Results of my first self-developed roll

[papo]

I have several questions and i dont know if this is the right section but here it is nonetheless.

I noticed that all of my photos have these "scratches" - why is that? The lenses are squeaky clean, i have put brand new sealings inside the camera (AE-1) and have blown out all the possible dust out the camera with an air spray.

Before you ask:
- All images are scans from negatives, not the images themselves
- Scanner is brandnew, has no scratches and is always kept clean
- Scan results from my other camera did not have any of these distortions, which means its either the camera or from my first attempt of self-developing
- The bigger, more noticeable scratches can be seen on the negatives


img147 by odotpap, on Flickr


This one has some ugly dots (top left) - is this from developing? What mistake did i make?

img155 by odotpap, on Flickr

And this one here was shot on the same roll of film but its greytones are so much different than the rest - why?

img148 by odotpap, on Flickr

 

[Bill Clark]

Good job!

Is it dust?

How and where did you dry the film?

Keep working because what you've shown here is very nice.

 

[Timmyjoe]

That looks like dust to me. It's really hard to keep dust off the negatives, and even hard to see the dust by eye, but the scanner will pick up all of it.

My rule of thumb, if it's showing up white on the final image, it's something blocking the light when you're scanning, the most likely culprit, dust on the negs.

 

[papo]

Good job!

Is it dust?

How and where did you dry the film?

Keep working because what you've shown here is very nice.

No dust Sir, the negs were hung in the bathroom on top of the clothing dryer rack, attatched to the door. The bathroom is the cleanest and most dust-free room that i have 🙂

 

[Ko.Fe.]

Looks like dust on developed film. Use the Rocket Blower after getting it into the frame, but before it goes into the scanner.
Did you use Photo-Flo 200 long enough?

 

[mpaniagua]

And this one here was shot on the same roll of film but its greytones are so much different than the rest - why?

Different exposure? probably under exposed?

 

[Rangefinder 35]

Scan the same frames once more. If the "dust" pops up in the same places in scans, it's dried particles on the film itself. If not. buy yourself a can of compressed air and blow the film before inserting in the scanner.

 

[mpaniagua]

are you talking about the black dots on the building's photo? if so, doubt its dust, cause dust shows as white isnt?

 

[papo]

That looks like dust to me. It's really hard to keep dust off the negatives, and even hard to see the dust by eye, but the scanner will pick up all of it.

My rule of thumb, if it's showing up white on the final image, it's something blocking the light when you're scanning, the most likely culprit, dust on the negs.

See those two white spots in fromt and to the side of the pedestrian in image 1? They can still be seen on the negative. As i have said earlier, some distortion can be seen immediately on the negative but most of the other stuff is nowhere to be seen on the negative

 

[papo]

Looks like dust on developed film. Use the Rocket Blower after getting it into the frame, but before it goes into the scanner.
Did you use Photo-Flo 200 long enough?

I used an Adox wetting agent and added it to the last rinse water as told in the the devloping instructions by Ilford.

 

[papo]

Scan the same frames once more. If the "dust" pops up in the same places in scans, it's dried particles on the film itself. If not. buy yourself a can of compressed air and blow the film before inserting in the scanner.

Shocker: I dared to clean the negative with a cleaning "rag" for lenses and as you can see, most of the stuff is gone! I guess it is dirt, dust etc, the question is where did i make a mistake?

Original scan
img147 by odotpap, on Flickr

Cleaned scan
img180 by odotpap, on Flickr

 

[Ko.Fe.]

With overestimate of how clean bathroom is dust free and getting photo-flo bubbly.

 

[Joao]

Running some hot water in the shower for a while will make the water vapor remove the dust that is in the air; do it before hanging the film to dry. It will take a little more time to dry but it will be dust free .

Regards

Joao

 

[Bille]

No dust Sir, the negs were hung in the bathroom on top of the clothing dryer rack, attatched to the door. The bathroom is the cleanest and most dust-free room that i have 🙂

It may still be dust, magnified 10 times. Add this to the last rinse to keep negs as dust free as possible: https://www.fotoimpex.de/shop/fotoc...-netzmittel-bakterizid-250-ml-konzentrat.html

By the way here is my own development cheat sheet. I got acceptable results with Delta 100 and Rodinal. http://billead.com/film/

Negative

Digitally cropped and processed

 

[ferider]

Excellent first results, congrats !

Regarding the "dust", my negatives (also dried in a remote bathroom) dramatically improved wrt cleanliness via (1) using distilled water for the final wash and (2) an electric blower (before scanning). But (1) was the most important factor.

Roland.

 

[xayraa33]

Excellent work for a first try.

Things will only improve from now on, and you been given some excellent suggestions from seasoned film hounds.

One thing I have noticed is that different brands of B&W films have a more or less attraction to dust particles when the film is drying.

Ilford film is best in this regard to not attracting dust particles to stick to it while drying, with the Foma films being much worse for this.

 

[Laviolette]

Keep it up! Our first roll of film is magical, I still remember mine.

And this one here was shot on the same roll of film but its greytones are so much different than the rest - why?

It looks like the way a scanner render an overexposed negative to me. Do the negative frame looks darker and denser than the other ones?

 

[mwoenv]

A good practice is to make sure that everything used in the film development process in contact with the film has no lint or dust on it, e.g., don't dry reels and tanks with a cloth, let them air dry and blow them off with a rocket-air blower before use, so no lint or dust is present when you use them.

Also, filter all chemicals with a coffee filter before each use; developer and fixer remove silver from the film and a small amount of that type of debris can be present in the solutions.

When you hang film to dry, leave it alone; even opening a door to the bathroom can stir up some small amounts of dust that can get on the film before it dries.

 

[sebastel]

looks quite good so far, congrats.

i you have a good loupe (6x .. 10x), take a look at the negatives. you might be surprised by the amount of dust still sticking to them ...

cheers,
sebastian

 

[Joao]

Excellent work for a first try.

One thing I have noticed is that different brands of B&W films have a more or less attraction to dust particles when the film is drying.

Ilford film is best in this regard to not attracting dust particles to stick to it while drying, with the Foma films being much worse for this.

Polypan F is the worst dust-attractive film I have ever tried. Much worse than anything else. Maybe due to its polyester base ??

Regards

Joao