Digital BW, The Print

Martin, it is a mystery.  One of my favorite photos is a portrait of my wife
(she said she'd kill me for the insurance if I ever showed it, and it showed
up on the cover of a catalog....), on 8x10 TMY processed in PMK.  Makes a
nice pt print, but scanning it was a nightmare - I hadn't thought of it as a
crystal growth but that is sure what it looks like.  With Rollo pyro and
Bergger 200, there is what looks like digital camera noise when scanning.  I
also have no idea.

  --Ken

----- Original Message -----
From: "Martin Wesley" <mwesley250@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2003 11:06 PM
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] help with developing problem


> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Stephen Kobrin" <skobrin@...>
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2003 3:02 PM
> Subject: [Digital BW] help with developing problem
>
>
> > I developed two rolls of FP4+ last night in HD-11 and do not recall
> > doing anything I had not done 50 or 100 times before.  However, when
> > I scanned the negatives they were "filthy."  A very large number of
> > small white spots all over the frame.  Looking at the negs with a
> > loupe I can see black spots all over.  I am not sure that they are
> > dust as they are black.  I used brand new fixer, and I think the stop
> > bath and clearer are ok.  Any ideas as to what might be causing
> > this??  I air dried the film in the same bathroom I always do and
> > neither the hear nor the air came on.
> >
> > Most of the negatives on both rolls are beyond spotting with the
> > clone tool.  The only thing I can think of is that it was a humid
> > night and perhaps the film was not quite dry when I put it in the
> > sleeves.  But, not really likely.
> >
> > While I always assume that there is a fixed ratio of dumb mistakes to
> > rolls developed, I would like to know what happened.
> >
> > Any help appreciated.
> >
> Steve,
>
> I have shot and developed a lot of FP4 and I have seen this happen but
> always assumed it was a result of using pyro developers. What it appears
to
> be is a crystal growth that occurs during the wash cycle. My cure is to
run
> the film gently through my fingers while under flowing water to dislodge
and
> wash away the particles. Once they have dried in place I have not been
able
> to removed them and have found that they can grow with time on the
negative.
> I have no explanation for the phenomenon. There is one nice shot that I
> spent many hours spotting all of the garbage out. If you have a real
keeper
> of a shot it can be done in PS. One of the reasons I pursued digital
> printing.
>
> Martin Wesley
>
>
>
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