Lab said my ECN2 film is heat damaged ( thoughts?)

[bernard_L]

Just out of curiosity, I looked up some Google reviews of the Photodom lab. Apparently, you're not the only one with these issues. Some of the things I read are pretty... stressful.

Indeed!

 

[CHballer]

Just out of curiosity, I looked up some Google reviews of the Photodom lab. Apparently, you're not the only one with these issues. Some of the things I read are pretty... stressful.
I wouldn't blame the film rewinding, but I wouldn't have my film processed (and scanned) there. The pricing for C-41 vs. ECN-2 also struck me - maybe a few red flags.

Fair point, to be clear the photodom is the one who repooled the film, the lab that processed mine was Bellows in Miami

 

[BobUK]

I was repairing some equipment in the back room of a chemists shop, where I overheard one assistant telling another that a film had not been developed incorrectly.
She immediately figured out that the new batch of chemicals that morning had been mistakenly placed into the wrong tanks.
I was amazed when she was then told to tell the customer that their camera was faulty.

I had visions of the customer throwing away a good camera and having to buy a new one.

Appalling.

 

[pentaxuser]

She immediately figured out that the new batch of chemicals that morning had been mistakenly placed into the wrong tanks.
I was amazed when she was then told to tell the customer that their camera was faulty.

I had visions of the customer throwing away a good camera and having to buy a new one.

Appalling.

Unfortunately this kind of thing happens more often than it should. I blame however fires the thunderbolts down from the sky on the culprits That entity has never had a direct hit yet in thousands of years despite the advances in ballistic technology

pentaxuser

 

[MattKing]

I was repairing some equipment in the back room of a chemists shop, where I overheard one assistant telling another that a film had not been developed incorrectly.
She immediately figured out that the new batch of chemicals that morning had been mistakenly placed into the wrong tanks.
I was amazed when she was then told to tell the customer that their camera was faulty.

I had visions of the customer throwing away a good camera and having to buy a new one.

Appalling.

For those who might need translation:
In the UK, "chemists" are what many refer to as drugstores and/or pharmacies in other parts of the world.
And my sense is that George Eastman's amazing innovation of marketing film, and then later photofinishing, through local drugstores stuck around for a long time in the UK.

 

[BobUK]

I was repairing some equipment in the back room of a chemists shop, where I overheard one assistant telling another that a film had not been developed incorrectly.
She immediately figured out that the new batch of chemicals that morning had been mistakenly placed into the wrong tanks.
I was amazed when she was then told to tell the customer that their camera was faulty.

I had visions of the customer throwing away a good camera and having to buy a new one.

Appalling.

EDIT

It should have read
a film had been developed incorrectly.

Thank you.

 

[Romanko]

The film was respooled last Sep and Ive purchased it and fridge stored since I took it out 4 days ago for shooting

How much film from that batch do you have left?

To exclude the possibility of the film fogging you might develop an unexposed piece of film to check base plus fog levels. You could use C-41 process (or even B&W if you are desperate).

 

[yonsama]

약물 문제인 것 같습니다. 모든 약물이 오랫동안 사용되었거나 오염된 것 같습니다.

 

[MattKing]

It seems to be a drug problem. All the drugs seem to have been used for a long time or are contaminated.

I believe we have a translation problem here.

 

[koraks]

I believe we have a translation problem here.

Yes, but the key isn't too difficult. If you replace 'drug' by 'chemistry', the whole thing clears up nicely. This is a linguistic issue with the translation of some Asiatic languages to English, where 'photo chemistry' translates into 'drug' or 'medicine'. I imagine they're homonyms in those languages.

So what @yonsama is saying here is that the chemistry may be overused, resulting in problems.