[pure-silver] Re: I'm seeing spots!
- From: "KJG" <kjg@xxxxxxx>
- To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2008 09:45:20 -0700 (MST)
Thanks for all your suggestions. Some of them are already part of my
routine. In this case, I prewet with tap water (cooled to 20C) for 1 min
with vigorous banging to dislodge any bubbles. I've been mixing the
developer with distilled water ever since we moved to Tucson. When I add
the developer I agitate and bang the heck out of it for the first 30 sec.
No swamp cooler, just A/C, but the vent is near my drying line. Film was
not repackaged, and had a 2009 date on it.
The bubbles in fixer is an interesting thought, and I'll try re-fixing.
That would explain increased density, but I'm surprised that I wouldn't
see it in the clear parts of the film. I have another roll from the same
batch I need to soup. We'll see how that works.
Thanks, again!
--Kurt
On Wed, July 2, 2008 8:13 am, Agnes wrote:
> Do you cool your house with a swamp cooler? If so how close is the vent
> to where you load your film onto to reels? Just a thought?
>
> Aggie
>
> --- On Tue, 7/1/08, Kurt J. Griffin <kjg@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> From: Kurt J. Griffin <kjg@xxxxxxx>
> Subject: [pure-silver] I'm seeing spots!
> To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Tuesday, July 1, 2008, 8:46 PM
>
> After the recent discussion on water spots on 35 mm (but not 120), I
> was dismayed to see spots on my film from my trip to San Francisco
> shot with my 1940's Voigtländer. Then, on closer inspection, I
> didn't see the "water spots" under reflected light, but rather as
>
> areas of increased density within the grey bits of the image. I
> tried washing with (a lot!) distilled water, but they were still
> there. I would appreciate the input from the collective wisdom of
> this group. A sample is at:
>
> http://flickr.com/photos/kjgriffin/2630065990/
>
> Randumb details: Bergger film @ ASA 200, developed in Xtol 1:1 @ 20C
> for 11.5 min, washed with tap water (here, it's somewhat hard, to be
> kind, but the Navy used seawater), then a 2' soak in distilled H2O,
> and 1 min in same with a drop of photoflow in 1 liter.
>
> Thanks for taking a look and sharing your insights!
>
> Kurt Griffin
> Tucson, AZ
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