stephen_ciancioso

<p>Canon AE-1, Canon FD 50mm f3.5 macro lens on Kodak Ektar 100 film </p><div></div>

<p>Canon AE-1 shot on Kodak T-Max 100 with Canon FD 50mm f3.5 macro lens</p><div></div>

<p>Canon AE-1 long exposure with a ND filter on Kodak T-Max 100 35mm film</p><div></div>

<p><img src="https://www.photo.net/photo/18320637" alt="" />Shot on Canon AE-1 with Canon FD 50mm f3.5 macro lens on Kodak T-Max 100 35mm film</p><div></div>

Thank you for all of your insight! I'm sending a roll off to a different lab soon so we shall see. I am pretty sure I will get similar results but it's worth a shot. I am also switching from Ektar to a new pack of Paortra 160 so we will see if maybe that helps as well.

So I talked with the Darkroom and they looked back over my photos and are convinced it's a moisture issue. They said "We went through several of your albums and that is not from chemical solution dried on the negatives. It is due to moisture and we have seen this in the past and are very familiar with the appearance of moisture effecting film. The spot are pretty much like mold on the film." Judging from the fact that if it was a processing issue there would be more people with this problem. I think they know what they are doing.So it brings me back to my question how can I avoid moisture from getting into the film back? Is there any way to prevent this?

It does have the texture/look of undissolved chemicals I think you may be right. I'll try cleaning one of the negatives i dont care too much about with water and see what happens. Weird thing is the darkroom does a great job on all my 35mm rolls, both color and black and white. Only the medium format film has been a problem occasionally. I'm going to try North Coast or Precision I'm pretty sure

Thank you all for the responses! I do not use refrigerated or frozen film so that's definitely not an issue. I clean out the bronica regularly so there's no moisture in the actual film back as far as i know. I'm going to agree that this is a processing issue which really sucks. Some pretty good shots of mine got ruined, but alas, the price you pay with film I suppose. I did inspect the negatives and while there appears to be a "crust" where the spots are it doesn't rub off. They are in different places around the film and even in spots on the film where an exposure wasn't taken. I'm going to dry a different lab, it's a shame cause the Darkroom gives a good deal!

It's Kodak Ektar 100 ISO 120 film. I send it to the Darkroom in California for standard processing and get it mailed back to me as there are no film processing places in my area. When I asked them what the issue was they said it was most likely an issue of moisture getting onto the film. I would love some other opinions.<div></div>

So I have been shooting 120 film with a bronica sq-a and absolutely loving it other than the fact that I frequently get my images back ruined with purple spots on them. I do live in Hawaii in a humid environment and take a lot of shots near the water so I am assuming this is a moisture issue. This never happens with any of my 35mm rolls. If anyone has any experience please let me know if there's a way to prevent this in the future. Do I have to finish a roll quickly to avoid this? Thanks for any help!<div></div>