Hi all I have a negative which is proving remarkably difficult to print. I guess I shou ld have given it N-2 processing or something but I'm guessing I goofed on the ex posure. The negative haunts me because it has all the information I need. The tr ouble is it has a really wide contrast range and even the softest contrast filte r (I'm using Ilford multigrade) doesn't give me the whole range of tones without extensive dodging and burning. Even the basic exposure time is damned long. I've heard that it is possible to use Farmer's reducer to bleach a dense negativ e down. However, I have also heard that Farmer's reducer tends to increase the c ontrast by working at shadow values more. Is there any other reducer which would either reduce the highlights more or reduce density more or less evenly? Thanks DJ
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