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Just got done souping a couple of rolls from recent travels and when I took the film out :eek: :eek: nothing but a purple cast blank two rolls of film.

Did the X--Ray at the airport cook it or did I??

D-76 1:1 for 11:00

I never had this happen until today


Any insights????
 
You did.

X-rays would leave dark marks/streaks/patterns.

Were there any edge markings? If not, it was processing. If there were, it wasn't exposed.

At least, that's the best I can do without seeing it.

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.

Cheers,

Roger
 
Thanks so much for your answers....... there are no markings present at all!!

The film is completely blank............... although I'm fairly "green" when it comes to home souping this is completely new to me. Could the film havw gotten exposed to light when I loaded or when it was in the tank?

I've used the ZM Ikon for the last 2 years with C-41 / E-6 and Silver and never saw this before.

Roger you aren't the bearer of bad news...... I'm learning from folks like you who've done this a few thousand times!!! I appreciate you taking the time to respond.

And "Wontonny" thank you as well
 
This may also help....

I used D-76 and when I poured it from my container it was a dark reddish brown.... almost the color of port or marsala............... does this help to shed any light????
 
sherm said:
The film is completely blank............... although I'm fairly "green" when it comes to home souping this is completely new to me. Could the film havw gotten exposed to light when I loaded or when it was in the tank?
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Nope - if it were exposed to light, it would be completely black (white when printed), rather than the other way around... (unless it was slide film)

It sounds like it didn't get any developer at all. I've had that happen when I accidentally ran fix first, for example.

edit: just saw the note about the d76 color - yup sounds like it was exhausted.
 
sherm said:
Could the film havw gotten exposed to light when I loaded or when it was in the tank?
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Hi.

Don't think so. The film would be fogged, or at worst black. I think the only way to remove exposure on film is with fixer (which removes undeveloped silver). So either there was no exposure to begin with (then the frame numbers would show), or it was fixed before developing (which it sounds like, since the frame numbers are gone too). That could be due to extremely exhausted chemistry, I suppose, but if there's nothing at all, I'd guess that there was a mix-up of some sort.

Any of the possible things that could have gone wrong with x-rays or light-leaks would have resulted in more exposed silver, not less.

Hope this helps diagnose the problem (the next roll's always the best roll).
 
the cast just means that it wasn't fixed as much as it could have been. in this case it doesn't matter, but if you see it in the future you could just put it back in the tank and fix for a few more minutes, should fix it right up (no pun inteneded).
 
sherm said:
This may also help....

I used D-76 and when I poured it from my container it was a dark reddish brown.... almost the color of port or marsala............... does this help to shed any light????
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Oh, yeah... that changes things. Too bad I'm such a slow typer...
 
Thanks to all for your help............... thankfully the two rolls that I cooked were of my in--laws mainly my mother-in-law so not a total loss.

Looks like a trip to Precision for some new "juice" !!


Thanks again
 
sherm said:
Thanks to all for your help............... thankfully the two rolls that I cooked were of my in--laws mainly my mother-in-law so not a total loss.
Thanks again
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Please tell me neither your wife nor your in-laws read this forum. :D
 
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