Friday, January 28, 2005
I think I've wrung everything I can out of my existing negatives. I'll process some new film and hope there's something worthwhile on there. I'll be trying Ilford Rapid Fixer for the first time. I usually use TF-4 from Photographer's Formulary but it's expensive to ship since it's not powder and the Ilford fix was five minutes away. I have to use a fix without hardener because the hardener strips the stain from Pyro negatives. I did see that they now have Sprint chemicals (but they were out of fix), which are good for you and the environment and the stop bath is vanilla scented ( I don't know if I could live without the sinus searing acetic acid smell of my Kodak Stop bath). I'd like to give those a try. I use stop for prints, not film. For film I just use water. I have thought about using a new developer than PMK Pyro. The only reason is mixing the powder chemicals. The pyrogallol is so toxic. The powder is easy to spill since it's so light weight. It's just a big drag to mix it. But on the other hand, once it's mixed it lasts a long time and that's what I've been very happily using for the last four years, so maybe I better not mess with a good thing.
PS: I think I've done a pretty good job a trying to keep this a political free zone for awhile. While I still have very strong opinions about stuff, I think it's better to keep it off here.
PS: I think I've done a pretty good job a trying to keep this a political free zone for awhile. While I still have very strong opinions about stuff, I think it's better to keep it off here.
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