[quote name='dlridings' date='Feb 5 2006, 04:56 PM']...
Each frame was speckled with what seemed to be some kind of chemical fall-out. I had to clone out literally a hundred small specks on each frame.
At first I thought it was my water. I have been using the set up I have for years and have never run across this. I filter my water but I thought maybe something had happened.
...
Still ... I like this film. I was pleased to see that the speckle problem wasn't inherent in the film but was due to a combination of factors.
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I am starting to wonder if the problem with specks might have something to do with the time in the developer. I forgot to mention that I have been diluting ADX49 at 1:2 and not 1:1. That gives 17 minutes in the developer. HC-110 only required 6 minutes.
Could the amount of time in a developing solution cause this. It looks like hundreds of tiny pieces of dust ... that is, you can actually see them on the negative with a loupe. When you scan them in they really come out. The are so small that it wouldn't surprize me if you didn't even see them on a diffusion enlarger.
Anyway, I am away from home now for over a week, but when I get back, I'll try ADX49 diluted at 1:1. I like the look the developer gives so I really want it to work with Fomapan 400.
All of this might sound like criticism. I just have to say that it is not enough to keep me from using Fomapan. I like the film.
Each frame was speckled with what seemed to be some kind of chemical fall-out. I had to clone out literally a hundred small specks on each frame.
At first I thought it was my water. I have been using the set up I have for years and have never run across this. I filter my water but I thought maybe something had happened.
...
Still ... I like this film. I was pleased to see that the speckle problem wasn't inherent in the film but was due to a combination of factors.
[right][post="6370"]<{POST_SNAPBACK}>[/post][/right][/quote]
I am starting to wonder if the problem with specks might have something to do with the time in the developer. I forgot to mention that I have been diluting ADX49 at 1:2 and not 1:1. That gives 17 minutes in the developer. HC-110 only required 6 minutes.
Could the amount of time in a developing solution cause this. It looks like hundreds of tiny pieces of dust ... that is, you can actually see them on the negative with a loupe. When you scan them in they really come out. The are so small that it wouldn't surprize me if you didn't even see them on a diffusion enlarger.
Anyway, I am away from home now for over a week, but when I get back, I'll try ADX49 diluted at 1:1. I like the look the developer gives so I really want it to work with Fomapan 400.
All of this might sound like criticism. I just have to say that it is not enough to keep me from using Fomapan. I like the film.
