Tim Meisburger
13-Jan-2013, 06:22
After four years of doing this, I finally loaded some film backwards (I'm working down my list of every mistake possible). Three sheets of Velvia. Loaded it jet-lagged when I arrived in the US. I got back to Thailand at 2:00 AM this morning and have been developing film. On one set of four negatives I pored in fixer before developer (without noticing) then mis-set the timer on my phone so had to guess development time (two new mistakes. When I went to pour out the developer I realized my mistake and figured the film was ruined, but went ahead and poured in developer, set the timer, then stop and fix and low and behold, images were fine. Anyway, the lesson here is neither load nor develop when jet-lagged....
On the Velvia, I noticed the notches were on the wrong side when I unloaded the holders. I don't develop color, and don't plan to send these off, as its quite expensive and I'm sure the images (which should have been good) are more or less ruined. I thought about throwing them straight in the trash, but I figured I could either try to develop them in black and white chemicals, or send them off to someone who does color at home and is interested in experimenting with reversed film. Suggestions or ideas welcome!
On the Velvia, I noticed the notches were on the wrong side when I unloaded the holders. I don't develop color, and don't plan to send these off, as its quite expensive and I'm sure the images (which should have been good) are more or less ruined. I thought about throwing them straight in the trash, but I figured I could either try to develop them in black and white chemicals, or send them off to someone who does color at home and is interested in experimenting with reversed film. Suggestions or ideas welcome!