Hi all.
A quiry for the IR crowd out there.
I had a roll of Kodak IR in the SP500 since Septmber(i know too long)and i shot the
last
few frames
this past weekend.I had a big problem when i went to pull it out of the can.I did not
realize how tough a
film base it was and could not rip a good start line,so i put it in the tank(with
lid)and
went for the cutting
tools.I had great difficulty in loading the reel.It would roll smooth until the last
6" or
so and get VERY
tight.I finally loaded it with a bit of tightness and did the proccessing.
I used Ilford Ilfotec dd x (mixed in mid Feb) and Ilford fixer(mixed last week).There
is
no times for this
developer but Aaron found one in his book of 7 min.When i pulled the film out of the
wash,crap,
all but 3-4 were ruined.Most were very black or nothing at all.The few thet developed
were
not of the
same caliber of the other 7 done in various labs.
Did i fog this film when i put in back in the tank and opened the door for cutting
tools.Or did it sit in the
camera too long, or the wrong chemicals.
Oh and the last few frames must have had film touching as there was a curved line and
sproket holes
visible.
Any clues to were i went wrong.I plan on shooting double what i did in 2002 and want to
home
develope this stuff.Any reel loading tricks.
Dave Brooks
