What happens when you contaminate your developer?

Photos shot with a Chinon CE-4 on Kodak Gold 100. Home processed.
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[@ericlundquist3466]

personally i really like that town photo. Great video sir . Thank you for your work.

[@theoldunsshot1005]

Thanks Eric. I was just disappointed that the Gold 100 colours and lack of grain didn't show. Cheers, Keith

[@andrewwilkin1923]

Hi Keith, what a shame, image looked really good.

[@theoldunsshot1005]

Thanks Andrew. At least it worked first time round which encourages me to get new C-41 chemicals. Cheers, Keith

[@MarcoReviews745Cameras]

Better luck next time Keith. I'll have 2nd thoughts now about buying out of stock color film too.

[@theoldunsshot1005]

Thanks Marco. I have had a pile of expired film for a while and decided to start C-41 mainly to use it up. I may discard the Gold 100 (or sell it on ebay 😄). I still have some less old Agfa Vista 200 and Kodak BW400CN which I may try out soon. Cheers, Keith

[@AndrewWaltonPhotography]

Keith, you should have just said you were becoming a hipster and said you'd shot some lomography colour shift film instead. Unlucky with the chemical contamination, though.😮

[@theoldunsshot1005]

Damn! I never though of that! Maybe I should get some Grecian 2000 for my beard too. 🤪 Thanks Andrew. keith

[@iainmc9859]

Whoops, looks quite cross processed. Quite unusual for Kodak Gold 200 to come out looking so blue. Although if you don't know for sure how the film was stored before you got it then it could simply be that. If you haven't thrown the developer away yet you could test develop a few frames at a slightly cooler temperature to see the result. Best I can offer I'm afraid 🤷‍♂

[@theoldunsshot1005]

Thanks, Iain. I got this Gold 100 in a pack of 24 some years ago off ebay. It came from Greece (so must have been x-rayed). Previous rolls have turned out OK and I even featured it in my first ever video here. I shot it rated at 50 ISO this time and the only thing I did different this time was a pre-wash. The negatives were quite dense as if overexposed and the edges round the sprocket holes were also very dark. I might try another roll before discarding the developer, just in case it was a rogue roll. Cheers, Keith

[@iainmc9859]

@@theoldunsshot1005Sorry Gold 100, I'd forgotten they used to make it in 100. I'd be using it to experiment a little then. Shoot it at 100, shorten the development time, change the water temperature ... presume its going to come out knackered and you won't be disappointed. It can be a bit freeing to just say 'hey ho, lets see what happens' and use the knowledge to improve development on newer 'better' film. Development is a whole different set of skills to just getting it right in camera, as I'm sure you're aware. It always reminds me of Robert Capa's D-Day photos. Great photographer, good camera, right place, right time ... photo's developed by an inexperienced idiot in a darkroom in the States; can't have everything 😒