RE: Polaroid Negatives

--- António_Vieira <Antonio.Vieira@siemens.com> wrote:
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: DAlfrey@aol.com [mailto:DAlfrey@aol.com]
> > Sent: Sábado, 16 de Novembro de 2002 20:41
> > To: pinhole-discussion@pinhole.com
> > Subject: Re: [pinhole-discussion] Polaroid Negatives
> >
> >
> > In a message dated 11/16/2002 10:35:06 AM Central Standard Time,
> > jrussell@wishtv.com writes:
> >
> > > 've been shooting with a Polaroid 545 back for a couple
> > months now. I've
> > > been tossing my negatives in the trash after development.
> > I was wondering
> > > if there was a way to fix the negatives so that I can keep
> > them for future
> > > use. I remember seeing something about this, but I can't
> > remember where I
> > > saw it or how I go about doing it. Whatever the process
> > is, is it the same
> > > for both B&W and color negatives?
> > >
> > If you are using Polaroid Type 55 film(B&W) , you can do a
> > couple of things,
> > if you overexpose by one stop , you will get a "lighter "
> > print, but get a
> > bit more dense negative . If you are in the field , you can
> > put the neg into
> > a zip lock baggie filled with water, and "clear the negative
> > " with Hypo
> > Clear once you get home .
>
>
>
> I was thinking in trying type 55, but I was going to the sodium sulfite. What
> exactly is the Hypo Clear??

Hypo Clear is a solution that removes the sodium (or ammonium) thiosulfate from
the substrate following fixing. I clear my negatives with PermaWash, which is
a commercial solution used to wash prints.

Of course, none of this has anything to do with the original question, which
had to fixing the negative. As previously stated, I do not believe that fixing
Type 55 film is necessary - I have numerous old negatives that have simply been
cleared and dried.

Cheers -

george

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Received on Tue Nov 19 08:52:20 2002