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Farmer's reducer

[fahr-merz] /ˈfɑr mərz/

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noun, Photography.

1.

a solution of ferricyanide and hypo for reducing density and increasing contrast in a negative.

Origin of Farmer's reducer

named after E. H. Farmer (died 1944), English photographer

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