Response to Processing Film

Hi, the frame numbers are quite readable - dark (darker than the negative colour) and clearly readable. all the subjects are very dense and grainy - one photo for example that has someone smiling, the white teeth look like they were coloured in with a black pen, the skin tone is a dense grainy sort of speckled black and white. The only chemical that was not fresh was the stop bath, but i read that if you look at it under the safe light and it did not have a purple tinge, it was okay. And I checked it under the light and it did not look purple to me. If the stop was exhausted, could that have affected the film in this way. It's really hard to explain. I think I will visit a lab and take my negatives and get the advice of one of their specilists. I have successfully processed and developed in the past and this is now 7 films in a row with the same results, so something is contaminated as you said. i will take a roll of junk, use new stop bath, as that is the only chemical that was not totally fresh and try once more. And I will also visit a lab. I will post my results here for any who might be interested. It will take me a few days to go through with these plans. thanks for your response.

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