Small spots Pan F Plus 50, D76 1:1 9min

[araucaria]

I'm getting thousands of small white little spots, mostly in the shadows. It's specially bad in some rolls I forgot for a year ago before developing (bad latent image) but I can also see it in some fresh exposed ones.

I used a Jobo 1520, manual inversion.

Any ideas?

 

[Ricardo Miranda]

Expired film?
Humidity?
Fridge or freezer?

 

[trendland]

On what date have you bought your PanF?
Whow old is your D76 stock?


with regards

 

[araucaria]

The film expires JUL 2018, and the D76 was mixed a month ago, it was the first shot for this particular dilution. The humidity is quite high here, no fridge nor freezer has been involved with the negs.

The first time I developed with this was a month ago and I saw these weird spots, but on a light leak, not in the shadows... (all images were fine, except the light leak on the first picture).

 

[Michael W]

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[araucaria]

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I will develop again tomorrow, this time I will go for 20min D76 3+1 @18º, prewash, and use only fresh mixtures. I remember that when I mixed the D76 the cristals didn't delute too good, it did take some serious agitation to make the developer clear so if this doesn't work out I will try X-TOL 3+1 for the next batch.

 

[Gerald C Koch]

You might try filtering the developer before use using lab grade coarse filter paper. Coffee filters will not work. There are designed for large particles like coffee grounds.

 

[karl]

It's the film. Pan F has poor keeping characteristics. Latent image degradation is the issue. I love Pan F, but learned you have to process it within a few weeks of exposure for best results.

 

[bvy]

It's the film. Pan F has poor keeping characteristics. Latent image degradation is the issue. I love Pan F, but learned you have to process it within a few weeks of exposure for best results.

Or, in some cases, any results.

 

[Michael W]

The Pan F I had the spots problem with was in date and processed soon after exposure. The problem is the film. I'll never use Pan F again.

 

[araucaria]

Developed some of this in C41 and the spots persist, so not a powder developer problem. Won't buy Pan F 50 again because after inspecting some other negatives that looked ok and were developed the same day they were taken, they also have the spots in some areas.

 

[trendland]

Am i corect as i supect that this troubble
you have is only seen on Iford Pan F?

You have it in the whole film - not with
Kodak ?

The film is not at an age of 14 years overstrored?

And you may have this on other Pan F?

It looks like a damage of 10000 very thin needles?

You bought Pan F from a dealer in the
U.S. ?

And he get them direktly from Ilford?

They where produced in G.B !

What is your sugestion of the Shopping
method?

with regards

 

[trendland]

"shipping" ...not shopping !

i would agree with Karl : latend image degradation.

But within few weeks after exposing?

Newer heard about - in 30years, never
seen in bw films.

So we can be shure it is nothing wich
the developing,the exposure,the PanF,
Ilford,the storage,your local dealer is
responcible for !

What is left ?

with regards