Rob MacKillop
Edinburgh Correspondent
Yes, I screwed up again 
I warmed the tank (with the film in it) with water at the temperature the monobath would be at, and then I put the monobath in - only I had forgotten to pour out the water! I soon realised the problem, of course, as a mixture of monobath and water overflowed the tank. So, I poured that lot out and poured in the monobath, of which there was just enough remaining. But that left the question of timing. I had no idea how much of the monobath had affected the film already, so I took an uneducated guess...and got it wrong.
On the positive side, I will not do that again, and nothing else went wrong. But the negs were overcooked.
I lowered the contrast a little in Lightroom for each shot, and managed to salvage a few, but I'm feeling a bit down about being so forgetful. Next time will be better!
Ilford HP5 and the M-A with old Leitz lenses.
I warmed the tank (with the film in it) with water at the temperature the monobath would be at, and then I put the monobath in - only I had forgotten to pour out the water! I soon realised the problem, of course, as a mixture of monobath and water overflowed the tank. So, I poured that lot out and poured in the monobath, of which there was just enough remaining. But that left the question of timing. I had no idea how much of the monobath had affected the film already, so I took an uneducated guess...and got it wrong.
On the positive side, I will not do that again, and nothing else went wrong. But the negs were overcooked.
I lowered the contrast a little in Lightroom for each shot, and managed to salvage a few, but I'm feeling a bit down about being so forgetful. Next time will be better!
Ilford HP5 and the M-A with old Leitz lenses.
