Question re: bulk loader and adjusting time vs temperature

[rayonline_nz]

Hi, what is the reason that after I bulk load my film and I develop them the Kodak brand words are upside down?

Manufacturers provide a development table for different temperature. Over here we use degrees Celsius, the norm being 20. In my case it was 21, are their any issues when one adjust the development time instead of the temperature? It was 14mins vs 12 mins in my case.


Cheers

 

[AgX]

That would mean you loaded your film wrongly into the cassettes:

-) what results in emulsion to the pressure plate (you likely would have recognized that)

or by

-) starting loading from the inner end of the bulk spool

-) in hand-loading you orientated the spool wrong and wound on the the film the wrong direction



Or the bulk spool was wound wrongly.

 

[pbromaghin]

It means you are holding it upside down.

No, there are no issues as long as you follow the time/temp adjustment chart.

 

[Gerald C Koch]

You can adjust either the development time or the temperature. It doesn't matter. It does help a bit to be consistent in what you do.

 

[rayonline_nz]

Ok thanks

Had another look it is Plus X with an expiry of ~ late 1970s. The numbers are correct left to right - 18, 19, 20 etc. On top the Kodak Plus X branding is upside down. Maybe just how it was back then?

 

[Dr Croubie]

Ok thanks

Had another look it is Plus X with an expiry of ~ late 1970s. The numbers are correct left to right - 18, 19, 20 etc. On top the Kodak Plus X branding is upside down. Maybe just how it was back then?

If you're shooting film that old, then it's best to throw development charts out the window, no matter film it was to start with and how well it's been stored (fridge, freezer, room temp).
I recommend shooting old film at half box xpeed and developing in Caffenol-C-L, the most common other recommendation is HC-100 dil B.

 

[rayonline_nz]

This is my 6th or so roll of it. It was a partially used bulk roll given to me. Actually held up quite well with just standard development times, I have been told to add 10% longer development time, someone else also had other old film.

https://flic.kr/p/xHehgF

 

[MattKing]

You are wondering why the branding is upside down?

It is because you are in New Zealand, and the film was made for the northern hemisphere.

I have no recollection if Plus-X was edge printed that way back then.

But I do have bulk Tri-X negatives from back then where both the branding and the frame numbers are upside down when compared with the image.

 

[summicron1]

If you're shooting film that old, then it's best to throw development charts out the window, no matter film it was to start with and how well it's been stored (fridge, freezer, room temp).
I recommend shooting old film at half box xpeed and developing in Caffenol-C-L, the most common other recommendation is HC-100 dil B.

I have some plus-x here of indeterminate age, no clue how it was stored, but at least 20 years, maybe more, and it came out fine with standard development in d-71 1:1. Why just hc 110?