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Post by gray1720 on Jul 6, 2024 11:02:55 GMT
Three films currently hanging up over the bath. All from pre-WW2 cameras. Aside from the format, which is a bit of a giveaway, the negs from the Rolleiflex just look *amazing* compared to the others. Off to buy bits for Caffenol tomorrow. Reasons to be less cheerful. Despite rinsing in distilled water, then in distilled wayer with rinse aid, I have the worse drying marks I've ever had. I think I will buy a squeegee. There's a print one in the attic, I think, but it's on the large side. |
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Post by zx9 on Jul 6, 2024 11:36:30 GMT
Three films currently hanging up over the bath. All from pre-WW2 cameras. Aside from the format, which is a bit of a giveaway, the negs from the Rolleiflex just look *amazing* compared to the others. Off to buy bits for Caffenol tomorrow. Reasons to be less cheerful. Despite rinsing in distilled water, then in distilled wayer with rinse aid, I have the worse drying marks I've ever had. I think I will buy a squeegee. There's a print one in the attic, I think, but it's on the large side. I don't use distilled water for making up chemicals or final wash, just a drop of Kodak Photo Flo in the final rinse using a Patterson System 4 tank. Too much and you will get drying marks from the wetting agent. |
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Post by geoffr on Jul 6, 2024 12:29:22 GMT
Reasons to be less cheerful. Despite rinsing in distilled water, then in distilled wayer with rinse aid, I have the worse drying marks I've ever had. I think I will buy a squeegee. There's a print one in the attic, I think, but it's on the large side. I don't use distilled water for making up chemicals or final wash, just a drop of Kodak Photo Flo in the final rinse using a Patterson System 4 tank. Too much and you will get drying marks from the wetting agent. Rather ironic that but you are right, excess wetting agent causes drying marks. |
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Post by gray1720 on Jul 6, 2024 13:28:18 GMT
I literally used a single drop, in a second rinse with distilled, so I'd love to know where the buggers have come from, they look like I've rinsed with polyfilla.
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Post by andy on Jul 6, 2024 14:45:39 GMT
Took the fast ebike to the job in Rosewell this morning... strava says I did it in 13 minutes and 36 seconds and Google maps says 14 minutes by car so I'm calling that a win for the bicycle.
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Post by spinno on Jul 6, 2024 17:05:08 GMT
Took the fast ebike to the job in Rosewell this morning... strava says I did it in 13 minutes and 36 seconds and Google maps says 14 minutes by car so I'm calling that a win for the bicycle. I misread that as Roswell...14 minutes across the Atlantic is pretty impressive... |
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Post by willien on Jul 6, 2024 17:27:13 GMT
Took the fast ebike to the job in Rosewell this morning... strava says I did it in 13 minutes and 36 seconds and Google maps says 14 minutes by car so I'm calling that a win for the bicycle. I misread that as Roswell...14 minutes across the Atlantic is pretty impressive... Alien tech... |
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Post by gray1720 on Jul 6, 2024 18:42:25 GMT
Three films currently hanging up over the bath. All from pre-WW2 cameras. Aside from the format, which is a bit of a giveaway, the negs from the Rolleiflex just look *amazing* compared to the others. Off to buy bits for Caffenol tomorrow. Reasons to be less cheerful. Despite rinsing in distilled water, then in distilled wayer with rinse aid, I have the worse drying marks I've ever had. I think I will buy a squeegee. There's a print one in the attic, I think, but it's on the large side. Jings! In the same box as the print squeegee, unbeknownst to me, was a film squeegee! I think a rewash is in order. |
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Post by zx9 on Jul 7, 2024 9:12:29 GMT
Nicholas Hudson (age 21 and 3/4) had a party last night which ended at 4:30 AM when a guest fell into our pond, this morning the kitchen is a mess of pond water and mud.
RTBC - No one was seriously hurt and my son clearly knows how to throw a good party.
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Post by zou on Jul 7, 2024 10:10:12 GMT
My sister in law just rescued a kitten. Sounds fairly normal but they were driving along and the wee thing was just sitting in the middle of a busy road, so they stopped and picked it up as other traffic went by. She sent the dash cam video and it's a lot more heroic than it sounds!
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Post by spinno on Jul 7, 2024 11:03:30 GMT
My sister in law just rescued a kitten. Sounds fairly normal but they were driving along and the wee thing was just sitting in the middle of a busy road, so they stopped and picked it up as other traffic went by. She sent the dash cam video and it's a lot more heroic than it sounds! Was it abandoned? As much as I'm not keen on cats I hate cruelty. |
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Post by kate on Jul 7, 2024 11:09:55 GMT
Reasons to be less cheerful. Despite rinsing in distilled water, then in distilled wayer with rinse aid, I have the worse drying marks I've ever had. I think I will buy a squeegee. There's a print one in the attic, I think, but it's on the large side. Jings! In the same box as the print squeegee, unbeknownst to me, was a film squeegee! I think a rewash is in order. We always just used our fingers clasping the film and a swipe down. Any with marks, subsequently, got the swipe on the side of the nose and then down the negatives. I wonder if it has a lot to do with the water quality in the area? |
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Post by zx9 on Jul 7, 2024 11:21:44 GMT
Jings! In the same box as the print squeegee, unbeknownst to me, was a film squeegee! I think a rewash is in order. We always just used our fingers clasping the film and a swipe down. Any with marks, subsequently, got the swipe on the side of the nose and then down the negatives. I wonder if it has a lot to do with the water quality in the area? I started processing films at home in East Yorkshire with pretty hard water and it is no better in London, yes water hardness makes a difference but it is not the end of the world. FWIW I have only ever used my fingers, the only scratch marks I have had were when re using 35mm spools to load from bulk lengths of film, even then I suspected it was the bulk loader rather than the felt light trap. |
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Post by zou on Jul 7, 2024 11:22:06 GMT
My sister in law just rescued a kitten. Sounds fairly normal but they were driving along and the wee thing was just sitting in the middle of a busy road, so they stopped and picked it up as other traffic went by. She sent the dash cam video and it's a lot more heroic than it sounds! Was it abandoned? As much as I'm not keen on cats I hate cruelty. Most likely feral, or a domestic cat had its litter out of the home and the kitten was separated somehow. The location isn't somewhere you'd choose to stop and dump a kitten, there would be far more appropriate places within a couple of minutes. |
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Post by spinno on Jul 7, 2024 21:06:12 GMT
Merci!
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