When was the last time you screwed up ...

TheGreatGasMaskMan · 2026-01-25T13:46:53-0500

I just developed an empty tank

MattKing · 2026-01-25T13:57:34-0500

I think you just won the thread!
Mainly because so many of us can so easily understand how that might occur!

Dusty Negative · 2026-01-25T14:00:11-0500

Stand development for one hour would have salvaged it.

OrientPoint · 2026-01-25T14:02:32-0500

I just developed a full tank with empty film. I grabbed the wrong group of 4x5 holders - ones with unexposed film in them - in the dark and didn't realize until after the fact. Need to refine my process and clean up my darkroom, perhaps not in that order.

mshchem · 2026-01-25T14:03:12-0500

Have you found the film?
Hopefully it wasn't whisked off by ICE agents.

Dusty Negative · 2026-01-25T14:03:13-0500

Stand development for one hour would have salvaged it.

mshchem · 2026-01-25T14:05:50-0500

I ordered wrong size lens caps. I bet I'll have 5 of the darn things before I get what I'm after. Amazing how you can use calipers to determine what you actually need

AnselMortensen · 2026-01-25T14:52:58-0500

Yesterday, I pulled the wrong dark slide on my 8x10 camera.

It was an opportunity to show the model what 8x10 film looks like.

loccdor · 2026-01-25T14:54:31-0500

Did the pictures come out?

TheGreatGasMaskMan · 2026-01-25T15:00:12-0500

fortunately, the film is still safely in its cassette, in my camera bag

TheGreatGasMaskMan · 2026-01-25T15:01:02-0500

Stand Dev. the miracle cure for fixing mistakes.

TheGreatGasMaskMan · 2026-01-25T15:01:30-0500

no pictures sadly...

MCB18 · 2026-01-25T15:09:59-0500

A few:

Accidentally put this in the blix first. Big fucking sigh… RIP 3 sheets of 1443.

Forgot to put the big roll back in the box. Oops.

This was NOT ortho film. Thankfully it was on a daylight spool, only first couple feet were affected.

Chuck1 · 2026-01-25T16:02:25-0500

Better than fixing first

What About Bob · 2026-01-25T18:01:52-0500

I have done this twice.

John Wiegerink · 2026-01-25T18:32:18-0500

TheGreatGasMaskMan · 2026-01-25T18:33:08-0500

accidentally started with a diluted stop bath twice in my community college days

John Wiegerink · 2026-01-25T18:35:24-0500

The best thing about developing roll film this way is the extremely fast drying time and no dust issues whatsoever.

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