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<p>At my old darkroom, we did a pre-wet before developer - I always did a good 3 minutes, constant agitation. After that - before stop bath, it was "fill tank-pour out water" 4times. Then again before fixer. I'm surprised to learn that "this" was all wrong, in fact maybe harmful. We all give a good 5-10 minute rinse after hypo clear, but what's the reason/truth behind all this other watering?</p>

<p>I was looking at all the great photos done with Pan F Plus in one of the Pan F Plus "Groups" or was I? I think "great, more Ideas/places/conditions I could shoot using PanF+", but the a description reads " sony digital...blah...blah...exposure time...135lens..."<br /> What's going on here? </p>

It's the damnest thing -the specs/spec formations are virtually the same for each scene, 3-4 bracketed exposures, then they appear again in a different pattern but all the same for the next scene, all 3-4 brackets. Am I making sense? If so, does IT make sense? 4 Rolls ALL developed in the same canister, only 1 roll this happens to....? Straining my eyes through the loupe to make sure they're not actually part of the scene - no I'm pretty sure not.

<p>Just developed 4 rolls of Pan F Plus in the same tank and although they all came out well, one roll shows what appears to be tiny black flakes on (in?) many of the frames - even though those vary frames, minus the flakes, came out well. The flakes blot out a small part of the scene. Some are somewhat clumped together and others dispersed but nearby. Did something happen in terms of the real - did the film stick together at certain points - was agitation inadequate?</p>

<p>'Shot at or near 90 degrees to sun with good polarizer, you got deep blue skies, but green foliage was like - wow! Unique pastel-like green unlike any of the other E-6 films.</p>

<p>'Just cleaning out old trunk containing a thousand or so slides and looking at 10 year old RSX slides makes me sad. The color tones/balence were really unique and wish I'd shot more, sharp accurate tones yet somehow high sat. at the same time - if that makes sense. This film never got credit it should have.</p>

<p>"The art world doesn't reward manual labor...." Exactly Lex, and therein lies the problem, not just the "art" world, but the world in general. Does the FILM world care?</p>

<p>Yep, here we go again with the same tired 'ole sing-song - " it's really not the medium... it's the vision.. blahblah..." Sorry but I do believe printing in a darkroom is an art and requires work, and, should be recognized/rewarded as such. I'm still waiting to hear from Ilford....</p>

<p>Us film shooters are lumped together with digital when applying (competing?) for grants in "photography". Does anyone know of any foundations-arts organizations-schools-etc. that give grants/interested in material from film?</p>