may be the problem. The instructions in the dark room was to add 2oz of devloper and 8 oz of water per roll of film. Being I alreayd mixed it in a gallon does that mean I diluted it too much. The film is still somewhat purple.
2006-09-13 16:04:56 · 3 answers · asked by mtjs06 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Photography
There was probably not enough developer. You should probably just mix enough to use on each roll instead of mixing a lot at one time. A lot can happen to the mixture to contaminate it. You also may have taken the film out of the developer too quickly. Find out the exact developing time for the particular film you are using and make sure you're doing that correctly.
2006-09-13 17:18:43 · answer #1 · answered by corbeyelise 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would say you did dilute it too much. It sounds like someone else made the original concentrated developer and you add water to it, but you added 2 oz. to a full gallon of water. I agree with the previous answers that you should only mix what you need for the roll or rolls you are processing at the time. Developers tend to oxidize (go bad) very quickly once they are mixed. Check the temperature of the developer before you add the film, and use a chart that will tell you how many minutes to develop your type of film at that temperature. If you didn't have enough developer in the solution, your silver salt grains would not be developed, washing away when you added the fixer. The purple color is not unusual for black and white film, it's just the color of the plastic backing.
2006-09-14 08:49:39 · answer #2 · answered by Teddie M 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Assuming that your images were exposed properly when you look at the negatives do they seem flat in their tonality? Not developing your film long enough, or not at a proper dillution will almost certainly result in negatives which are flat in terms of their tonality. You will know what I mean when you go to print your images, the images will lack any deep shadows or brilliant highlights. However, if the case is that the negatives are just purple you may have forgotten to run the film through hypoclearing agent. Also when you were mixing the developer was this a liquid concentrate developer or a powder? If it was powder did you make sure that the powder dissolved properly? Also if it was powder, did you use boiling water or hot water to dissolve the crystals? Some chemicals in particular some fixers can be very sensitive to the temperture at which you mix the chemicals.
2006-09-13 17:38:55 · answer #3 · answered by wackywallwalker 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋