[pure-silver] Re: odd neg

The upper left is the shooter's fault so it could be the bellows, gobo, or just 
something in the room.  No idea on the age of the film or any way to find out.  
If I assume the box it was sent to me in is what it came from, the date on that 
is 9/09,  so it's slightly out of date.

I hope I can clean this cr_p off there!  Any suggestions?  I think I have just 
used dish soap and water in the past when something weird like this has 
appeared and rubbed it 'tween the digits.

Would tmax rs be a better bet for the balance or d76?

eric



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From: Richard Knoppow <dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sat, November 14, 2009 4:29:50 PM
Subject: [pure-silver] Re: odd neg


----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric Nelson" <emanmb@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, November 14, 2009 8:29 AM
Subject: [pure-silver] Re: odd neg


> That's what's odd is the developer was one shot and it's a new bottle and a 
> fresh mix of fixer w/hardner.  I've run a couple rolls though that batch of 
> fix and no problems.  I have run some pyrocat through there recently but no 
> PMK. I did a finger wipe test (very scientific) of the drum and picked up 
> nothing.  After the final wash, I pop open the drum and fill the cylinders 
> w/water for a bit to give a last rinse and to make it easy to remove the 
> film.  I do believe it is that fog as I can see finger prints in it. It's 
> seems odd to me that the coloration is uneven.
> 
> I always use more chemistry than Jobo tech sheets state for any given drum as 
> I figure there'll be less exhaustion/strain on a small amount of chemistry 
> and also because I use a slower rotation.  Should I try the citric acid added 
> to say 300 mls of fixer, which already has hardener in it?
> 
> This client had me run this one frakkin sheet to test at this EI (which turns 
> out to be a good thing) so I have 3 more sheets to run.  I have other options 
> for development if anyone has any suggestions.  Tmax RS, HC110, D76...?
> 
  One thing occurs to me, I have had a problem in the past with some outdated 
Plus-X sheet film. This film would always come out of the fixer with a rather 
thick gummy layer on the emulsion side. It looked something like dichroic fog 
but would wipe off. This was specific to this box of film and I never 
determined what caused it. While you are using fresh (presumably) Ilford film 
it would be interesting to discover if the fog is specific to the film. Its 
possible for it to be defective.
  BTW, also also noticed that the upper left corner of the negative appears to 
be underdeveloped. Is this the case or some artifact of the image?

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Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles, CA, USA
dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
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