[pure-silver] Re: sodium sulfite for type 55 film
- From: shannon stoney <sstoney@xxxxxxx>
- To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2004 16:56:47 -0500
>At 09:30 AM 10/22/2004, shannon stoney wrote:
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>>I've been reading some on the internet about polaroid black and white
>>positive negative films. 655 seems to be pretty much like 55, only
>>for medium format. You have to dunk the negative in sodium sulfite
>>after pulling it off. This seems a little awkward for in the field.
>>Is it really necessary? On one forum somebody said they just rinsed
>>the negative in plain water and skipped the sodium sulfite step.
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>The best thing to do is wait until you get home to process the film. Then
>it is easy to do the sulfite dunk. Processing the neg out in the field
>serves no purpose. Expose for a neg, the print is of no value. Expose for a
>print, the neg is of no value.
But, part of my purpose is to give the print to the person being
photographed. If I do that, do I have to do the sulfite dunk?
--shannon
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>Better yet, when you get home, don't process the film in a Polaroid
>processor (your film back), remove the film and process it is Xtol, D-76,
>or your favorite stuff. The film is basically a Kodak Panatomic-X
>equivalent, which is why folks like it so much.
>
>I forget the film speeds, 32 or 50 for a neg, 200 for a print (my feeble
>recollection.)
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>:-)
>
>Jim
>
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