Troubleshooting very dark BW negatives

fabulousrice

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This is old Plus-X on which I used Adox FX-39 for 10 minutes then fixed.
Did I under-develop? Over-develop? There are definitely images on the film but they are barely visible by the naked eye or the scanner.



 

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It was not over-development. There are not edges to the images. You can try Framer's Reducer, and there are other tricks. Don't get your hopes up.
 
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fabulousrice

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xkaes said:
It was not over-development. There are not edges to the images. You can try Framer's Reducer, and there are other tricks. Don't get your hopes up.
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The images seem totally fine, but it's very difficult to see them because of how dark the film is.
A much brighter lamp and a sheet of paper to diffuse it can show them, but it's not a good technique enough to scan, there are reflections and some texture of the paper can be seen through, also difficult to hold it flat as it is very curly...

 
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