[Leica] A Questionable Haze?

[len-1 at comcast.net (Leonard Taupier)]

Hi Yama,

I'm not sure what the "haze" is but I have a couple of questions.

During development what is your agitation or inversion timing. Your  
prints look a little too high contrast. There is no detail in the  
dark hair.
Do you use a stop bath between development and fixing?
What film, what developer?
A 3 degree rise in temp seems high in a 9 minute period but except  
for a slightly denser negative it shouldn't cause a problem. I would  
only worry if you were developing color. What's the temperature in  
your room?

I would use a 30 sec dip in a Photo-Flo solution and then hang the  
film to dry. Don't use a squeegee. That can lead to emulsion  
scratches with some films and also lead to spotting on the negatives  
after they dry.

Len


On Jul 17, 2008, at 11:12 PM, Yama Nawabi wrote:

> I'm still going at the "street photography" thing (however  
> subjective that may be) and loving it. This was an attempt at a  
> hipshot, which seemed to work pretty well. Exposure was good to my  
> eyes, however, I notice when I scan in these negatives, they look a  
> little funny.
>
> I have gotten rid of that milky white look by fixing my negatives  
> longer, this was a problem I used to have before. However, I do not  
> really know how to maintain my developer temperature. The temp went  
> up from 20 C to 23 C and I had developed at ASA 400 (9 min, 30  
> seconds). Fixed for 10 minutes. The other change I had done during  
> this develop was using a film squeegee, however I doubt that really  
> had caused this haze.
>
> What I am trying to figure out is whether this developing error had  
> caused that funny black haze above the asian lady's head ( in the  
> left side of the photo )
>
> http://flickr.com/photos/helloyama/2672482550/
> And here is another example, to the left of the lady w/ the  
> stroller's head.
> http://flickr.com/photos/helloyama/2671662789/
>
> Anyone have any clues? Danke
>
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