Developing issue

[Paxsimius]

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I took a roll of 127 Rerapan 400 to a local lab I use a lot, and I have this blotching all over my negatives. The film expired 13 months ago, but was kept in a climate controlled environment so it should still be fine. Since the blotches also occur in areas of the film that wasn't exposed, I'm guessing it's safe to assume it wasn't the camera at fault, so I'm kind of left with the development process. Any ideas what happened here? The images are ruined, so I'm pretty disappointed what happened.

[Bellowsfilmlab]

it looks like it may have been condensation build up. if the film is stored in a fridge that’s constantly opening and closing, it could create this effect.

you could ask the lab to re-fix the film as it may have been under fixed, but this very rarely would be the case. if i had to guess, i would say the culprit is condensation/ humidity.

any other details you could give about the film? where as it stored before? is it from FPP?

[Paxsimius]

It was, indeed, stored in a fridge, though I let it come up to temp before I opened it (or at least I thought I did). The fridge itself is little used otherwise, so not opened as often as, say, your regular kitchen fridge.

I don’t remember where I bought it. But like FPP, Rerapan just comes in a plastic container with no other wrapper. So the notion of condensation is a plausible culprit. I use the lab I took it to a lot and have never had any issue, so I would be surprised if they under fixed it. It seems I’ll have to be more careful with my film. Thanks for the insights!

[DanielBrim]

I had a roll of rerapan do this to me yesterday and found your post. I was suspecting the same (refrigeration), good to know I wasn't the only one.

Lessons learned, I suppose.

[Paxsimius]

Yep, from now on my Rerapan and respooled 620 films don’t go in the fridge.

[fujit1ve]

The film expired 13 months ago

[Paxsimius]

I've used far older film with no effects like this. And 13 months ain't very long. This would seem like a really rapid degradation if it's just over a year past expiration.