I looked at the negatives on the light table and, yup, the negs have streaks. I asked, wondering if it was something I'd done or something that was wonky in the developing and a couple of the people in there said it has been happening more and more with Kodak, and specifically Portra 800 mostly in 35mm.
They process a LOT of film there. It's North Coast Photo Services, they're my local, and usually very good. They did seem to have an idea what was up, I'm just trying to understand it more.
Sounds like interlayer drying marks (drier fault) - or something machine related in terms of handling the new polyester base Portra 800 in 135.
Such very likely would have showed up in Kodak's quality control.
Have the film developed by another lab to see if the problem persists. That would be my first step in trying to figure out what's wrong.
In my experience, Portra 800 is ruthless at showing up processing/ replenishment deficiencies.
NCPS is great, really. But they are human and not perfect. Their scans are absolute crap, for example, their prints are wonderful, but I did get a black and white roll back with issues a few months ago. Another lab also porked a roll of Portra400 for me... all these labs are only high volume in terms of film these days, not in terms of high volume 15-20 years ago, so I'm sure an occasional issue pops up.
Since when are NCPS scans crap? I guess if you are comparing against a drum scan.
But you had it about "interlayer drying marks (drier fault)" which to my understanding referred to a double run film coating.
What do you refer to by "interlayer" in the context of processing?
So you're thinking the Portra800 is the canary here, the 160 is more forgiving of the processing issue? If that's the case, that could make sense.
I hope I am not too late to this but would it be possible to show an image of the affected negative strip on the light table?
This is off topic, but I have repeated issues. The scans often have horizontal lines in them, banding, especially in skies. I've shown them, we've talked about it a LOT. At some point they just said "We can't do anything about it" as that's what the noritsu's do. Bad enough I've invested to set up a DSLR rig to scan anything worth making look nice at home. Some rolls come back beautiful, some come back with banding so bad it's unusable. Happened so much I've just stopped complaining, but even the B&W roll the ran for me from the weekend has the banding in some pics. If we want to talk maybe PM or a different thread and I can show you what I mean so we can stay in the analog realm here.
I need scanning anyway, I guess. I intend to develop my own, at the very least black and white, eventually. And I am hybrid, I don't have a darkroom to print in.
I hope I am not too late to this but would it be possible to show an image of the affected negative strip on the light table?
Sorry for the delay. The clouds cleared away and the moon looked photoworthy, so I had the digital camera out.
Here's a quick shot of the neg:
Sorry for the delay. The clouds cleared away and the moon looked photoworthy, so I had the digital camera out.
Here's a quick shot of the neg:
Are any of the negatives on this roll disposable for reasons other than these lines? By that I mean normal problems of missed focus, bad exposure, composition, whatever. If I had these negatives and I knew one of them was unusable anyway, I'd breathe on it and wipe gently with microfiber cloth to see if the stripes come off easily. If they do, you know the problem is the processing, not the film, and will need to rewash and air dry the entire roll.
Edit: if the problem is solved by a second wash, let the processor know. This is information they need.
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