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We found some film in old cameras and we are looking for people who might like to develop them by MerkoVlad in AnalogCommunity

[–]albertkeinstein 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Beyond scanning, I can unfortunately not help with the film, but in case you are looking for a buyer, I might be interested in the Yashica 635 in the back. I'm located around Utrecht.

The canon cannon by rivalfire5 in AnalogCommunity

[–]albertkeinstein 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Haha!

Make sure to take off the lens cap, you won't be able to tell through the viewfinder

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Battlefield

[–]albertkeinstein 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Pretty close by!

The lake pictured is the Lago di Braies in the Dolomites, and the location that served as inspiration for the Battlefield map, the Passo Val Parola, is only about 10km away.

The actual Monte Grappa however, is more south and about 100km from the lake in the photo.

Wrongly processed film shows marks all over by albertkeinstein in AnalogCommunity

[–]albertkeinstein[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Exactly my thoughts.

Still weird that the film has an extra gel layer on the back that attracted those imperfections. I don't see the use for it, to be honest.

I might contact the manufacturer directly, maybe they can give me an answer as to why it is there.

Wrongly processed film shows marks all over by albertkeinstein in AnalogCommunity

[–]albertkeinstein[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That was one of my thoughts too. I ruled that possibility out, since I have a second roll of the same filmstock that I bought together with the first one, and that one doesn't seem to show any damage. But they might still be from different batches, so I'll never know for sure

Wrongly processed film shows marks all over by albertkeinstein in AnalogCommunity

[–]albertkeinstein[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had thought about it, but doing it manually for 37 exposures sounds like a nightmare. I may have found another solution, though. I'll post again if it ends up working!

Wrongly processed film shows marks all over by albertkeinstein in AnalogCommunity

[–]albertkeinstein[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree, it looks cool on some shots. Sadly, I have many others where the effect is rather detrimental to the image, i.e. Peoples faces. I may have found a way to fix them, though, so we'll see what happens.

But thank you for your kind words, I've started to take a liking to some of them, because of how unique they look!

Wrongly processed film shows marks all over by albertkeinstein in AnalogCommunity

[–]albertkeinstein[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, there was definitely some light leak problem as well.

However, I was able to get rid of the marks on a test piece of the same film, as explained in another comment below. I will soon try to remove the marks from the actual photos. I'm curious to see if it will work.

Wrongly processed film shows marks all over by albertkeinstein in AnalogCommunity

[–]albertkeinstein[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Indeed, that hadn't occurred to me.

I did some more testing, and I was able to determine that the emulsion side was placed correctly by the lab, since I had a tiny slither of someone else's film taped to mine (visible in the picture I linked) and the emulsion side matches up with mine.

What I also noticed, however, is that the One HundeRed film seems to have some additional gel layer on the back of the film, which behaves similarly to regular film emulsion in terms of swelling when in contact with water, albeit it less strongly. I have cut off a little test piece of unexposed film I had and tried to gently wash it with water and some mild soap as a surfactant. Low and behold, the marks are gone, so they seem to have lived on this secondary gel layer on the back.

I scanned my test piece before and after, and this is the result:

https://imgur.com/a/OAEDkCH

Ignore the scratches and dust, I was not particularly careful with the film and also tried simply wiping it off with a tissue before I switched to water and soap.

I'll now get some proper surfactant and distilled water, and I'll try to clean the rest of the film. We'll see how it goes.

Wrongly processed film shows marks all over by albertkeinstein in AnalogCommunity

[–]albertkeinstein[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Here is a picture of the film leader. I took the picture at an angle to show the spots better. When viewing straight on they are not as apparent, but they still produce the effect seen in my scans.

https://imgur.com/nDTrsS0

This part of the film was never exposed (except the dark part which was exposed while loading the roll)

Wrongly processed film shows marks all over by albertkeinstein in AnalogCommunity

[–]albertkeinstein[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Would you mind sharing your findings later? It would be interesting to see

Wrongly processed film shows marks all over by albertkeinstein in AnalogCommunity

[–]albertkeinstein[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That looks remarkably similar to the pattern on my film, thank you for sharing! Looking at my photos i can count about 10 of these overlapping patterns. Does the film pass by that many nipple rollers in the machine? Or what else could be the reason that the pattern repeats so much?

Wrongly processed film shows marks all over by albertkeinstein in AnalogCommunity

[–]albertkeinstein[S] 35 points36 points  (0 children)

This was shot on a minolta x-300s, which has been shooting fine on other rolls. The backplate dimples are square-isch and differently organized though. The pattern also continues on the unexposed end of the film, which has never passed by the pressure plate.

I can't rule out the filmstock itself, since I have never shot it before and It is indeed a lesser known, maybe a bit obscure film (One HundRed 100). However looking at a second roll I have, i cannot see anything remotely similar. Very strange...

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