sharon_hanson

<p>thank you Charles. I've never seen the pre wash dark blue. I've always poured the pre wash down the drain and never noticed the hue. this is the first time I've saved it. Also--i'm now wondering if I poured the developer solution into the fix bottle (and vice versa). Ow!<br>

I'm starting over. Thank you everyone!</p>

<p>thanks all. My camera if a Mamiya 645 and I've used it a few years. Never had a problem developing before. And yes, the film came out clear. No printing on the edges of the film--just dark blue. I'm going to dump the Arista and buy a new Ilford developer. Should I not be pre washing? Does distilled water make a difference? thanks. Sharon</p>

<p>Mark -- sorry, the Ilford was my fix. I didn't add that in my statement. Was told one should pre wash film and I did with distilled water for 2 minutes. I saved the water for the next batch too. Of course after seeing the water so dark continued on but was worried. I don't know if the Arista dev (mixed 1 to 9) was bad or if one should not mix the brands of dev and fix. The Ilford fix was mixed at 1 to 4. I will go buy some new Ilford dev for the next batch but the water turned dark before I even started with the developer. </p>

<p>I did post this question, or big problem of mine, recently but find no responses. Perhaps I'm not looking in right place? Anyway, recently decided to develop some negatives (120) and had some Arista developer, probably more than a year old but put in really cool place. Then used a new bottle of Ilford fix. My film is iso 50. So, I pre washed the film and the distilled water I'd used turned dark blue. So right off I thought I had probably washed off any images on the film. And yes, after agitating the developer for 6 minutes and fixing in the Ilford for 5 minutes, found that after washing the film--no images. The edges of the film were dark along the edges. Before I get into the next 10 rolls I need some advice. thanks Sharon</p>

Help please! I am trying to develop 120 roll film Pan F Plus 50 per the

instructions of Ilford charts. Last night I did one roll at 4-1/2 minutes at

68 degrees as instructed. I used the Ilfosal S developer 1+9, stopped 30 secs,

then fixed for 5. My film held a faint suggestion of the subject with a faint

lavender tint. My teacher said it looked like it wasn't developed long

enough. Now I've checked on several Ilford chart and there seems to be a

discrepancy with the times, etc. Does anyone have a clue here?