C41 Kodak 120 Ektar strange patterns please help

silke s · May 22, 2009

After processing my medium film in a Jobo tank I discovered these weird spots. Some of the frames are better others are worse, developing temperature and times were accurate. This isnt my first time processing film.
All help will be greatly appreciated.

Silke

zenrhino · May 22, 2009

Silke, is this the new Ektar 100 or an older Ektar?

nickandre · May 22, 2009

Assuming your process was accurate than you issue lies with the film itself pre-processing. It could be water damage or something to that effect. How has this film been stored?

mtjade2007 · May 22, 2009

I believe you used too little amount of chemical to process the film. How much developer did you use to process the roll of Ektar (120 roll)? I am not sure what the white spots are but the colors of the first image looks like it was processed with too little developer, possibly other chemicals too. For one roll of 120 negative you should use 400 - 500 ml of developer according to Kodak Z-131 document.

Sirius Glass · May 22, 2009

Are you sure that the film was not kinked or on the reel wrong?

Steve

Mark Antony · May 23, 2009

Looks a bit like developer contamination to me; the way the highlights are compressed, cyan cast, weird contrast etc what does the film base look like? Reddish purple? or the normal orange?
Contaminated developer smells like ammonia are you sure you equipment was clean before use?
Of course it could be any of the other things mentioned above, but my guess is blix in the dev

TheOtherEast · May 24, 2009

I had something like that when I forgot to put the roller in the stop bath side of my developing tank

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