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My anti newton ring piece of glass has been a success, I am pleased with the results it provides with my epson v550.

Thank you aoresteen and glen. My one roll was a success. I used d76 1-1 with gentle inversions and everything turned out well! Thanks for the pointers!

I'm not super familiar with them, but I think its called a newton ring. Something to do with the scanning process. I have an anti newton ring piece of glass coming in the mail that should alleviate this, or so I have learned in another thread here.

Thank you Glen for clarifying things for me. I will remember to add the 10% to my developer next time on two rolls. I'm happy with the way they are turning out. I have no idea if the amount of grain present is normal or not, I've looked over some pictures here in one of the threads and there is a gentleman using pyro developer and his photos look superb. They have very little grain present. I suppose thats the fun part of everything, experimenting with different developers and films and such. Here's a pic from last nights roll.

Thank you kmac. I just got done developing my one roll. Everything went a bit smoother this time. I didn't fumble around as much loading my reel. I did squeegee this roll as the last one but don't think I'm going to do it anymore, if just the right pressure is not applied it chatters as it runs down the film. Just a few drops of photo flo was used and it seemed to be ok, it didn't make suds this time. I also ordered an anti newton piece of glass for my epson V550, it should help quite a bit with my scanning this time around. You are all very kind and I thank you for helping me with my questions.

The back door is perfectly straight, and the entire camera is in really great shape. I'm going to shoot a roll once like you guys said with it all taped shut and see what happens. Thank you for the replies!

Thank you everyone for the replies, I will try just a few drops of photo flo next time.

Hello John and jochen. I checked the curtains and everything seems to be intact. I checked every shutter speed. I'd say about 20% of the pics on this particular FE (I own 2 of them, and a FE-2) end up with this result, in various degrees. What is weird is it will do it on one frame and not on the next. Thanks for above replies.

It was a typo, I meant to say after my fixer! Thanks. It came out wrong as I was typing.

Thanks AJG. That must be what the extra piece is that came with my tank, to hold down a reel on the tube. I was wondering what it was for. Thanks also for letting me know about the hard water. So I can use just plain water for my stop bath? I used ilfostop during my first go round. I went with a 45 second soak with this stop bath. Will that 45 seconds be ok if I use just plain water? I developed 9 3/4 minutes @ 68 F (D-76 1-1) for my two rolls but them I read today on someones blog that that time is only for one roll and I should have added 10% time for the two rolls I developed? Is this true? You are all very kind for answering my questions, I appreciate it.

Thank you Wilmarco! I was happy to get a few good shots from my first rolls. Our water is fairly hard here in this part of Wisconsin, will that be ok on my negatives if I leave the water run in the tank like you mentioned kmac? I do squeegee my prints if that matters. And before i forget, what is the suggested dilution ratio for photo flo?

Hello everyone. I have a FE that is super prone to viewfinder light leaks and was wondering.....is this common with these cameras? Its driving me nuts. It will ruin one frame completely while the next frame will be clean of any leaks. Is there anything I can do to remedy this? I know enough to cover the viewfinder on shots taken on my tripod, but it is happening on shots with my eye right close to the viewfinder. Here are two examples, I had my eye right tight to the viewfinder and they still show up. Is it possible that these are film door light leaks? The camera has brand new foam seals in it. I have shots from this same roll of film that are clean of leaks if that matters. I thank you for your time!

Hello everyone. New guy here to the forum and also to developing my own black and white film. I've only developed two rolls so far and they turned out pretty decent for my first go. The two rolls were developed together in my arista tank. I would now like to develop just one roll in the same two roll tank but was wondering, will the extra space in the tank during inversions induce air bubbles or anything into my chemicals due to all the sloshing around of the extra air with my chems? I'd hate to ruin a roll of film by making a mistake. Any while I'm here, may you tell me about how you go about rinsing your film once developed? On my first two rolls after my stop bath, I used a tank of properly diluted photo flo, at lease I think it was properly dilluted. It was awful sudsy. I drained the tank of the photo flo solution and then rinsed the reels off with some distilled water. Is there a better way to rinse my film than the process I used? I thank everyone for your time. Here's a pic from my first attempt at developing myself. Tri X in D-76.