Further misadventures in lazy development

So, in my quest for ever-lazier methods of development, I tried a couple things: 1. Mixed up a batch of C-41 chemistry with water that was "generically hot" rather than at any particular temperature. 2. Stand-developed in that freshly-mixed chemistry for 45 minutes, as I would at room temperature. It didn't turn out too well, as you see. I am unsure if this is because it of how it was mixed or how it was developed. When I get a chance I'll run another roll through the same chemistry at room temperature to see if the mixing was at fault. UPDATE: I ran another roll through the same chemistry with the same timing at room temperature, and it was fine. So it seems to be okay to mix the chemistry at an imprecise temperature, but 45-minute stand development wants to be at room temperature rather than with hot chemistry.

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mfrank
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2018-04-05
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Olympus 35 SP
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Further misadventures in lazy development

3 Comentarios

  1. antmark
    antmark ·

    Might be incomplete bleaching. You could bleach and fix (or blix) the negs again to try and pinpoint if the fault was in developing or bleaching.

  2. mfrank
    mfrank ·

    @antmark I had the blix in there for 45 minutes as well (which works fine at room temp), so I'm not too likely to blame that. My usual method has been 45 min stand development, 45 min blix, wash, 1 min stabilizer, all at room temperature, but that batch of chemistry (my first) was mixed according to directions at the specified temperature. My goal this time is to see if I can safely eliminate that specified-temperature step when mixing, 'cause it's a pain in the butt.

  3. mfrank
    mfrank ·

    @antmark Although the negatives are a quite dark brown instead of the orange I'd expect; possibly it was the blix that didn't like being mixed at a random temperature.

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