ChipShorter
Member
That is correct. I should have fixed that before I posted it.
Chip, just looking at the negative, it looks like this, right?
HC110 - What am I doing wrong??
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ColSebastianMoran
( IRL Richard Karash )
This is very strange.
Is it possible that the denser areas are under-fixed? That the less dense areas at the sprocket holes are adequately fixed because of flow of fixer through the holes?
Is there a possible light leak that would fix this pattern?
Is it possible that the denser areas are under-fixed? That the less dense areas at the sprocket holes are adequately fixed because of flow of fixer through the holes?
Is there a possible light leak that would fix this pattern?
yanchep_mike
Always Trying
Looks like the fixer being exhausted, and left silver streaks, if you put a drop of fresh fixer onto the neg for a few minutes you should see it clear up. My 0.02
colyn
ישו משיח
Rotary tanks should be used for paper developing which does need constant agitation. You don't use constant agitation with film. Usually the first 30 seconds then 3 inversion each minute is normal for film..
timor
Well-known
Hmm...Jobo Expert is made for constant agitation, it is quite expensive installation and as such directed to professionals. They don't have any problem with using constant agitation. I think that the only drawback of it is less acutation. On the other hand saying that certain system of agitation is "normal" (otherwise right one) is also erroneous. There is no such a thing like "normal" where is a thousand ways to skin a cat.
zauhar
Veteran
Maybe agitation issues arise from doing inversions? The jobo tank (if I understand how it works) is spinning with its long axis horizontal, so that the sprocket holes enter and leave solution parallel to the long axis of the film; do inversions and a lot of the flow will have to be going across the width of the film.
Looking at those negatives more closely, looks like the streaks always "avoid" the sprocket holes, can't imagine a light leak behaving like that.
Randy
ChipShorter
Member
SOLVED! Thanks for everyone's help.. it looks like it was the fixer after all. I cut the neg and dropped it into fresh fix for 5 minutes and the weird sprocket lines disappeared:
You Go Girl, fixed by Chip Shorter, on Flickr
The reason I didn't think of this.. The fix is relatively new; it's been less than 2 months since I mixed it. I wonder if I simply neglected to agitate during the fix stage, and it just sat there on the counter.
You Go Girl, fixed by Chip Shorter, on Flickr
The reason I didn't think of this.. The fix is relatively new; it's been less than 2 months since I mixed it. I wonder if I simply neglected to agitate during the fix stage, and it just sat there on the counter.
BobYIL
Well-known
Chip, first you said stand development.. then couple of posts down continuous agitation. Later fixer issue. The developer you use is a universal one, nobody can blame it.. I would recommend you to "standardize" your development process. Read the relevant film specifications, developer specifications and fixer specifications carefully (all pdf files, to give you a tonne of correct information) and stick to the processes there. Once you get good results stick to them... With one developer stick to one hi-speed and one low-speed film until you master both with no mistakes.
And one day if you want experimenting with other methods then do it with test films, not your actual rolls.
And one day if you want experimenting with other methods then do it with test films, not your actual rolls.
ColSebastianMoran
( IRL Richard Karash )
Good to hear. Thanks for the report.
Gabriel M.A.
My Red Dot Glows For You
Credit due where it's due. I love it when there are people online who are helpful and help get to the bottom of things and solve them.
zauhar
Veteran
Excellent! This is what RFF is all about. I have likewise never had a question here that was not resolved in the end.
Randy
Randy
