oriecat
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:cry: I just developed two rolls from our weekend away this past w/e and I've got nothing. My roll of Delta 3200 that I shot with the Holga, I can almost see two of the pics, and not much else. My HP5 400 is totally clear I think. I am so confused. I usually roll my film in the closet, but I thought I would try rolling in the darkroom. It didn't seem to have any light (altho there are a couple glow in the dark things, such as my photo thermometer, do those count as light?). But if I exposed the light while rolling, wouldn't it be all black instead of all clear? I can't think clearly right now because I'm very upset, so maybe I'm thinking backwards. But the film is totally clear, as tho it wasn't exposed, right? Could my developer be bad? I dated it when I mixed it and I thought it should be good until 4/08.
This blows. :cry: I can still see some of the shots in my head. They were gonna be gorgeous. :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:
Edit - ok brain functioning returning... even the film leader isn't black (not even close), so it obviously isn't an exposure issue. I can't think of what else it could be other than the dev. Live and learn, I guess. No more batches. This could explain why my last roll was so thin perhaps. I thought it was just a light meter issue since it was my first roll with my new old camera... but then a couple of the negs came out fine, so still confused... grrrr....
This blows. :cry: I can still see some of the shots in my head. They were gonna be gorgeous. :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:
Edit - ok brain functioning returning... even the film leader isn't black (not even close), so it obviously isn't an exposure issue. I can't think of what else it could be other than the dev. Live and learn, I guess. No more batches. This could explain why my last roll was so thin perhaps. I thought it was just a light meter issue since it was my first roll with my new old camera... but then a couple of the negs came out fine, so still confused... grrrr....