Digital BW, The Print

To my knowledge, it is sodium sulphite (contained in commercial fixing to prolong shelf life) rather than sodium thiosulphate that wears out the unexposed silver when using too strong fixing or too long fixing times. Therefore, soaking the film in a pure sodium thiosulphate solution (240 gr/l).
As a matter of fact, pure thiosulphate is what I use for fixing in order to maximize shadow details and acutance of my film. When performed adequately, it is perfectly able to dissolve the anti-halation layers of the film I use, even the t-grain versions (Fomapan is not among them). Of course, it is a 1-shoot bath.

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   Mantinieri

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--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "paulekohl" <pkohl@...> wrote:
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> This is a small thing but I would appreciate anyone with knowledge who could chime in with info:
> I recently spent some time in Budapest on an artist residency. I had decided that I would try and use local film to photograph there. I found this film called Fomopan 100 (645). I bought a bunch of it and now, back home in Singapore, am developing it using TFX 2, Formulary's interesting developer I have been using for several years.
> Okay, the question: the film is blue! the film base has a decided blue cast. Is it something I am doing? Some odd chemical twist? I am scanning it and it doesn't seem to affect anything. I have printed some big contact prints and they seem good but the color is so weird!
> If anyone can enlighten me about this I would appreciate it.
> Paul Kohl
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