Ran into something weird here.
First, I'm using xtol, just started so what's posted are off rolls 6 and 7. Omega brand tank like a paterson, using the reels like Freestyle sells with the big flat loading ramps.
I developed two rolls of delta 100. At the same time. Xtol full strength, this is the 6th and 7th roll so I did it 8min 40 seconds. Agitating was turning it over gently two times each 30 seconds, then a tap on the counter and let it sit.
One roll the whole roll came out about right. The second roll the first few have lots of bands emanating from the sprocket holes, but mostly on the first few, not on the last. So, the inside of the reel the problem is bad, the outside it's nonexistent. Here's an example:
These are shots #2 and 3 on the roll, so the ones that were loaded first on the reel. I did one a negative one converted:
You see the issue very strongly here. Straight out of the sprocket holes.
Half way through the roll the effect is way less:
And at the end of the roll it's almost not there at all:
Just for contrast, here's the second roll developed int he same tank at the same time. One each from the beginning and end of the roll. The whole roll is even like this:
These two are what I expect. So it's just one of the reels, and mostly the inside of the reel.
I tried to search for this, but just confused myself. It feels like over agitating, but I'd love some more experienced perspective.
Any advice here? Could I have not put in enough chemistry? Is what I think to be gentle agitation too much? Other than the ramps where you load the film I don't see any difference between these reels and the patterson ones, and roll 5 (arista in 120) and roll 8 (Delta 100 in 120) came out great with the same bottle of xtol working solution.
First, I'm using xtol, just started so what's posted are off rolls 6 and 7. Omega brand tank like a paterson, using the reels like Freestyle sells with the big flat loading ramps.
I developed two rolls of delta 100. At the same time. Xtol full strength, this is the 6th and 7th roll so I did it 8min 40 seconds. Agitating was turning it over gently two times each 30 seconds, then a tap on the counter and let it sit.
One roll the whole roll came out about right. The second roll the first few have lots of bands emanating from the sprocket holes, but mostly on the first few, not on the last. So, the inside of the reel the problem is bad, the outside it's nonexistent. Here's an example:
These are shots #2 and 3 on the roll, so the ones that were loaded first on the reel. I did one a negative one converted:
You see the issue very strongly here. Straight out of the sprocket holes.
Half way through the roll the effect is way less:
And at the end of the roll it's almost not there at all:
Just for contrast, here's the second roll developed int he same tank at the same time. One each from the beginning and end of the roll. The whole roll is even like this:
These two are what I expect. So it's just one of the reels, and mostly the inside of the reel.
I tried to search for this, but just confused myself. It feels like over agitating, but I'd love some more experienced perspective.
Any advice here? Could I have not put in enough chemistry? Is what I think to be gentle agitation too much? Other than the ramps where you load the film I don't see any difference between these reels and the patterson ones, and roll 5 (arista in 120) and roll 8 (Delta 100 in 120) came out great with the same bottle of xtol working solution.