Dooooole How Stuuupid can I -b

On Thu, 12 Feb 2004 10:46:48 -0600, Frank Pittel
wrote:

Gregory W Blank wrote:
: Well I did something really dumb today, was processing in the
: Jobo and I lifted the lid off before fixing my film. One thing I can
: attest to now: is that PMK does mask or block light, as the negative looks
: perfect now that its fixed.

I've heard that exposing film to light prior to fixing but after the stop
bath won't cause any problems. It has something to do with the fact that you
did indeed "expose" the film but since you didn't redevelop the film it
had no effect on the negative.

I've always been to chicken to try it and see if it actually works though. :-)
As to the stupid mistake part at least you got usable negatives after your
mistake. When I do something stupid I end up with nothing but clear plastic
or horribly fogged film.

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This would only work with an acid fix and/or acid stop bath. Beware
trying to pop the tank lid too soon using a water rinse and an
alkaline fixer with a fairly active developer like Rodinal. I fogged
two rolls of film finding that out after using an acid fix for years
and never seeing any difference.




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In article ,
(Gary Beasley) wrote:

This would only work with an acid fix and/or acid stop bath. Beware
trying to pop the tank lid too soon using a water rinse and an
alkaline fixer with a fairly active developer like Rodinal. I fogged
two rolls of film finding that out after using an acid fix for years
and never seeing any difference.

Had I not been using PMK or another Pyro developer
I doubt it would have been a happy story.
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LF website http://members.bellatlantic.net/~gblank

FDN wrote:

"Patrick Gainer" wrote in message
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Gregory W Blank wrote:

Well I did something really dumb today, was processing in the
Jobo and I lifted the lid off before fixing my film. One thing I can
attest to now: is that PMK does mask or block light, as the negative
looks
perfect now that its fixed.
--
LF website http://members.bellatlantic.net/~gblank
You know, don't you, that when you fall in excrement and come up
smelling like a rose, you're not supposed to let on like it ever
happened?

I only know this because my cat told me.
Indeed, cats are expert at this behavior. They look at you as if to say
"Surely you don't think I could be clumsy enough to knoct that beautiful
vase off that shelf."

"Gregory W Blank" wrote in message
...
Well I did something really dumb today, was processing in
the
Jobo and I lifted the lid off before fixing my film. One
thing I can
attest to now: is that PMK does mask or block light, as
the negative looks
perfect now that its fixed.
--
LF website http://members.bellatlantic.net/~gblank


Probably not so much from the stain image as from
desensitizing. All developers tend to desensitize the film
as it developers. Pyro developers are noted for this which
is one reason they were popular for inspection development.


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Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles, CA, USA