What the heck is this?

[Pfiltz]

Haven't shot roll film for like 6 months, since I've gotten into 4x5.

This is a fresh roll of Ilford Delta 100. Chemicals are fresh. Developed in Arista at 65 Degrees for 7 minutes, stop for 1 minute, fix for 5.

It's not dried yet, sure not sure how it's going to scan or print, or if it's even possible.

Does Ilford Delta look like this when it's properly shot, and developed? I have some Ultra EDU 100, that developed fine just like 4 days ago.. Clear film rebate, and neg's looked like they usually do..

Any ideas?


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[Prof_Pixel]

Looks like too little fixing.

[Ian Grant]

It's not fixed fully. Refix ASAP.

Fixer gets slower as you use it and you need to take this into account.

Ian

[nickrapak]

Looks like too little fixing.

I agree. Toss it in the fixer for another 3-5 minutes, and see if it gets any better. If so, you need to mix up some more fixer.

[Pfiltz]

Thanks.

It's back in the fix... We'll see

[desertratt]

Back in the Nifty 1950s I would sometimes "develop by inspection" -- using a very weak green safelight I would pull the film out of the developing tank and look at it. If it looked like your examples do, it would be ready to stick in the fixer. If the dark areas were very faint it needed more development time. You need to put the film back in the fix.

[Pfiltz]

Thanks... I think that did it... Looks quite a bit better. The other roll shot last week, had some slight fogging in the middle of the roll, that a 2nd bath in the fix cleared up. I did agitate the film while in the fix off and on, but maybe just not enough time... Been a while since I've played with roll film.

We'll see how bad I mucked up that film by man handling it

Appreciate it.

[250swb]

Some films do take a bit longer to fix, but if you gave it 5 minutes I would suspect the fix isn't diluted correctly or is exhausted.

Steve

[Pfiltz]

Thanks guys...
It worked..

I'll replace that fix as well.

[winger]

For both TMax and Delta, I fix for 5-8 minutes with rapid fix. Usually, it's 6 1/2 or 7 if the fix is fresh. Then wash for longer as well.