taffy
Well-known
Hi, it was my first time to process rolls of film in a very very long time. I tried stand developing for the very first time and the results are not too good. Here is an image of the negative.
Developer: PaRodinal 1:100
Fixer: Ilfosol 3 1:14
Temp: might have been 2 degrees below 20c so 18
Time: 70 mins; 4 inversions at the beginning, 4 inversions at 00:35:00.
Seems like there's a lot of silver left on the film. Could you kindly point out what happened here and how I can avoid this in the future? Should I go back to the "normal way" of developing?
Thanks!
Taffy
Developer: PaRodinal 1:100
Fixer: Ilfosol 3 1:14
Temp: might have been 2 degrees below 20c so 18
Time: 70 mins; 4 inversions at the beginning, 4 inversions at 00:35:00.
Seems like there's a lot of silver left on the film. Could you kindly point out what happened here and how I can avoid this in the future? Should I go back to the "normal way" of developing?
Thanks!
Taffy
taffy
Well-known
Additionally:
This is expired Neopan 400 Professional.
This is expired Neopan 400 Professional.
Freakscene
Obscure member
Neopan 400 was never very good with Rodinal and stand development with a highly alkaline, high activity developer with old film is likely to end like this.
Give some fresh film a try, and for expired film use HC-110.
Marty
taffy
Well-known
Thanks, Marty. This is really embarrassing, I just realized as I checked on my chemicals, that I did NOT use fixer. I used the Ilford developer not the fixer-- so I used a developer, a stop bath, and a developer again!
Sheesh!
Ronald M
Veteran
You can "refix". Use a tray if already cut.
taffy
Well-known
thanks Ronald!