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Douglas Warren
Master Film Handler

Posts: 282
From: West Chester, OH, USA
Registered: Feb 2008

posted February 15, 2015 04:31 AM

I recently received a couple of B & W,silent digests (one from Castle,the other Ken Films.) Upon running the films,each had orange spots running throughout the entire reel.The Castle reel was the worst offender.What causes this to happen? It's the first time I've ever encountered it.Thanks everyone (as always) for you helpful advice.
Cheers,
Douglas

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Brian Fretwell
Phenomenal Film Handler

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From: London, UK
Registered: Jun 2014

posted February 15, 2015 06:53 AM

The only thing I can think of (if they are on real B&W silver stock) is insufficient fixing and washing in the lab. I have had some home processed 35mm still B&W negatives and prints look as if they have similar spots after a few years.

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Douglas Meltzer
Moderator

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From: New York, NY, USA
Registered: Jun 2003

posted February 15, 2015 07:17 AM

Douglas,

Brian is correct. Here are two threads we've had about splotches & spots:
Orange 1
Orange 2

Doug

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Douglas Warren
Master Film Handler

Posts: 282
From: West Chester, OH, USA
Registered: Feb 2008

posted February 15, 2015 02:44 PM

Brian & Doug,
Thank you for the replies.The Castle reel has the orange spots so badly that they're almost fascinating to watch.That aside I'm glad to know the cause of them.
Douglas

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Clinton Hunt
Jedi Master Film Handler

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From: Waharoa,North Island,New Zealand
Registered: May 2010

posted February 15, 2015 08:09 PM

Hi all,
I too have this in patches on just one of my standard/regular 8 films so far (and on a 16mm B/W chimp film)...I tried Filmguard at the time but it didn't fix it as the film wasn't dirty - as I now know from the links in this post from Douglas Meltzer [Smile]

It sort of added a bit of charm to the film giving it that "old time" feel....I might feel different if it was on all my films !
I am still learning about this great hobby...and loving it [Big Grin]

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