Out of date chemicals

Burnt

Hi Guys

I was developing two rolls of Ilford Delta 100 tonight; the chemicals i was using were out of date and the film came out fogged. How much of an effect does the date of the chemical have on the development process? I sat in the dark room for 10min to confirm there were no light leaks.

Slav

Burnt wrote: »

Hi Guys

I was developing two rolls of Ilford Delta 100 tonight; the chemicals i was using were out of date and the film came out fogged. How much of an effect does the date of the chemical have on the development process? I sat in the dark room for 10min to confirm there were no light leaks.

What developer is it and when did it expire? Is the film fresh or it's expired as well?

Fajitas!

Generally, expired means you're going to have to leave it longer...

But, if there's something important on the rolls, and you'd like to get some good results, I'd advise cutting off 2/3 inches and developing that, and judging your results on it!

Simplicius

Fajitas! wrote: »

Generally, expired means you're going to have to leave it longer...

But, if there's something important on the rolls, and you'd like to get some good results, I'd advise cutting off 2/3 inches and developing that, and judging your results on it!

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This is what I would advise too.

ValueInIreland

You say the film came out fogged? Try Re-Fixing and re-washing the film (you cannot do any damage). If the film is milky then fixing will probably work, if it looks underexposed and muddy it's probably the dev and fixing won't work.

You cannot take chances with developing film, Chemisrty MUST be in date. Also be very carefull with chemistry once it's opened, the expiry date only applies to un-opened bottles. For film dev buy it in bottles you know you will use within a month (or less) once opened.
Paper dev, Fix and Stop are a different matter, it's easy to see if the work without doing any permanent damage.

Burnt

Cheers Guys,

I'll give the refixing a go and buy a batch of new chemicals. Film was brand new.