Turns out the developer was all used up. I mixed up a new batch and all the pictures came out quite well considering how long it had been since I've done this.<div><br></div><div>Thanks to everyone who helped me out!<br>
<br></div><div>Cheers,<br>Craig</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 4:18 PM, Kelly <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:hurtstotouchfire@gmail.com">hurtstotouchfire@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">What f-stop are you using on the enlarger? 300 second exposures are<br>
way too long, in my experience. Perhaps we need a new bulb?<br>
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-Kelly<br>
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On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 18:58, craig spam <<a href="mailto:craig.spamy@gmail.com">craig.spamy@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Hey All,<br>
> The saga of my mystery film continues... (Thanks, Lilia for helping me<br>
> develop the film)<br>
> I tried to develop some photos today, but they developed much slower than I<br>
> remember. Specifically:<br>
> I used a projector exposure of between 30 seconds and 300 seconds at 30<br>
> second increments (revealing small bits of the paper every 30 seconds).<br>
> I then put the paper in the developer marked "Ilford paper dev".<br>
> I expected to see photos begin to develop in 60 to 180 seconds, but it took<br>
> more like 360 seconds and the photos came out with much less contrast than I<br>
> would expect given the high contrast in the negative.<br>
> I'm thinking that the developer is probably all used up, but since it's been<br>
> 10+ years since I've done any of this myself, I thought I'd ask a second<br>
> opinion before I buy some more. Thoughts?<br>
> Cheers,<br>
> Craig<br>
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