Dissolving Konica IR

[Eckhard Stephan <eckhard.stephan@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello everyone,

seems like I got a strange problem with Konica IR: This evening, I
developed two Konica films (D-76 stock, Tetenal stop bath, Tetenal
Superfix, a combination I often used succesfully before). During the
final washing I had to realize that on both films the gelatine on the
back side was virtually dissolving. Most of the negs were ruined this
way. Fortunately, it was a series I can shoot again... The films are
from the 1999 production (expiry date 3/2000). Of course, I kept them in
the freezer/fridge... At first, I thought that something was wrong with
my chemicals. I had however used the same solutions before with a roll
of HIE, which was absolutely okay. After I encountered the problems with
Konica IR, I used the chemicals in question once more for a roll of TMAX
400 (maybe somewhat risky). Everything worked just fine...  But somehow,
there MUST be a lesson to be learned... The only possible reason I can
think about now was that maybe the water went too warm, while I was
washing the Konica films ? Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated,

Eckhard


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