Strange... never saw anything like this.
Now is this fungus, expired film, or... ?
Taking the negative, and holding it sideways, to light, emulsion side up, and looking at it with a magnifying glass, I can see nothing pitted or raised off the surface. On the edges of the film, that was not exposed, you can see the grey 'spotted' areas through the clear negative.
The film holders are clean, as far as I can tell. Looked at them carefully under a magnifying glass. No sign of anything growing on them., or had been gowning on them, on the dark slide, holder surface inside film chamber or out.
The scanned sample below was the worse, and the holder, most likely was on the the outside of the group, of three from the time in 2010.
All six negatives showed some of the same characteristic signs, and where all developed at the same time.
Any ideas?
Background:
Efke 100 film that has been in 3x4 film holders that I shot this last weekend from I believe 2010. They stayed un-shot in a very wet climate of Waller Texas, NE of Houston Tx, for about six months back then, and then have been in our normal dry climate since then.
Decided I needed to clear the holders for Arista 200, and shot them during the Sedona Marathon.
(Had a lot of fun, as it was the first time, I used the ole '46' Anniversary Speed, as a press camera. Shooting by using the steel ..pop ups, whatever ya call them, without individual focus and composing. Dang trouble was, the road was hidden by cloud for the entire time that the Marathon went on. Great for the runners coming up the hill, but bla for photos. Will have to try my hand more at this type of shooting, off the cuff.)
Now is this fungus, expired film, or... ?
Taking the negative, and holding it sideways, to light, emulsion side up, and looking at it with a magnifying glass, I can see nothing pitted or raised off the surface. On the edges of the film, that was not exposed, you can see the grey 'spotted' areas through the clear negative.
The film holders are clean, as far as I can tell. Looked at them carefully under a magnifying glass. No sign of anything growing on them., or had been gowning on them, on the dark slide, holder surface inside film chamber or out.
The scanned sample below was the worse, and the holder, most likely was on the the outside of the group, of three from the time in 2010.
All six negatives showed some of the same characteristic signs, and where all developed at the same time.
Any ideas?
Background:
Efke 100 film that has been in 3x4 film holders that I shot this last weekend from I believe 2010. They stayed un-shot in a very wet climate of Waller Texas, NE of Houston Tx, for about six months back then, and then have been in our normal dry climate since then.
Decided I needed to clear the holders for Arista 200, and shot them during the Sedona Marathon.
(Had a lot of fun, as it was the first time, I used the ole '46' Anniversary Speed, as a press camera. Shooting by using the steel ..pop ups, whatever ya call them, without individual focus and composing. Dang trouble was, the road was hidden by cloud for the entire time that the Marathon went on. Great for the runners coming up the hill, but bla for photos. Will have to try my hand more at this type of shooting, off the cuff.)