I haven't had chance to mess much lately, so I've had nothing to post
And I still haven't done anything exciting, but I can offer a lesson to learn. If you've ever read anything on darkroom work, you'll probably have read that you should leave it a few minutes between putting the lights out and opening any light-sensitive materials. The rationale is pretty obvious - your eyes are adjusted to the bright light you've been in, so you won't notice small light leaks. I set my darkroom up a couple of years ago and have been pretty comfortable about how light-tight it generally is (not perfect, but never been a problem).
Anyway, I've just bought an old Olympus OM2 and took it out to run a test film through it. Suffice to say, I was eager to see the results, so I put the blinds up, opened the canister and started loading the reels (I'd got another film that needed doing as well) without the customary wait. Developed the film as normal and it comes out with a fairly heavy base fog. Oooops! The films should still be printable, might just lose a bit of contrast.
So the moral of the story is - don't get cocky! Best practice is there for a reason!
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