Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/02/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Simon, It may be my resoluton, but I don't see "snow" there... What it do see looks like reticulation. Which happens with you go from a warm bath to a cold bath quickly. Reticulation looks like spider webs.. Is this image a scan from a neg or a print ? As for your times.. Dev looks right.. Stop is fine.. Fixing for 8 minutes is WAY too long.. You should only need to fix for 4 to 6 minutes.. Even at 6 minutes it's a little overkill.. You should also look into a hypo clearing agent.. It reduces time in the wash, saving water and good for the environment. :) Also, be sure to only add a drop (small drop) of wetting agent.. It really doesn't take much and could leave a residue on your film that looks like water spots.. By the way, if it's a slide scanner, could there be dust on the ccd? - -Mark - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Simon Lamb Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 1:47 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] OT: Developing Question (sample image) Help! Many thnaks to all who responded to my original post regarding my first foray into b&w developing and my initial disappointment with the results. Working on the basis that I probably overexposed and under fixed the first roll of Delta 100 I just developed another roll with a shorter development time and a longer fix time. To determine the fix time I put a piece of unprocessed film into the fix solution and waited to see how long it took to go clear. I could see through the film in under a minute. All I have read states that this time should be doubled which would give two minutes fix time. However, working on the assumption that the snow on my images from the last roll could have been due to too little fixing (and that was a five minute fix) I fixed this film for eight minutes. I processed as follows: I developed in in Ilfotec HC (1+31) for 5.5 minutes starting with 10 seconds continuous agitation and then five inversions every minute, used Ilfostop for 30 seconds, then Ilford Hypam fixer for eight minutes with continuous inversions for the first minute and then five inversion every minute, and washed for 15 minutes, adding a little wetting agent at the end to aid drying. Here is a sample of one of the images and, as you can see, the snow is still there. http://www.sclamb.com/temp/Test%20Sample.jpg Can anyone say what is causing this snow on the image? I have scanned many Delta 100 & 400 images on my LS30 and never had this problem, so I can only assume I am doing something wrong in the processing. Thanks again for any advice. Simon - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html