Try putting a couple drops of a wetting agent (Foto-Flo) in the pre-soak. I used to have trouble with air bells on 120 Panatomic-X (RIP) and the pre-soak with Foto-Flo cleared up the problem.
Charles Ellis KJG wrote:
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 addthe 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 wasnot 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'tsee 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 ============================================================================================================To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there.============================================================================================================= To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there.
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