Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/06/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi, JB - Yes, I eliminated that because some of the rolls in the 6 roll tank were fine and others were fogged. It occurred on reels in different positions in the tank, too, with subsequent loads of film. I think it has to be that the film I stored in Honduras was affected some way that only fogged the last few frames. Tina At 10:50 AM 6/27/00 -0400, you wrote: >Re Tina's fog. > >Fact that it was all Tmax points to a development problem, IMHO. I have >noticed processing differences between the tail and leader of a film due to >one being on the outside of the can and the other in the centre. In my case >the results were due to under-agitation of the part of the film in the >centre and over-agitation of the part of the film on the outside. Could >fogging be insufficient fixation due to under-agitation of the relevant part >of the film? Tmax is a hog for fix, and this would explain the difference >between the Tmax and the Tri-X. You've probably thought of this and >eliminated it, I know. > >JB Tina Manley, ASMP http://www.tinamanley.com