a question about reducer

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Stefano Bramato - 01 Mar 2005 13:44 GMT

I can see many recipes for the reducers on google (thanks mr Knoppow for your
knowledge shared to us... i find so useful so many your recipes...) and i need
to try it.
i can do by myself most soups that i need but right now i don't have the hypo
to test some reducing om my negatives+.

The question is:
Can I substitute the Hypo (or the thiosulfate) with a very diluted *normal*
fixer as agefix?

Thanks in advance for your replies.

ciao,
Stefano Bramato

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Nicholas O. Lindan - 01 Mar 2005 14:58 GMT

> Can I substitute the Hypo (or the thiosulfate) [in Farmer's reducer]
> with a very diluted *normal* fixer

I do it that way.

Most commonly I have a tray of fix and a tray of ferricyanide and
move the print back and forth. First I do a few test runs to
establish the time in the ferri: cut a test print into strips,
number the strips 1-x, put them in the ferri and pull a strip
in numerical order every 15 seconds and drop it in the fix.
A quick wash and dry the strips in the uWave. If things happen
faster than in 15 second intervals then the ferri is too strong.

I shoot for 2 minutes in the ferri. It is a nice controllable
time.

My rule is to always _under_ reduce.

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