----- Original Message ----- From: Delano Mireles Subject: So are we back? - Repost of question on Fuji Acros 100
> > I will be shooting and developing some of this film for the first time this > weekend. I downloaded the data sheets off Fuji's site and under the section > on developing they only list Fuji Fixers. Not too big a deal I thought at > first, but then I noticed that they are all hardening fixers. I typically > use Illford's fixer which is not a hardening fixer. I am hoping someone can > fill me in on the differences and how I may need to compensate for them when > developing. No need to compensate at all if using a non hardening fixer. Just fix for twice the clearing time. If the emulsion is not prehardened during manufacturing (unlikely), then the emulsion will be a bit more prone to mechanical damage if it is unhardened, so you might want to exercise a bit more care with the film handleing post processing. Alternatively, you could pick up a package of Kodak Fixer (thats the powdered stuff). It is a regular sodium thiosulfate hardening fixer. Wash times need to be increased with hardening fixers. William Robb
