Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/06/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nathan: If you did not bleach enough, you can rebleach, refix and wash again. This may save your negatives. It will not hurt them to rebleach as long as you fix and wash again. How old are your chemicals? Colour chemicals are only good mixed for a couple of weeks. Regards, Robert At 03:45 PM 6/5/99 +0200, you wrote: >Andrew, > >I have lived in my current house for 4 years now and have never experienced >water quality problems; in any event, I always use distilled water for >everything except the wash. I spoke with the owner of the place where I have >my slides processed, and his hypothesis was that I had neglected to oxygenate >the bleach-fix by shaking the bottle vigorously. I guess I need to do some >testing. > >Nathan > >Andrew Moore wrote: > >> > was shocked to see numerous black specs in the negatives when I looked >> > at them with a loupe. We are talking something else than dust. The >> > emulsion side of the negative feels totally rough to the touch; it is as >> > if there are tiny crystals all over the emulsion. The two films are a >> >> Could it be your water quality? Maybe contaminents? You could filtering >> the water first, or using bottled water, etc. Just a thought. > >-- >Nathan Wajsman >Overijse, Belgium > >General photo site: http://members.tripod.com/belgiangator/ >Belgium photo site: http://members.xoom.com/wajsman/ >Motorcycle site: http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Downs/1704/ > > >