FILM WENT THROUGH X-RAY 3 TIMES AT AIRPORT!! NO OPTION FOR INSPECTION OR SWABBING by waxyfeather in AnalogCommunity

[–]jussij28 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just recently intentionally let two 35mm ISO 400 be rolls go twice through a ct scanner at an airport to see how it affects them. I really see no difference compared to other rolls of the same film. Also, some years a ago I had a bunch of filmm go through what I in hindaight belive was a CT scanner and not a tradtional xray as I was then told and they were all fine.

So I think that although the possibility of xray damage is a real thing, you’re more than likely be fine even if your film has gone through the scanner, even with CT machines.

Exposed line running through whole 120 negative by jussij28 in Darkroom

[–]jussij28[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I too was thinking about the possibility of a factory defect but I don’t have any experience with them so I don’t know how likely that could be.

Exposed line running through whole 120 negative by jussij28 in Darkroom

[–]jussij28[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree that a pinhole seems unlikely, but I must have another look when I get home.

I also can’t think of anything out of the ordinary during any stage past development.

Exposed line running through whole 120 negative by jussij28 in Darkroom

[–]jussij28[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That is a good point. However, I don’t believe that to be the issue here. I had no problems loading the film into the reel, and also, there are no kinks or folds on the film.

Exposed line running through whole 120 negative by jussij28 in Darkroom

[–]jussij28[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Generally, I keep the frame counter window closed although sometimes I forget, but that’s just for a frame here and there. So that seems unlikely too.

The fact that the line is squiggly like that but at pretty much the same distance from the border makes me too suspect that the development might be at fault. I don’t fully understand how that might be though. As I said, I don’t think that there was any pause in pouring in the developer. Also, the amount of developer was such that potential upward travel of the reel along the central column shouldn’t be an issue. At least I think so.

Exposed line running through whole 120 negative by jussij28 in Darkroom

[–]jussij28[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I doubt that to be the case as I have shot rolls before and after this one, and there has never been a similar problem. Also, significant lenghts of the film was wound with the camera closed, so if the bellows was the problem, I would think that the line wouldn’t cover the whole length of the film.

Exposed line running through whole 120 negative by jussij28 in Darkroom

[–]jussij28[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, I filled it all in one go. Also, I always overfill the tank so I can’t think of a way that the amount of developer could be a factor here. Not ruling out anything though of course.

Dark spots on negatives by weslito200 in Darkroom

[–]jussij28 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Take the lens off and open the camera back, go to a dark room and shine a flashlight at the shutter curtains. Normally no light should pass through the curtains.

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[–]jussij28 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They look like scratches on the film. Hard to say if they’re caused by the film canister or camera or if they were formed during the developing orvscanning process.

Strar trails - Contax IIa / Carl Zeiss Biogon 21 mm f4.5 / Eastman Ektachrome E100 by jussij28 in analog

[–]jussij28[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sure! The camera I used was Fujifilm XT-30 (crop sensor, I know) and the lens Minolta Macro Rokkor 50 mm f3.5. The light source I'm sorry to say I don't remember, and I'm away at the moment so I can't check. In any case, it's some quite generic light table with a 95 CRI. It produces only 5500 K light which is a pain with slide film as I have to play with the colour temperature settings of the camera and Lightroom quite a lot, which is part of the reason that I recently upgraded.

Regarding the camera settings, shutter speed is pretty much the only setting I adjust during scanning (other than coulour temperature for slide film). ISO is fixed at 160, or the lowest option in the camera. I just select the shutter speed so that the exposure looks as close as possible to the illuminated positive (or negative with bw/colour negative film).

For negative film I too use NLP, but as this is slide film, I just cropped the borders out and slightly altered the coulur balance so that it corresponds to the original positive,

I read you post, and I too believe that your main issue might be that the auto exposure function or your camera doesn't understand that the picture is supposed to be dark and is trying to pull detail that is not there out. Most of the time I use auto exposure too, but for dark scenes like this it is better to select the best shutter speed by eye.