Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/07/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> From: Jim Zietz <jzietz@unix1.sncc.lsu.edu> > > > >I don't see any advatage to use hardening fixer for film unless > >you expect to give the negs some rough treatment later. > > > >For paper there is the disadvantage that you cannot tone hardened > >prints. > > It doesn't take rough treatment to scratch an unhardened negative, and Under normal darkroom conditions (reasonably clean, neg. sleeves unless it's in the carrier etc.) I don't see how you get them scratched. I do my BW myself - perhaps if I'd be handing my negs to others I might want to "insure" them. > hardened prints CAN be toned. Sometimes true. See the earlier good if somewhat garbled post. The point is that hardening fixer limits you; with it you have to know in the beginning of the printmaking which tone you definitely don't want. I like to see the plain washed print before the tinting and have all the options then. Kari Eloranta