Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/08/11

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Subject: [Leica] PESO: SNAFU in the tank
From: photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2012 23:23:12 +0200

The other day I developed a roll of MF film I had shot the weekend before. I 
used some ID11+ that was about 6 months old, i.e. at the limit of the 
manufacturer's keeping recommendations. Also, the temperature of the liquid 
was about 28C, and the tap water was even warmer--yes, it is hot in Alicante 
in August. So, doing the math, I decided on 6 minutes. I thought there was 
enough developer left in the bottle, and when I was hanging the negatives to 
dry, I could see that they looked fine and there were some interesting 
clouds, too. But once I scanned them and looked at the "clouds", it became 
apparent that they are merely an artifact due to the developer not covering 
the top 1/4 of the film. Some of the images are salvageable by cropping, but 
most are not. Lesson learned: do not be lazy, if there is not enough soup 
left, mix some more!

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/belgiangator/misc/Acros_2012_7_001.jpg.html

Cheers,
Nathan

Nathan Wajsman
Alicante, Spain
http://www.frozenlight.eu
http://www.greatpix.eu
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Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/


YNWA





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