[pure-silver] Re: short dev times
- From: Jim Brick <jim@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2006 16:05:39 -0700
At 07:05 AM 9/22/2006 -0400, Janet Cull wrote:
It's morning and I dropped the frustration at about 2:00 a.m.. I
remembered my daughter's words; "in 10 years will it matter?" (Only
if it takes that long to figure out.)
I was shooting a Hasselblad and metered. Is it possible I just
didn't develop long enough to bring up an image, but did the edges?
I don't know. I'll think more and try again with something, but I
lost the chance on those. Doggone it!
Smart daughter.
However, what happened to you is exactly why I, and my colleagues,
NEVER process a roll of 'very important' film, without first testing
the process. This goes double for a NEW process.
I quickly shoot a roll of film and process it using the exact
chemicals, from the same concentrates, as I will be using for the
'very important' roll(s). I ALWAYS did this with Xtol since it had
such a bad reputation for suddenly quitting. I never did have a
problem, but better safe than sorry. And processing a test roll will
give you an indication of whether you are in the ball park on
dilution and time.
When I mix a new batch of E6 or C41 chemistry, I stuff a roll of the
appropriate film in my camera, shoot it outside, around the house,
and process it by itself. Thirty years ago I didn't do this an ruined
six rolls of E6 (E4?) that I could not shoot again. Since then I have
been very careful with the soup in which my 'very important' film gets to swim.
:-)
Jim
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