Forum: Film Processing, Scanning, and Darkroom
05-26-2019, 05:48 PM
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Thanks! Yes I am planning on doing proper enlarging next weekend, I'm starting with 8x10 paper. I picked up a nice enlarger a city over for super cheap. It is massive though.
For those curious, I did process another roll and had zero issues. I'm going to call this one gunk in my developing canister and or reel. Seems like an obvious thing, but don't assume used gear is clean. I should have known better since this gear had been idle for a REALLY long time.
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Forum: Film Processing, Scanning, and Darkroom
05-25-2019, 12:10 PM
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Chemicals are all new but the equipment I bought used and had been sitting in storage for a long time, so it could well have been some muck in the reels. I didn't rinse them before loading the first reel. It is thoroughly rinsed now.
Yes, this is my first time developing film.
Also, I did have my Spotmatic serviced by Erik a few weeks ago and I have noticed some black, I assume lubricant, on my finger when I load film. If that is it, I'm sure it will clear itself up after a few more rolls.
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Forum: Film Processing, Scanning, and Darkroom
05-25-2019, 10:28 AM
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I did not bang it on the counter to dislodge air bubbles, I figured the swizzle stick would take care of that.
Yeah I have the plastic reels.
Oh, also I wound the film up backwards in the camera to add to this. I saw some other posts about stressing the film doing this.
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Forum: Film Processing, Scanning, and Darkroom
05-25-2019, 08:40 AM
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I developed a roll of Kodak 400 for the first time. I used a small canister with Kodak developer, Ilford stop bath, Kodak fixer and a hypo rinse, all following the Kodak procedure.
I'm wondering what is causing the streaks on the sprocket area?
During development I inverted the canister to agitate every 30 seconds as per the procedure.
However for the rest I just agitated with the stick you can put in the canister to turn the reel. Maybe that was the problem?
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Forum: Welcomes and Introductions
03-21-2019, 04:41 AM
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I’m going to send it off in a few weeks to get calibrated and cleaned. I shot a roll this past weekend and I can see some foam bits on the mirror, so I’m sure that needs to be replaced.
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Forum: Welcomes and Introductions
03-20-2019, 06:18 PM
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Forum: Welcomes and Introductions
03-20-2019, 05:19 PM
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Greetings all. I'm getting back to basics with my dads 35mm Pentax Spotmatic II. My dad purchased it new while stationed in Vietnam and gave it to me years ago when I switched to DSLR and now I'm dusting it off to practice the basics.
I'd like to try darkroom basics as well.
My lens kit is the Takumar 38mm, 50mm and a Vivitar 85-205mm
Any advice on what other lenses to source?
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