Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]on 1/9/02 9:13 PM, Jim Brick at jim@brick.org wrote: > Black specs look like a very dirty final rinse. Meaning some type of residue not being washed off...? > Did you squeegee the film > after photoflowing in distilled water? By dipping your index and middle > finger in the distilled photoflow solution and running your hand down the > hanging film, the film going between those two fingers which act as a > squeegee? That what I did... > Everyone I have ever darkroomed with over the past 50 years, as well as > myself, does this to remove excess distilled photoflow water. Because of > this, I have never (repeat - never) had a bad film dry. Always clean, > always spotless. And that's why I think it was on the film after processing before drying...I haven't seen black spots like this on any negs I've done before... > Of course, film must be dried in a clean, dustless room or > dryer. I currently use a JOBO Mistral II drier but for years I used one I > made from a plastic zippered large garment bag, holes in the bottom and > top, and a very small wattage light bulb, mounted on a board, in the > bottom. A filter, such as a piece of foam over the holes in the bottom. Air > comes in the bottom and out the top. I was thinking of doing something similar but with a low power hairdryer... - -- John Chicago, IL http://SlideOne.com ==================== - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html