I get tiny scratches like those on my negs too, they never seem to show up in scans or under the enlarger. I think mine come from loading the sheets into jobo spools.
I get tiny scratches like those on my negs too, they never seem to show up in scans or under the enlarger. I think mine come from loading the sheets into jobo spools.Thanks! It is very dry here. The scratches are mostly just the light in the photo though, those are barely visible in real life.
This is one of the better ones. I dried it like a champ by holding it in one corner and shaking View attachment 288053
Ditto that: The right way to dry sheet film (or any film) is to hang it up in the air, a purpose-designed clip being the only thing it comes in contact with. The mottling (and possibly the scratches too) on that second sheet are most likely because you dried that one in contact with paper. Never do that again!whaaaaat?
It looks like some of the issues came from the water starting to dry on the film as I poured it out of the tank, opened, took out the 54, removed the sheets, and then let the film dry. The water droplets were already uneven across the surface by that time.
Nikkor-W 150 mm, I believe I used 1/2 sec at 9What lens do you have, and what aperture did you use for this?
Most large format lenses are expected to be stopped down for depth of field. Down to f/22 or so they usually get sharper (some of the larger ones improve to f/32 or even f/45).
Edit: should have also said, for wide open, I see nothing to complain about.
On a side note: since so far I've been developing two sheets at a time (don't want to ruin six photos if I mess up), but the tank holds one liter, I think it's a waste to throw away the developer and fixer every time. So I have put the mixtures in bottles with labels. I have some info on how long I can use the fixer (50 sheets apparently), but what about the developer?
Just a bare ghost of an image on both sheets.
Could be contamination.Dang latest attempt was a total flop. Just a bare ghost of an image on both sheets. Looks a bit like when I mistook the developer for the fixer on an earlier sheet but I'm certain that I didn’t do that this time. Very strange
Hello there!
I have been handing my development to a lab for years, but I got a Paterson tank for my birthday, with a matching Mod54 4x5 insert.
My film is Ilford Delta 100 and developer is Lmax (T-max), with Kodafix fixer. That is literally all I have
I have some issues: First off, the film sheets seem to shift when I am developing, sometimes touching each other or dropping out of the slot altogether. I have never filled the whole thing with six sheets though, so maybe it works better that way? Or maybe I agitating the tank too vigorously?
I have some small pinholes in the darker areas of the negative (bright sky) are these likely dust particles that got washed off?
Finally some images had some vague blotchy areas. I also don't have a squeegee, maybe this is water drops that dried?
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