Duh!!

[Maine-iac]

In the Dodo-of-the-week category:

Last Friday, went into the darkroom to run some test prints. Mixed my developer (E-72+ stock concentrate diluted 1:9) and started in. (The concentrate was mixed fresh about three months ago, and should have been fine--it lasts forever.)

To my surprise, no image appeared after two minutes (usual time is 1 1/2 minutes for complete development.) I muttered some impolite words, mad: ) and chucked out the remaining concentrate and then mixed fresh. As I was diluting the fresh concentrate, the little light bulb in my brain went off, followed by a swift self-administered kick in the patuckus.

There was nothing wrong with my concentrate; I had simply forgotten to throw the two Tablespoons of Carbonate into the tray. No activator, no image.

Oh well, it was only a few dollars worth of Phenidone and Vitamin C. Could have been worse.

Larry

 

[Bob F.]

Could have been worse indeed... Two days ago I emptied what I though was a tray with pre-soak water down the drain after a toning session. Only when I saw the empty bottle two minutes later did I realise that I'd just dumped 1.5 litres of gold toner with plenty of life left in it down the drain... Argggggh!

Bah! Bob.

 

[reellis67]

Ouch!

 

[thebanana]

No darkroom problems lately, but last week I learned the hard way that when you leave the lens cap on a rangefinder, you can't tell by looking through the viewfinder