Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/04/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'm always hesitant to omit the hardener. I think the emulsions are still gelatin, and that is pretty easy to scratch when soft and wet. At 12:55 PM 4/18/2004, you wrote: >Summicron: > > >any good hardening fixer will do, kodak's or ilford's, > >either one. > >My understanding is that the hardening agents are redundant for modern >emulsions and that using a hardening agent in the fixer just increases the >time you have to spend washing to remove the fix. > >-- >Eric >http://canid.com/ > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information