SP445 tank processing Delta100 and Pyrocat HD help please

[Andrew Tymon]

You should be able to see the stain. Though if you used an acid stop bath it can reduce the stain. There are no dumb questions. Something to read https://sandykingphotography.com/res...ing-developers

[Laminarman]

I used a water stop bath only. Hmmm I'll have to look when I get home. I don't recall them looking any different but then again it was midnight and I wanted to get to bed so washed and hung.

[koraks]

The stain is very apparent if you hold two negatives side by side, one developed in a staining developer and one done in a regular developer. Looking at just a single negative it's quite easy to overlook.

[esearing]

Hp5 developed in PF130 vs Pyrcat M - film test.

[Laminarman]

Mine are not nearly so brown, but held up side by side to a Rodinal neg they are surely different. Just a bit warmer.

[Andrew Tymon]

Stain does vary some depending on film. What fixer did you use?

[koraks]

Mine are not nearly so brown, but held up side by side to a Rodinal neg they are surely different. Just a bit warmer.

Tabular grain films like delta and tmax generally stain a little less conspicuously than cubic/mixes "old style" emulsions, I find.

[Laminarman]

I used Ilford rapid fix, water stop bath.

[esearing]

Don't judge stain until you print a few. Different light sources seem to treat it differently. If it goes pink-ish then your HD is about to die.

[Laminarman]

Don't judge stain until you print a few. Different light sources seem to treat it differently. If it goes pink-ish then your HD is about to die.

I hope my HD doesn't die, but I'm not sure what an HD is. I scan and print on an Epson R800, I haven't used an enlarger in 25 years.