APUG - View Single Post - Pink or Magenta Cast with T-max, new Tri-X, and other films (not blue or green cast)

SkipA · 04-03-2003, 12:14 AM

I've often ended up with a very noticeable magenta or pink tint on TMX and TMY, but I haven't used these films in years and don't plan to again, and I've changed my processing regimen since then. I have never seen even a hint of a residual tint with HP5 or FP4+, both of which I use fairly regularly.

My process is 2 minutes in plain water presoak, develop in ABC Pyro or PMK, 30 second stop in Kodak Indicator Stop bath at standard dilution, six to eight minute fix in Kodak F-24 nonhardening fixing bath, five minutes in Kodak Hypo Clear or Heico Permawash, and 20 minute running water wash.

I don't know if the pink or magenta tint is related to the dyes that come off in the presoak water or not, but I'm always amazed at the color of my presoak water when I turn the lights on. It's always a very dark and opaque blue or green color, depending on the film.

04-03-2003, 12:14 AM	#23 (permalink)
SkipA Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: 127.0.0.1 Posts: 111	I've often ended up with a very noticeable magenta or pink tint on TMX and TMY, but I haven't used these films in years and don't plan to again, and I've changed my processing regimen since then. I have never seen even a hint of a residual tint with HP5 or FP4+, both of which I use fairly regularly. My process is 2 minutes in plain water presoak, develop in ABC Pyro or PMK, 30 second stop in Kodak Indicator Stop bath at standard dilution, six to eight minute fix in Kodak F-24 nonhardening fixing bath, five minutes in Kodak Hypo Clear or Heico Permawash, and 20 minute running water wash. I don't know if the pink or magenta tint is related to the dyes that come off in the presoak water or not, but I'm always amazed at the color of my presoak water when I turn the lights on. It's always a very dark and opaque blue or green color, depending on the film.