ItsReallyDarren
That's really me
I feel so dumb that I just need to be told how stupid I am.
Last Friday I was at Costco and saw their six pack of Fuji Superia 400. For 8 bucks why not, its been a while since I shot with color film.
The day was going great so I decided to head down to the beach, I brought my G-III QL17 with me just to get some shots in. Everything was nice, finished the roll, got some nice shots that I was looking forward to see. I shot another roll while taking a drive around the mountains the next day, thankfully this roll survived my stupidity. Mainly because I was stupid enough not to think of my original stupid idea first. 😀
So here it goes,
mistake number 1; developing the film at Costco.
When I was at Costco I asked the lab how much it would cost to have a roll developed, they told me $1.50. How could I turn that down? The pro lab I usually go to costs $5 bucks. So I return today and drop off two rolls, they say it'll only take 15 minutes so I take a quick walk around the store, which only took me 30 mins.
30 minutes later I arrive pick up my film, pay the $3 dollars for two rolls and go on my way.
When I get back and pull the film out thinking to myself this curlyness just wont do. Since I asked for it to be uncut, my only other option was frames of 4, bleh. I remember reading here that I can wind the film emulsion side out on a spool to uncurl them over an hour or two. Which does work, very very well.
I take the first roll out and start to cut them, as I was doing so I noticed lots of debris and drying marks left on the film. Great they already look like crap, oh well guess Ill fix them post scan. Then I remembered I had a 2nd roll still sitting in the film spool....
super idiot mistake number 2; "I know, I'll just wash those drying stains out!! Im so smart!"
With a small bucket of lukewarm water and my poor helpless film still on its spool I dunk it in and swish it around a little, tapping it against the side to dislodge any airbubbles. It was only after I pulled the spool out of the water did a sense of idiocracy surround me. The emulsion side had turned from orange and clear to milky white. I tried washing it off but that was an excerice in futility. I pull the film out to examine it one last time, getting a glimpse of my would be pictures, and liking a lot of the shots I saw. Then I dumped it in the trash and walked away. I search around the internet about washing color film not finding much information so I decided to pull the negatives out of the trash and wash them one last time hoping to salvage anything.
Moral of the story, dont do what I did, especially number 2.
Last Friday I was at Costco and saw their six pack of Fuji Superia 400. For 8 bucks why not, its been a while since I shot with color film.
The day was going great so I decided to head down to the beach, I brought my G-III QL17 with me just to get some shots in. Everything was nice, finished the roll, got some nice shots that I was looking forward to see. I shot another roll while taking a drive around the mountains the next day, thankfully this roll survived my stupidity. Mainly because I was stupid enough not to think of my original stupid idea first. 😀
So here it goes,
mistake number 1; developing the film at Costco.
When I was at Costco I asked the lab how much it would cost to have a roll developed, they told me $1.50. How could I turn that down? The pro lab I usually go to costs $5 bucks. So I return today and drop off two rolls, they say it'll only take 15 minutes so I take a quick walk around the store, which only took me 30 mins.
30 minutes later I arrive pick up my film, pay the $3 dollars for two rolls and go on my way.
When I get back and pull the film out thinking to myself this curlyness just wont do. Since I asked for it to be uncut, my only other option was frames of 4, bleh. I remember reading here that I can wind the film emulsion side out on a spool to uncurl them over an hour or two. Which does work, very very well.
I take the first roll out and start to cut them, as I was doing so I noticed lots of debris and drying marks left on the film. Great they already look like crap, oh well guess Ill fix them post scan. Then I remembered I had a 2nd roll still sitting in the film spool....
super idiot mistake number 2; "I know, I'll just wash those drying stains out!! Im so smart!"
With a small bucket of lukewarm water and my poor helpless film still on its spool I dunk it in and swish it around a little, tapping it against the side to dislodge any airbubbles. It was only after I pulled the spool out of the water did a sense of idiocracy surround me. The emulsion side had turned from orange and clear to milky white. I tried washing it off but that was an excerice in futility. I pull the film out to examine it one last time, getting a glimpse of my would be pictures, and liking a lot of the shots I saw. Then I dumped it in the trash and walked away. I search around the internet about washing color film not finding much information so I decided to pull the negatives out of the trash and wash them one last time hoping to salvage anything.
Moral of the story, dont do what I did, especially number 2.
