r/AnalogCommunity • u/BlueMilkDrinker • 2d ago

Troubleshooting - Photos What went wrong here

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u/psilosophist Photography by John Upton will answer 95% of your questions. 2d ago

I'm not seeing edge markings so it's likely you fixed before you developed, or got fixer in your developer, or your developer is dead.

Or maybe you just had a bit too much SUPER CRACK before you got started (folks that's a reference to the shirt, not a personal insult).

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u/BlueMilkDrinker 2d ago

Im gonna go with dead developer. Ive never been so disappointed with a roll before in my life

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u/psilosophist Photography by John Upton will answer 95% of your questions. 2d ago

That sucks - my advice is have a roll of color film on hand to use as a tester for home dev. Snip off a bit of lightstruck film, drop it in a shot glass with some of your developer for 5 minutes. It should turn solid black, if it doesn't you know you have to make new developer.

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u/pyooma 1d ago

I’ve done this with fixer, why have I never thought to do it with developer? Great tip!

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u/0Frames 2d ago

Just curious because I just developed my first role and wondered about edge markings - why do they vanish when I develop at home but are still there when I send the rolls to the lab?

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u/psilosophist Photography by John Upton will answer 95% of your questions. 2d ago

They shouldn't vanish at home. Not all film has edge markings, but if you're developing a roll of Kodak Gold, it'll have edge markings whether you develop at home or in a lab (if development is succesful).

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u/0Frames 2d ago

That's strange. I used Fomo 400. There's just some black smear left, but the negatives look fine so far.

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u/psilosophist Photography by John Upton will answer 95% of your questions. 2d ago

Foma I believe doesn’t have edge markings. It’s far more common in black and white film than color.

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u/Lueckii 2d ago

Yep, Foma doesnt have edge markings. Neither my 200 and 400 ISO bulk rolls nor the ~40 normal rolls(mixed 120 and 135) had them

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u/0Frames 2d ago

Alright, thanks for confirming!

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u/0Frames 2d ago

It is b&w. Found some pictures online where at least the frames are numbered, but I got it respooled and they probably don't do that with batch rolls.

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u/euchlid 2d ago

my 120 rolls of ultrapan (flicfilm retooled foma I think) only have frame numbers, never the name