mimstrel
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I recently got a new-to-me old Hawk-Eye Model B folding camera. looks like it is in really great shape, shutter works (could be a little fast or slow, but definitely opens and closes when I press the shutter), aperture adjusts properly, etc. I got some adapters so I can use 120 film and put in a test roll.
I know I messed up the test roll. the film started slipping and wouldn't progress, so I opened up the camera. The front end of the roll should be 100% over-exposed. It was exposed to direct sunlight (well, it was cloudy. But still). I was 80% sure that the entire roll was going to be completely exposed. Instead, the first 2/3 of the roll appear completely un-exposed, with what appears to be light-leaks around the edges. The last third is highly fogged and over-exposed, up to where I still have the tape that attached the end to the paper backing. Thoroughly confused as to what went wrong? I did a couple of things different from what I have been doing with 35mm:
1) I did a pre-rinse, which rinsed off a blueish-greenish color when I dumped it out. I have always skipped this step with 35mm because when I learned to develop 35mm as a kid, we didn't do it, but when I looked up the process to check and make sure I'm doing 120 correctly, it said that a pre-rinse can help prevent bubbles forming on the film. From what I have read, the color getting washed off is normal.
2) I used an actual stop-bath instead of just a water rinse.
3) I used wetting agent at full strength instead of half-dilution, because I recently got some new solution.
Any ideas?
I know I messed up the test roll. the film started slipping and wouldn't progress, so I opened up the camera. The front end of the roll should be 100% over-exposed. It was exposed to direct sunlight (well, it was cloudy. But still). I was 80% sure that the entire roll was going to be completely exposed. Instead, the first 2/3 of the roll appear completely un-exposed, with what appears to be light-leaks around the edges. The last third is highly fogged and over-exposed, up to where I still have the tape that attached the end to the paper backing. Thoroughly confused as to what went wrong? I did a couple of things different from what I have been doing with 35mm:
1) I did a pre-rinse, which rinsed off a blueish-greenish color when I dumped it out. I have always skipped this step with 35mm because when I learned to develop 35mm as a kid, we didn't do it, but when I looked up the process to check and make sure I'm doing 120 correctly, it said that a pre-rinse can help prevent bubbles forming on the film. From what I have read, the color getting washed off is normal.
2) I used an actual stop-bath instead of just a water rinse.
3) I used wetting agent at full strength instead of half-dilution, because I recently got some new solution.
Any ideas?