John Sexton gives this problem some thought and possibly offers a solution
"Kodak Farmers Reducer mixed according to manufacturers' suggestions is not
an effective reducer for T-MAX emulsions. If you need to reduce T-MAX films
try Kodak Farmer's Reducer R-4a which is included in most formularies."
found online at
http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~qtluong/photography/lf/articles/sexton-tmax.html
Jim K
----- Original Message -----
From: "Guy Glorieux" <[email protected]>
To: "Pinhole List" <pinhole-discussion@p at ???????>
Sent: Saturday, June 16, 2001 12:05 PM
Subject: [pinhole-discussion] Overexposed negatives
> Hi all,
>
> I just shot a couple of rolls of 120 B&W film with my pinhole camera and
> they turned out to be massively overexposed (due to my own error).
>
> Any suggested treatment from anybody? I hear that the stuff to use is
> Farmer's Reducer but I've never used it. Does anyone have experience
> with this chemical? Does it remove density uniformely across the
> negative? I guess I'm worried about losing the shadow area before the
> highlights become light enough to be printable.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Guy
>
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