[Frameworks] Film Woes

[Kelsey Velez]

This is helpful; I’m using Kodak HC 110.

On Wed, Apr 21, 2021 at 10:19 AM Beebe, Roger W. <beebe.77 at osu.edu> wrote:

> I don’t think we have enough info to troubleshoot, but I agree that this
> is a development problem rather than some fogging from the airport x-ray.
> (I’ve x-rayed plenty of film on accident & have been pleasantly surprised
> how minimal the damage has been.)
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> What developer are you using?  I know when I’ve used Dektol, even when
> greatly diluted, my processing times are crazy fast (30 sec?  even less?).
> I’d do a simple test with your developer—do tests with small strips at 30
> sec, 1 min, etc.  Don’t put it in the bleach—just take it out after
> stopping & take a look.  If one of these seems to be giving you a good
> result, then introduce the bleach step to see if that’s the culprit.
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> I’m hardly an expert—I mostly do pretty sloppy cameraless stuff, so
> development times are pretty imprecise—but there is a pretty
> straightforward way to figure out where the problem is.
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> (Oh, and there’s always just dumb mistakes too.  A friend posted to FB the
> other day that she accidentally switched her stop & developer & couldn’t
> figure out why an image never formed until she realized her mistake!)
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> Hope that helps.
>
> Roger
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> *From: *Frameworks <frameworks-bounces at film-gallery.org> on behalf of
> Kelsey Velez <velezkelsey at gmail.com>
> *Reply-To: *Experimental Film Discussion List <frameworks at film-gallery.org
> >
> *Date: *Tuesday, April 20, 2021 at 8:33 PM
> *To: *Experimental Film Discussion List <frameworks at film-gallery.org>
> *Subject: *[Frameworks] Film Woes
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> Hi Frameworks Friends.
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> I shot about 7 rolls of b&w reversal in Florida and New Mexico over the
> past year, a lot of it I’m very very excited about. Unfortunately my
> primate brain forgot to take it all out of my backpack at security in
> Dallas and it passed through a new high-powered X-ray scanner. The officer
> I asked said my film would be “obliterated”.
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> At worst I thought my footage would come out foggy considering it’s fairly
> slow (200 iso), but while processing one of the less favorable rolls I’m
> coming to the conclusion that either, yes, my film is obliterated or my
> ratios/timing are off. My film is coming out clear.
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> X-ray? Bleach not diluted enough? Too long in the developer?
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> I’d like to know before I continue processing this roll so I can decide
> whether to keep going or send it in for processing at a lab.
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> I’m using a gallon of water to most of a liter of developer. I used double
> the ratio of 1g to 250ml of potassium permanganate and 13.5g to 250ml of
> sodium bisulfate.
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> Any help or advice is appreciated!!!
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