Redeveloping 35mm film

alan951 · Nov 16, 2010

I have heard of this but never tried. I have a roll of Fuji Accros which I didn't pay attention when i removed the film from the camera I had the wrong speed set. So I under exposed the film by at least two stops. My question is can the film be redeveloped to get printable negs?

tkamiya · Nov 16, 2010

What do you mean by "RE" develop? Was it developed once already? If not, you can PUSH process it by two stops. It just mean that you'll lengthen the development time to accommodate for the under-exposure. The result will be grainy but perhaps acceptable depending on your needs and purpose.

removed account4 · Nov 16, 2010

hi alan

you can re-expose your film, but all your negatives
will have a faint image ( or maybe not so faint ) of all your
previous exposures. doing in-camera collage is kind of fun

alan951 · Nov 16, 2010

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"hi alan

you can re-expose your film, but all your negatives
will have a faint image ( or maybe not so faint ) of all your
previous exposures. doing in-camera collage is kind of fun"

I read Henry Horenstein that you can but didn't get into details of how. Do you process in the tank all over again. And in camera collage that sounds like fun, How?

removed account4 · Nov 16, 2010

just re-exposing your film ..
you can can expose a frame as many times as you want and
layer images on top of eachother ...
you can also assemble more than one negative in an enlarger
and get a similar effect ...

good luck
john

hrst · Nov 16, 2010

Please tell more information to get answers.

Have you developed the film already? If so, developing again does exactly nothing. However, you can intensify it a bit by toning it.

If you have yet to develop it, consider push-processing in a speed-increasing developer.

alan951 · Nov 16, 2010

Hrst

Yes I have developed it, I did not pay attention when I unloaded the camera, if I had I would have made the adjustment in developing the film. I think what I am going to do is to scan the negs and go over to one of my digital buddies and print there.

Gerald C Koch · Nov 16, 2010

You could try an intensifier. Some of these require bleaching the negative and redeveloping it in order to get a printable negative. However your negatives have lost shadow detail and nothing can brng that back.

hrst · Nov 16, 2010

Then, consider toning them ("intensify"), and then printing with higher contrast grade and using dodging and burning extensively to add some "punch". Maybe you can make some quite fine prints after all from some of them and it will teach you important printing skills.

Toning is kind of "redevelopment" but is based on the fact that in addition to silver, you also add some extra element other than silver. Then you end up with a bit higher density and contrast.

alan951 · Nov 16, 2010

Thanks for all of your help, I think I am going to scan the negs first then try some of your suggestions, toning sounds like the way to go. Maybe selenium.

Gerald C Koch · Nov 16, 2010

Selenium toning provides a modest amount of intensification and the results are permanent. You can also bleach the negative and redevelop it in a sulfur toner which is also permanent.

Redeveloping 35mm film

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