Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/05/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]whilst we are on the offbeat and almost off topic subject of making photographs with our Leica negatives :) I would like to ask if anyone knows of a powder form of rapid fixer: does it exist and if so what are the options. I ask since I am going to New York this weekend largely to stock uo on darkroom materials and carrying powder chemicals is preferable to liquids. I cannot use the local fixer here in Shanghai which though cheap and effective is almost incredibly slow - 30minutes full strength when fresh! A good selection of Kodak developr formulas are concoted here locally (from D72 to D76 and D163) but fixer seems beyond the local chemical industry which have evidently concentrated on polluting rivers and changing the colour of the sky for the last few decades... Bests Adrian Bradshaw Editorial and Corporate Photography Shanghai, China