[Darkroom] re-developing 35mm black/white film?

[Doctor Popular]

If you numbering is good but the photos are weak, then it sounds like a
camera issue, not developing.



On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 3:50 PM, Troy Holden <troyholden at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks all. The edge numbering looks fine, so it must have been my weak
> dilution. Frak. A hard, but valuable lesson to learn as I continue to learn
> how to self develop my rolls.
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 11:14 AM, Christian Rice <clrice at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> If the edge numbering on the film has good density and the images are
>> faint, the problem happened in camera.  If the edge numbering is faint,
>> you're spot on about chemistry.  Be sure to come to that conclusion, sorry
>> if I'm stating the obvious, but it's important.
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 11:01 AM, Asheem Linaval <xormic at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>>  It sounds like your film was underdeveloped. Unfortunately, once
>>> you've fixed the negatives, all the undarkened silver is removed from the
>>> film, so I don't think you can do anything chemical to them to develop them
>>> further. You could try toning the film, but I don't know if that'll
>>> actually darken anything (IIRC it changes the color of the dark areas of
>>> the image)
>>>
>>> Personally, I've had some success scanning and tweaking vastly
>>> underdeveloped film to get useful images out. Just don't expect a whole lot
>>> of detail.
>>>
>>> Best of luck!
>>>
>>> .atl
>>>
>>> On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 10:36 AM, Troy Holden <troyholden at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello-
>>>>
>>>> In my first batch of developer (HC-110b) I must have diluted and mixed
>>>> incorrectly b/c all of  the negatives (Arista Premium 400) came out really
>>>> faint with very little detail. I've also cut the rolls into cell batches of
>>>> 5.
>>>>
>>>> Is there any way for me to correct this? Can I re-develop, stop, and
>>>> fix these negs to draw out more detail or should I try and fix in post?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for your help,
>>>>
>>>> Troy
>>>>
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