Topic: Where's my image?

[Pete_R]

I've jut dev'ed a sheet of Fomapan in RO9 and it's come out with the exposed area all evenly grey with no image and the unexposed edges clear. Could this be exhausted developer? I've had it a while and I can't think what else it can be. Unless it's the film. I understand Fomapan isn't the best film for long exposures and the film was exposed in a pinhole camera. Exposure was 30 minutes.

Any ideas?

[LT]

something has been developed by the sound of it ... ?  It sounds like a uniform fog rather than an image though? Odd - are you certain that you exposed it?

Doesn't sound like exhausted dev to me ... there would be clear shadows etc I would have though. At least some fluctuation of density.

weird.

[Pete_R]

You've put your finger on it Leon. It's fog. As soon as I read what you wrote I had a head slapping moment and realised I have a massive light leak in the camera. Sort of a design fault on my part. Duh!

Where's my light sealing foam...

[Francois]

Now you know why that camera produced some dull and lifeless images!

[Pete_R]

You're not wrong Francois. And having fixed the major light leak and tried again, I can now see the minor ones. It'll be ready by the 29th I'm sure.

[Mab]

I had a R09 soft pouch that turned sour after a couple of months use.

[Pete_R]

I had a R09 soft pouch that turned sour after a couple of months use.

I heard that can happen (what?).