Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/01/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]What I meant was, I was confused I got pinkish HP5+ negs, which has never happened before. Anyway, I took one of the HP5+ neg strips and gave it a half hour wash, and the pink went away. Maybe my Permawash really has given up. thanks, Pete - ----- Original Message ----- From: George Huczek <ghuczek@sk.sympatico.ca> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2000 12:48 PM Subject: [Leica] Re: Re: Light purple/pink Ilford film > At 12:03 PM 02/01/00 -0500, you wrote: > >I'm confused because I've never gotten pink negatives from "traditional" > >films, like Tri-X and HP5. Since the negs are clear and uniform, I'm less > >worried than I might be. But I'm still curious about what might be going on. > > > >Maybe guess I'll go back to Tri-X. :) > > > The pink will come out with proper fixing. Forget about how you fix for > conventional films. Give TMax about twice as long with rapid fixer and you > will be in the right ballpark. If there is any pink left that you can't > get out, you can print right through it. It doesn't seem to have any > effect on multigrade paper contrast. > >