Blank roll

Agulliver said:

It does look like a processing error, most likely accidentally fixing before developing.

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No, it doesn't. Didn't you see the developed leader? And one frame fully exposed and developed within the rebate on the second roll. It's the learning curve of your first bottom loading camera.

Well, at least he got the bargain film to learn on. And it's good film, once you get it to advance properly; I've been happy enough with the Arista rebrand that I just ordered a bulk roll myself (it's actually cheaper than the Foma brand, and it has edge markings to settle the arguments if you get a blank roll). Plenty of folks who will tell you it's more like 160 speed -- but it's about half the price of Tri-X or HP5+.

Agulliver said:

It does look like a processing error, most likely accidentally fixing before developing.

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Fixing before developing would not yield a black leader and a kind of black frame.

I did miss the black/exposed leader being developed.

Put me in the camp of those who don't understand the idea that Foma films don't work at box speed.. The first time I tried fomapan 400 I exposed at 320 as per general advice and found many shots were over-exposed or over-developed when processed as per instructions in ID-11. Conventional wisdom is that this film doesn't push well but I've pushed it to 1600.

Fomapan 400 is a bit grainy in 135 format but it's still a good film.

Agulliver said:

The first time I tried fomapan 400 I exposed at 320 as per general advice and found many shots were over-exposed or over-developed when processed as per instructions in ID-11. Conventional wisdom is that this film doesn't push well but I've pushed it to 1600.

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I also have pushed Fomapan 400 to 1600 -- I did it with Super Soup, which would get EI5000-6400 out of Tri-X, but if you use something like XTOL stock and lots of agitation you could probably get there without the mad scientist vibe...

Agulliver said:

I can confirm that Fomapan bulk rolls do not have any edge markings. ,,,, It does look like a processing error, most likely accidentally fixing before developing.

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If the light-struck leader of the film developed black, then the processing was fine (the developer obviously worked on the exposed part of the film), but there was nothing else on the film to develop. Either the film was not transported through the camera or the shutter was not working.