Efke 25 in 510 Pyro problems

[DanielStone]

hey all,

I've just looked at my Efke 25 that I processed in 510 pyro last night, and it seems to have quite a few scratches.

Knowing that the emulsion on the efke films is easily damaged by repeated/rough handling, I very gently load/unload the film holders. The first batch of 500ml(for 2 sheets in a Jobo 1520 w/ 1540 extension module) I mixed with distilled water, and the 2nd round was with tap water. I strained the tap water with a coffee filter(all I had access to for fine filtration) to make sure it was clean for mixing.

Loaded the film into the tank(curved along inside of tank), and I know for sure that the film didn't move during development, cause it was in the same place as when I put it in.

I'm using Clayton RF-19 fixer btw, water stop, and 10 min final wash, with 2min in photo flo(washing and PF is in hangers in hard rubber tank)

any ideas? Some scratches are small, two sheets have a gouge in the emulsion(straight line) about 1.5" long...

otherwise, the efke films seem to stain nicely(this is my 1st go at staining dev's in any fashion)

-Dan

 

[DanielStone]

no one?

 

[wildbill]

yep, I shoot lots of this stuff and those scratches appear from nowhere. shoot two sheets and hope for the best. sometimes it doesn't have notches or the film is too big to fit into holders. That said, there's nothing else that looks like this film and I'll continue to use it.