400ft of Kodak XX all gone...

[Vincent.G]

Okay so I'll take note of the Ilford bulk rolls in future. Thanks for sharing your experience.

 

[zuiko85]

So sorry Vincent.
My own "doh" moment was in the darkroom too. Had just opened a new box of Ilford MGIV, 8X10. Pulled out a sheet, exposed it, then developer stop and fix. After a couple of minutes in the fix I turned on the white light to take a look. Hmm, not too bad....then turned around to see the plastic bag with the other 99 sheets sitting OPEN on the shelf. Top 2 or 3 sheets ruined and the rest....well I now had about 95 sheets of 9.5X8inch paper.

As for opening the camera back with film not rewound, don't ask.

 

[johannielscom]

Really sorry to hear about this, Vincent.



What Johan says reminds me of what happened to a bulk roll of Kentmere 400 I opened recently to load with my Alden 200.

When I opened the box I saw the film roll was in a black plastic bag, the upper part and opening of which had been folded around and under the roll. Thinking that "surely the film will be in a metal can", I took out the roll from the box, unfolded the plastic bag, reached in through the opening...and discovered raw unprotected film.

In a ridiculous moment, thinking that I could somehow prevent light from entering the bag, I hurriedly folded the plastic bag around film and clenched it tight with my hand.

As fate would have it, light seems not to have damaged the roll. I have so far shot rolls from the outermost parts of the bulk roll and they haven't been fogged. I'll see how the innermost parts of the bulk roll will be when I get to it. Perhaps the fact that the room was pretty dim (though by no means dark) saved me. We'll see.

Anyway, I'll be loading some XX tonight and will be extra careful.

philip

Lucky you, Philip!

 

[Vincent.G]

Lucky you, Philip!

OT: HA!! Location inside PRISM data base ? Good one !😀

 

[Vincent.G]

So sorry Vincent.
My own "doh" moment was in the darkroom too. Had just opened a new box of Ilford MGIV, 8X10. Pulled out a sheet, exposed it, then developer stop and fix. After a couple of minutes in the fix I turned on the white light to take a look. Hmm, not too bad....then turned around to see the plastic bag with the other 99 sheets sitting OPEN on the shelf. Top 2 or 3 sheets ruined and the rest....well I now had about 95 sheets of 9.5X8inch paper.

As for opening the camera back with film not rewound, don't ask.

Talking about photo paper... my wife once opened a new box of ilford photo paper to print her digital photos using our computer printer.

We had a good laugh! $$$ :angel: $$$

 

[newtorf]

This is exactly the same lesson I learned from Ilford. Even the film is the same! I lost the first 2 rolls and after that all are fine.

I did something similar recently with a 100' roll of Ilford HP5+. I discovered much to my dismay that Ilford does not put their bulk rolls into a tin like the other brands of 100' Ive used. So the roll was loose inside of the untaped light resistant bag and stuck in the box. I did not realize this and reached in and grabbed the roll to put it into the changing bag. It was exposed to the light in the room for 3-4 seconds as a result before I realized and shoved it back into the dark bag.

I ended up with about 3 layers of ruined film and then about 2 fogged and then the next layers had ghosts of the sprocket holes from layer to layer. ALL of it has the edges exposed, but not far enough to get into the 35mm frames to be a problem. And beyond that it's good.

 

[newtorf]

ROTFL, sorry cannot help it...

So sorry Vincent.
My own "doh" moment was in the darkroom too. Had just opened a new box of Ilford MGIV, 8X10. Pulled out a sheet, exposed it, then developer stop and fix. After a couple of minutes in the fix I turned on the white light to take a look. Hmm, not too bad....then turned around to see the plastic bag with the other 99 sheets sitting OPEN on the shelf. Top 2 or 3 sheets ruined and the rest....well I now had about 95 sheets of 9.5X8inch paper.

As for opening the camera back with film not rewound, don't ask.

 

[znapper]

Sorry, but.......really, read the manuals and ask on-line first.

Good luck in the future endevours, one day you'll look back on this and still feel pretty angered by it 🙂

 

[Vincent.G]

Well... we all learn from mistakes don't we? I have alot more screw ups shooting with film but all the mistakes made me learn and discover new things.

My new 400ft of XX is on its way to me. 🙂

 

[znapper]

Good man, looking forward to see the results \o/