I just want to make sure I'm an idiot...

[Ara Ghajanian]

So I developed a roll of TMAX3200 with what I thought was XTOL. I was going to mix up a new batch, but became lazy and used a brown jug with some liquid in it that I was sure was XTOL. Wrong. The roll came out completely clear, not even the numbers showed up. I'm assuming I had the brown jug filled with water to clean it out and never emptied it. I just want to make sure that was the case and not something else that may have gone wrong.

Kinda sucks because I had shot this roll at a live show. Oh well.
Ara

 

[AusDLK]

Switch to a one-shot developer and you'll never do this again...

 

[Xmas]

Dev needs to be in sealed bottles even if it is Rodinal... It should also be marked as toxic.

Noel

 

[SolaresLarrave]

I agree with Noel. My developer bottle is very distinctive and different from all the containers I have. In fact, except for the Photoflo, HCA and Stop solution, my bottles are all different.

Sorry about your mishap. Better luck next time!

 

[rover]

Are you guys calling Ara names?

 

[fgianni]

Wanna talk about idiots?

Once I was out shooting with my Minolta autocord, I had recently aquired an autopole for it (linear polarizer that covers both lenses with a mechanism that turns both filters at the same time) and couldn't make it work!
I had tested it beforehand at home, and everything seemed ok, when I turned the wheel I could see clearly the effects of the polarizing filter on the focusing screen; but outside the only thing I got were odd swirling colours whose pattern changed depending on how I turned the wheel.
I shot 1 roll without having any control on it, and then it dawned on me: I was wearing polarizing sunglasses! How can someone be sooooo stupid?

 

[Lemures-Ex]

Wanna talk about idiots?

Once I was out shooting with my Minolta autocord, I had recently aquired an autopole for it (linear polarizer that covers both lenses with a mechanism that turns both filters at the same time) and couldn't make it work!
I had tested it beforehand at home, and everything seemed ok, when I turned the wheel I could see clearly the effects of the polarizing filter on the focusing screen; but outside the only thing I got were odd swirling colours whose pattern changed depending on how I turned the wheel.
I shot 1 roll without having any control on it, and then it dawned on me: I was wearing polarizing sunglasses! How can someone be sooooo stupid?

Hah! That's great 🙂 I was reading that and trying to figure out how the hell you got swirly colours. Polarising is fun to play with eh? Did any of the shots come out well?

Jared

 

[SolaresLarrave]

Hey, Ralph, did you find your grip in the end? 🙂