mooge
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so every once in a while I'd get monster grain on my negatives, and I couldn't figure out why- but I think I've found the reason.
I wash my film by letting it soak and changing the water 6 times or so, I figure that uses less water than just running the tap and it probably does the same job. just make sure the last rinse contains none of the pink (I use legacy pro / fuji neopan) colour.
anyways, I figured that the wash would work faster if I used hot water, y'know, rates of reaction and stuff. it probably does.
however, when you wash with hot water and then cold water or vice versa, the emulsion expands and then shrinks, and that's how you can get that 'monster grain' or reticulation that I got.
so, if you want to avoid that, keep all the water and chems you use around the same temperature.
cheers.
I wash my film by letting it soak and changing the water 6 times or so, I figure that uses less water than just running the tap and it probably does the same job. just make sure the last rinse contains none of the pink (I use legacy pro / fuji neopan) colour.
anyways, I figured that the wash would work faster if I used hot water, y'know, rates of reaction and stuff. it probably does.
however, when you wash with hot water and then cold water or vice versa, the emulsion expands and then shrinks, and that's how you can get that 'monster grain' or reticulation that I got.
so, if you want to avoid that, keep all the water and chems you use around the same temperature.
cheers.