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Thread: Special fixer for T grain film?

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    Cool Special fixer for T grain film?

    I notice Fine Art Photo Supply sells a special fixer for clearing the anti halation dye from tabular grain film.

    What is the need for this?

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    Re: Special fixer for T grain film?

    You don't need this. Standard rapid fixer works fine. Simply fix for 5 minutes; agitate for the first 30 seconds and then for 15 seconds of each 30-second interval after that. In other words, T-grain films need 3 times more agitation than other films.

    Ted

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    Re: Special fixer for T grain film?

    Like Ted said. You don't need special fixer, you just have to fix T-grain films a little longer, and/or with greater agitation. Oh, and Kodak's guide to their Tmax films state that it depletes fixer faster than older types of film, too.

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