Light leak or lab mess up?

**pentaxus** · 05-17-2021, 10:06 PM

It could be that re-washing, photoflo-ing and re-squeegying could fix the problem. I have seen negatives that were not wiped well dry kind of like that. Especially if the wetting solution wasn't clean.

trixtroll · 05-18-2021, 04:06 AM

It’s hard telling, but I would like to post another vote for poor agitation.

**photogem** · 05-18-2021, 04:28 AM

Originally posted by aaacb

Could this be why my local shop charges more than twice more for bw film, because they develop it by hand instead of going through a machine like c41? (I develop mine at home)

I think so, it was so in the past.
I paid much more for good work in a good lab.

B+W for a time I had developed myself but never colour.
My aunt had her own lab.

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05-17-2021, 10:06 PM	#16
pentaxus Site Supporter Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Central Coast, CA Posts: 1,320	It could be that re-washing, photoflo-ing and re-squeegying could fix the problem. I have seen negatives that were not wiped well dry kind of like that. Especially if the wetting solution wasn't clean.

05-18-2021, 04:06 AM	#17
trixtroll Pentaxian Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Dayton, OH Posts: 403	It’s hard telling, but I would like to post another vote for poor agitation.

05-18-2021, 04:28 AM	#18
photogem Site Supporter Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 3,522	Originally posted by aaacb Could this be why my local shop charges more than twice more for bw film, because they develop it by hand instead of going through a machine like c41? (I develop mine at home) I think so, it was so in the past. I paid much more for good work in a good lab. B+W for a time I had developed myself but never colour. My aunt had her own lab.