Hi, I’ve been developing colour for a month and today encountered an issue not noticed before.
See attached images which, when you zoom in, have little white spots. They look to me like dried water spots, but I don’t know. Find below a quick info list to help narrow it down…
* Currently using Bellini C41 kit
* It’s a half-frame camera (1961 Pentacon Penti II - perhaps the smaller image makes it more noticeable?)
* For agitation, I use the twizzle stick, not invert. After several rolls either way I’ve found this the best—had some problems with inverting, much less so since using the twizzle method. I always go clockwise, then counter-clockwise, same revolutions each way. 15-30 secs per min, haven’t seen any lines or bromide drag.
*I live in a very hard water area in the UK, so use distilled water to mix all chemicals
* I forget to tap the tank sometimes after each agitation. Getting better, but still forget perhaps 1 in 2
* Temperatures are spot-on at 38C
* For B&W I always use a squeegee and have had no problems, but mixed results doing so with colour. These images were not using à squeegee.
Any thoughts and feedback greatly appreciated!
PS I lover shooting with the Penti II (recently acquired). Followed Sunny 16, set zone focusing to hyperfocal distance (2.8m to infinity), and just snapped away!