Processing error

[Snapper]

I feel such a fool - I've just poured in the fix to the dev tank whilst developing some FP4+ without doing the stop first. What effect is this going to have? Can it be rescued?

 

[Ian Grant]

With good agitation it should be fine, you just shortened the life of the fixer slightly more that's all. At worst you might have a touch of dichroic fog, a slight yellowy/green veiling, but not very likely.

Kodak & Fuji leave out the stop going straight from dev to fix in machine processing of B&W films.

Ian

 

[richard ide]

Process normally. Although a stop is a good idea as it not only causes a halt to development, but helps your fix last longer; nothing has really gone wrong.

 

[2F/2F]

As long as you developed first, your pix will be fine.

 

[Snapper]

Thanks. The negs look fine.

 

[fotch]

With good agitation it should be fine, you just shortened the life of the fixer slightly more that's all. At worst you might have a touch of dichroic fog, a slight yellowy/green veiling, but not very likely.

Kodak & Fuji leave out the stop going straight from dev to fix in machine processing of B&W films.

Ian

I didn't know Kodak and Fuji still processes film let alone B&W. How do I send them a roll?

 

[MattKing]

I feel such a fool - I've just poured in the fix to the dev tank whilst developing some FP4+ without doing the stop first. What effect is this going to have? Can it be rescued?

There might actually be a benefit arising indirectly from this.

This particular error probably won't make much of a difference, but another similar error (e.g using fixer before developer) would cause a real problem. So you can take from this the message that you need to refine your method to help avoid these sorts of problems.

I find it useful to have separate beakers for all my chemistry, and to prepare them all ahead of time. I then align them in a row, and as each is used I wash it out and place it where I dry my equipment after use.

You don't need photo grade equipment for this - just buy several identical kitchen graduates from a discount store, and check the graduation against one that is more likely to be accurate.

If you can find them in different colours, that is great. Otherwise I'd suggest colour coding them with felt pens. Oh, and it is really handy if they will stack together in a small space, for storage.

 

[Ian Grant]

I didn't know Kodak and Fuji still processes film let alone B&W. How do I send them a roll?

They sell the machines to 3rd parties & make the chemistry. Well in Kodak's case Champion make the chemistry

Ian

 

[Sirius Glass]

I dropped sheets of 4x5 in stop bath and agitated for 5 minutes until I realized what I did. I rinsed them in water and processed normally. The photographs came out well.

Steve