Response to Farmer's Reducer for film?

Alternatively, look at proportional or superproportional reducers. Farmers reducer used with solution A and B mixed together is a cutting reducer i.e., it reduces densities equally across high and low density areas. This means (unless you overexposed the neg badly) you risk losing your critical shadow densities. I've heard that you can use solution A followed by solution B and that gives you a proportional reducer i.e., the reduction is proportional to the density values, so high densities are reduced more than low densities and you get a lower contrast range. Alternatively, you can use a super proportional reducer which affects the highlight densities a lot more which means you will get an even lower contrast range. Photographers formulary has this stuff. Hope this helps. DJ

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