The roll wasn’t totally burnt, just singed mostly. The photos above are the best I was able to get from the roll in scanning, but as you might remember, runaway/overdeveloped highlights are my real bugbear.

Once again, this Wednesday, I had the privilege of being reminded that when your chemistry is warmer than 24 or 25°C, you’ve probably shifted from a linear curve to an exponential one. In other words, when our apartment’s room temperature is above that (and therefore the film chemistry), I should wait for the temperature to go down or cut an additional 10 or 15% of the adjusted time that the Massive Development Chart app gives me.

Last year during a prolonged heatwave, I tried the “old film canisters with ice in a colder water bath” trick to get temperatures down in the 20-to-24°C range, but I found temperature regulation too challenging to be confident that I would get the results I was looking for.

Of course, the real solution will be for us to purchase and install a better air conditioner this year… 🧊

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