nowadays almost every film i've read tech data doesn't need hardening fixers and all the fixers i've seen --i have the ornano one (pure, distilled, wonderful crap) and a couple from ilford-- are non-hardening fixers. however, for "older type" films such as efke 25 and 100 (that i'd love to try on 4x5" format, expecially the 25 one) a hardening fixer is required or, at least, highly recommended (i'm just quoting from a reseller's website). the question now is: what hardening fixer do you suggest? i wouldn't want to brew anything at home because i really have no time to (i'll be glad to pay somebody to do it, if necessary) and have a preference for easy to find products, since it's getting harder and harder to find exothic chemicals. i thank you in advance for any suggestions. regards, p.s.: i'm sorry, but i have nothing more interesting or advanced than this to ask you, at the moment. p.p.s.: if any of you have a spare nikkor 9/300 and a spare super angulon 8/90 to throw away, i can't find any for reasonable prices :) -- Gianni Rondinini (30, tanti, RA) Nikon user - Bmw driver http://bugbarbeq.deviantart.com ============================================================================================================To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there.