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>tonight I will develop my first roll of R100
>straightforward 4-bath process, kind of like developing two b&w batches one after another (which it basically is)
>what could go wrong
>cold tap water is 25°C
>oh well, I've dealt with this before
>ice
>more ice
>we got 19°C
>instructions say 0.5 degree tolerance for most baths, but I'll compensate
>IT'S GO TIME
>bath A, developer, in
>continuous agitation like instructed
>tiresome for 12 minutes but oh well
>developer out, back into beaker
>incidentally thermometer was still in the beaker
>developer is now 24°C
>o-ok, I compensated time for that too, only expected around 21°C on exit though
>frantically cooling bleach bath in ice bath during first rinse
>bath B bleach in, 8 minutes, out, 23°C
>o-ok
>second rinse
>bath C, "cleaning bath"
>this one has +/- 3°C tolerance, so whatever
>pour it out
>OH SHIT
>see tiny bits of emulsion pouring down the drain
>assume it's fucked beyond repair but decide to go through rest of motions for practice
>developer A in again
>30 seconds later
>OH SHIT
>OH FUCK
>I forgot to re-expose
>pour developer out, luckily into the original beaker and not down the drain
>pull the roll out of the tank, not bothering with re-exposure instructions
>just stick it directly up to the bathroom light and spin around
>see images forming on the first few frames
>intredasting
>back into tank after a couple of minutes
>pour developer in again for rest of prescribed time
>pour it out, see more bits flowing down
>rinse, fix, more and more black bits pouring out every time
>final long rinse, then photoflo
>take the reel out and try to ease the film out to hang it
>my fingers slip off of it, taking some emulsion off
>on closer look, emulsion looks swollen and jelly-like (or black-bloody pulp)
>finally pull it out of the reel, it continues dripping water with black bits all the time (pic related)
tbc
