Digital BW, The Print

In a message dated 5/23/2003 2:08:57 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
petegorsky@external.umass.edu writes:

> Purple spots on the film indicate areas that did not get fixed properly.
> The odds are, from what you described, that when the film came off the reel
> it was no longer separated from other parts of the roll, and thus one part
> of the emulsion stuck to the base of another part of the film.  It's likely
> that those areas would be neither developed nor fixed, but since the fixer
> clears away the parts of the emulsion that haven't been developed or
> exposed, anything that remains (and that will look like unprocessed film)
> has to be an area that didn't get fixed.
> 

yes, that is what i was thinking too

although, my chemistry is pretty old as well. what is the Rule of Thumb
as far as expiration on B+W chemistry goes? there are no expiration
dates on the bottle of chemistry


-----If you haven't already, practice loading the reel with an expendable 
roll of
film.  Do it with your eyes open at first, so that you can see how it has to
go, and then with your eyes closed until you're really comfortable with it.

that is exactly what i have been doing all morning! :)

thank you!


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