[pure-silver] Re: Best developer for fogged film...?
- From: Jean-David Beyer <jeandavid8@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 04 Dec 2009 07:12:19 -0500
Michael HINTLIAN wrote:
Returning from a long trip to India I'm in the process of developing 80
rolls of Tri-X (35mm) from the trip. For reasons known only to Inidan
security at the airport they decided to pull me completely apart upon
departure which meant repeated xraying of my film who knows how many
times...in spite of my polite requests for an alternative hand
inspection. A nightmare.
I've developed the first 24 rolls and find a low level fog on the film
base - not quite as bad as outdated T-Max 3200 but along those lines. My
preferred developer is Rodinal, 1:50, 14:45mins with two tank inversions
every other minute. After looking at these first results I'm thinking I
might need to find a developer that works faster in the hope that this
base fog will be minimized or won't have the chance to build up as might
be the case with the long-ish times in Rodinal.
What are the thoughts of the group? With many thanks!
Michael
Unless the fog is very dense or non-uniform, forget about it. Printing
times may be slightly longer is all.
It is possible to put a little benzotriazole in the developer as an
anti-fog, but you better test it on an unimportant roll of film to get
the concentration right.
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