I developed a roll of Ilford Delta 400 the other day according to the directions, but my negatives are yellow and foggy. I haven't had this problem with other rolls I've developed. What could cause this?
I used Kodak Professional Fixer. It was the powder, so I might not have mixed it enough (oops). If it helps at all, here's a scan of the negatives:
I'm just getting back into it, I haven't developed my own film in about two years, so I made some other mistakes, like not getting bubbles off of the developing negatives. My digital SLR broke about a month ago, but after the initial withdrawal, I've never been happier using my film cameras.
Looks like under fixed negs to me. Did you fix it for 10 minutes or so? If this is indeed a bad fixer, you can just wash the film and dry it for now, then refix it later with fresh fixer. It should be save-able.
If you followed the Ilford Directions, this could indeed be your problem. On the Ilford data sheets, it recommends 2 to 5 minutes fixing. I have found that clip test clearing times in fresh fixer is around 2 minutes (compared to HP5 at around 30 secs), but can vary wildly. I never get a consistent clearing time when testing Delta films, even when doing consecutive tests.
I fixed for three minutes. Can you over fix? Also, could this be caused by temperatures being too high? I think I read that elsewhere, but I've never had a problem with it before.
I did the refixing thing, and they came out perfect. I'm so excited. I was really banking on one or two of these shots, so I'm glad my negatives can be used now. Thanks everyone.