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

araucaria · Mar 25, 2017

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 · Mar 25, 2017

Expired film?
Humidity?
Fridge or freezer?

trendland · Mar 25, 2017

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

with regards

araucaria · Mar 25, 2017

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 · Mar 25, 2017

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araucaria · Mar 25, 2017

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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 · Mar 25, 2017

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 · Mar 26, 2017

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 · Mar 26, 2017

karl said:
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 · Mar 26, 2017

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 · Mar 26, 2017

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 · Mar 26, 2017

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 · Mar 26, 2017

"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

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