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: Kari Eloranta <kve@dopey.hut.fi> Date: Thu, 24 Jul 1997 18:01:27 +0300 (EET DST) Subject: Re: Fixer Question >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. > > >Kari Eloranta The scratches I was talking about really only show up when I scan with a LeafScan 45. Using this scanner seems to be similar to printing with a point-light source - every tiny defect shows up. I have major problems with scanning color negatives, as they always seem to have these scratches that don't show up in darkroom produced prints. When I use hardener in my Rapid Fixer, I don't have the problem of these scratches showing up in my scans of bw negatives. So, I would recommend hardener.