[pure-silver] Re: Old roll of E6 update
- From: Snoopy <snoopy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2013 10:20:27 +0200
Ah OK, I obviously never had film THAT old in my tank...
Love,
Snoopy
On 08/31/2013 06:00 AM, Eric Neilsen Photo wrote:
> Old E6 film, exposed will have POOR latent image stability and can go clear.
> If exposed and it sat around for years, you will never see black, but faded
> blue black if you are lucky. If it was exposed and then subject to extreme
> temp, anything is possible. If the edges are clear, no frame numbers the
> film itself is off in my experience. A good test to do is run a known good
> film stock with the great unknown.
>
> Eric Neilsen
> Eric Neilsen Photography
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>
> Hmm, if the film was unexposed it should come out as all black with the
> yellow frame numbers and film type on the top and bottom "margins". This
> gets exposed onto the film by the manufacturer.
>
> And you can certainly feel if the emulsion/gelatin came off during
> development.
>
> If it is all clear (with the emulsion still present) then your chemistry
> was off...
>
> This can happen - E6 chemistry ages quickly even in the sealed
> containers. I always do a test development if I am not sure.
>
> Love
> Snoopy
>
>
> On 08/29/2013 07:51 PM, mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>> Well thought I would post the results Not really surprised to find that
>> the roll of film came out clear with no images at all on it. I thought
>> there might be something that would at least give me a clue as to what
>> it might have been. This time nothing.
>>
>> Either the latent image had just degraded over time, maybe I fouled
>> something up in the processing or maybe the emulsion and base separated
>> Still at least at this point its done and I know no surprise jewels.
>>
>> Mark
>>
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