First, thanks to everyone that answered my Zone question. Now I just used Delta 400 for the first time. I developed it in ID-11 for 10.5 min, with a 1+1 dilusion. Then stop bath for 30 sec and then Kodak rapid fixer for 4 min. My negs all look purple but otherwise in focus. Any Ideas? Thanks!!!

-- Bart Lund (BAL1210@aol.com), October 12, 1997

Answers

May be there are some problems in the chemicals, storage is the first priority of the chemicals. Why you don't try KODAK D-76, and in Fixer you can make it by Hypo crystal 300gm for 1000 ml with 35gm Sodium metabie sulphite (Hypo 300gm+water 970ml +Meta:sulphite 35gm = 1000) this is working solution.

-- Mohammad Irfanul Islam (darkroom@drik.net), September 06, 1998.

Maybe it isn't a problem: Delta films often have a slight overall purple cast. However, you may not have fixed enough. These "new" B&W films (Delta, T-Max, etc) need more fixing than the old ones (HP5+, Tri-X, etc). Re-fix for 10 minutes, and see if there is a difference.

-- Alan Gibson (gibson.al@mail.dec.com), September 07, 1998.

A lot of the time your negatives are purple or pink cast due to improper or short fixing times. Fix longer with fresh solution.

-- Brian Sprecher (sprecher@inxpress.net), May 04, 1999.