Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/04/21

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Subject: [Leica] Technical Question Film Processing
From: amr3 at uwm.edu (Alan Magayne-Roshak)
Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 14:47:36 -0500 (CDT)

On Tue, 21 Apr 2009 "Jim Shulman" <jshul at comcast.net>wrote:

>I recently (finally) set up a film processing station in my basement-
>Amazingly, my first three rolls came out.  However, I had two major problems
>with the processed film:

>First, it is filled with dust spots, even though my basement is clean.  Any
>thoughts on how to avoid this?  I hung the film to dry from a ceiling
>rafter, with clips at top and bottom.

>Second, I had streaks across the film, even after a five-minute wash cycle
>with photoflo.  Sample of the "syllabus of errors" at
>http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/focusit/george+records+2+sm.jpg.html (and
>this after considerable photoshopping).

>Any assistance greatly appreciated.
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Are you using distilled water for the Photo-Flo (and developer)?
Maybe a bathroom shower would be a better place to hang film to dry.
I didn't see the streaks on my monitor, so I can't speculate on those.

Alan

Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer
UPAA POY 1978
University Information Technology Services
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
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