I'm worried about losing the shadow area before the
> > highlights become light enough to be printable.
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > Guy
> >
> >
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Received on Sat Jun 16 21:24:33 2001