Re: Reducing dense negatives

Anchell covers the topic of negative & print reduction pretty well in
The Darkroom Cookbook:
For overexposed film use Kodak Farmer's Reducer R-4a.
For overdeveloped film use Kodak Farmer's Reducer R-4b.
You can reduce the negative a little at a time and make test prints.
The formulas are given in the book.
Jim K

----- Original Message -----
From: <Rustart@aol.com>
To: <pinhole-discussion@pinhole.com>
Sent: Sunday, June 17, 2001 9:36 PM
Subject: [pinhole-discussion] Re: Pinhole-Discussion digest, Vol 1 #352 - 6
msgs

>
> Hi Guy,
> At the risk of being redundant, the suggestion to use the Farmers
solutions
> separately is what I would go with. If you use the bleach bath first then
you
> can always redevelop your film and try again. I would dilute the bleach
more
> than the directions, perhaps 50% more. Agitate and watch closely. Remove
and
> wash the film just before it reaches the optimum printable density -- the
> fixer will lighten the film a bit more. If it is still to dark you can
> continue to bleach but only after the film has been thoroughly washed to
> remove all fixer residue.
> Best
> Rusty
>
> In a message dated 6/17/01 12:11:07 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> pinhole-discussion-request@pinhole.com writes:
>
> > > > 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 Mon Jun 18 09:31:22 2001