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| Exhausted Developer |
With all
the processes that
need to go well when producing a print in the darkroom it is surprising that
faults are not more common. Even so the odd
one comes along to de-rail a good printing session. It does not matter
how experienced you are sods law trips us all up!
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| Exhausred stop |
Here are
some of the most common faults:
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Chemical
fingers - this where odd irregular marks appear on the finished print usually
at the edges. Make sure your hands are free from chemical contamination and dry
before you handle photographic paper.
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Exhausted
developer - fails to produced a full image once it has reached its completion
time.
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| Exhausted Fix |
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Wrongly
diluted developer - produces faint grainy image. A bit like the above.
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Exhausted
stop - leads to a purple tone to the white areas of the print.
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Exhausted
fix - the slow brownish toning of the finished print in day light.
