Topic: Help to identify...

[sapata]

I process my films most of the time using 1 hour stand development, especially when I'm doing tests.

This time I tried 2 hours stand development 1:200 Rodinal and the results were great, apart from quite a few little spots all over the negatives.

The example below is a quick scan of the worst one I could find... I processed a couple of them before in normal development and they came out without any marks. The only thing I''m thinking is that the haliation got stuck in the neg due to the long processing time, maybe I should have presoaked the film...? Any thoughts ?

Thanks...

[Mojave]

This is beyond me. I have never done stand developing myself.

Beautiful image. I love the high contrast.

[Francois]

Is it fly season yet in the UK?
A water pre-soak might have helped with the spots... which you could bleach out using a toothpick and a ton of patience!

[LT]

Is it fly season yet in the UK?
A water pre-soak might have helped with the spots... which you could bleach out using a toothpick and a ton of patience!

or slightly less time consuming ( but still a nightmare) you could spot a fine dab of black ink on the clear spots of the neg  with a fineline pen or spotting inks.

I suspect these are little air bubbles on the film that have prevented the developer to get to that area.  Often a  problem with stand development.

[sapata]

Is it fly season yet in the UK?
A water pre-soak might have helped with the spots... which you could bleach out using a toothpick and a ton of patience!

It will be hard to get rid of even with the photoshop... imagine on the actually negative  

Is it fly season yet in the UK?
A water pre-soak might have helped with the spots... which you could bleach out using a toothpick and a ton of patience!

I suspect these are little air bubbles on the film that have prevented the developer to get to that area.  Often a  problem with stand development.

I was suspicious of that Leon, but since I'd never had this problem before with 1 hour I thought I'd ask...

I guess 2 hours it's quite a lot for stand development... wondering if anyone hee has ever tried 2 hours with success and what's the secret