That week my soup kitchen shoot took a swim in the dark room

I had this whole week where I was documenting a local soup kitchen in Detroit for a zine project. Everything was going fine until I got to the dark room and realized my developing tank had a crack in the lid. Half the roll of Tri-X 400 got completely fogged from the light leak, like a weird white wash over the faces of the volunteers. The other half came out with these weird orange streaks from some old chems I forgot to replace. It was a real bummer because I had this one shot of a kid laughing with his grandma that was totally ruined. Has anyone else had a whole roll go bad from something stupid like a cracked tank or bad chemicals?

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lee_ward542d ago

Did you notice the crack in the tank before you loaded it, or did find out after the fact? That fogging sounds brutal.

diana_park2d ago

Had a buddy who found out the hard way with his old aquarium. He filled it up, walked away for five minutes, came back to a slow drip spreading across his floor. The crack was a hairline thing near the bottom trim, easy to miss if you weren't checking with a flashlight. He spent the next hour mopping up water and cursing.