This is helpful; I’m using Kodak HC 110. On Wed, Apr 21, 2021 at 10:19 AM Beebe, Roger W. <[email protected]> wrote:
> I don’t think we have enough info to troubleshoot, but I agree that this > is a development problem rather than some fogging from the airport x-ray. > (I’ve x-rayed plenty of film on accident & have been pleasantly surprised > how minimal the damage has been.) > > > > What developer are you using? I know when I’ve used Dektol, even when > greatly diluted, my processing times are crazy fast (30 sec? even less?). > I’d do a simple test with your developer—do tests with small strips at 30 > sec, 1 min, etc. Don’t put it in the bleach—just take it out after > stopping & take a look. If one of these seems to be giving you a good > result, then introduce the bleach step to see if that’s the culprit. > > > > I’m hardly an expert—I mostly do pretty sloppy cameraless stuff, so > development times are pretty imprecise—but there is a pretty > straightforward way to figure out where the problem is. > > > > (Oh, and there’s always just dumb mistakes too. A friend posted to FB the > other day that she accidentally switched her stop & developer & couldn’t > figure out why an image never formed until she realized her mistake!) > > > > Hope that helps. > > Roger > > > > *From: *Frameworks <[email protected]> on behalf of > Kelsey Velez <[email protected]> > *Reply-To: *Experimental Film Discussion List <[email protected] > > > *Date: *Tuesday, April 20, 2021 at 8:33 PM > *To: *Experimental Film Discussion List <[email protected]> > *Subject: *[Frameworks] Film Woes > > > > Hi Frameworks Friends. > > > > I shot about 7 rolls of b&w reversal in Florida and New Mexico over the > past year, a lot of it I’m very very excited about. Unfortunately my > primate brain forgot to take it all out of my backpack at security in > Dallas and it passed through a new high-powered X-ray scanner. The officer > I asked said my film would be “obliterated”. > > > > At worst I thought my footage would come out foggy considering it’s fairly > slow (200 iso), but while processing one of the less favorable rolls I’m > coming to the conclusion that either, yes, my film is obliterated or my > ratios/timing are off. My film is coming out clear. > > > > X-ray? Bleach not diluted enough? Too long in the developer? > > > > I’d like to know before I continue processing this roll so I can decide > whether to keep going or send it in for processing at a lab. > > > > I’m using a gallon of water to most of a liter of developer. I used double > the ratio of 1g to 250ml of potassium permanganate and 13.5g to 250ml of > sodium bisulfate. > > > > Any help or advice is appreciated!!! > > > -- > Frameworks mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.film-gallery.org/mailman/listinfo/frameworks_film-gallery.org >
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