Streaky speckles on film

gruzzi · Mar 17, 2015

Hi Im new to the group thanks for adding me. I have just developed some tmax film and found speckles all over the roll I have attached a couple of pics to show the problem. Hope someone can help thankyou. The film is in date.

bdial · Mar 17, 2015

How healthy is your fixer?
It's hard to tell from the picture, but incomplete fixing looks like a possibility.

Do the spots appear on the emulsion or base side?
Do they look grey-ish white, and are on the emulsion side?

Ken Nadvornick · Mar 17, 2015

Welcome to APUG.

Not sure about those speckles. But I do see what appears to be a fingerprint in the upper right-hand corner of the first image.

Ken

gruzzi · Mar 17, 2015

Thanks bdial, it seems to be the emulsion side,more browny dark colour, I didnt use hypo on them

gruzzi · Mar 17, 2015

Hahah yeah Ken its ok, it was a test shoot for a camera that I replaced the mirror seal on and after the problem has been handed around a few people

darkosaric · Mar 17, 2015

Welcome to APUG .

To help the troubleshooting - we need some additional information:
Which developer, which fixer, how did you agitate during developing, how did you agitate during fixing, and how long did you fix the film? Also how old and what was the dilution of the fixer, and how many films did you already fixed in the working fixer solution? How old was the film?
In another words - please explain the whole process you used .

gruzzi · Mar 17, 2015

Thanks Darko, I use tmax developer it was unopened bottle expired Oct/14, it had deveolped film 2 days proir with no problems. Agitation and time was as specified. Stop bath for one minute. Fixer was fresh unused tetenal super fix with an one agitation every minute for 6 minutes. The film is in date and has been kept in fridge since I had it, I have never come across this before

gone · Mar 17, 2015

I'm not sure what the speckles are, but either the film has some emulsion issues or the film is curving away from the film gate, because look at the long edge on that negative strip. It's crescent shape curved, and not straight like the other neg,

Sirius Glass · Mar 17, 2015

Welcome to APUG

gruzzi · Mar 18, 2015

Its ok Momus, the neg strip is sitting against pc screen so I could take a pic the film is cupped/curled so it it gives that illusion

gruzzi · Mar 18, 2015

I may have mixed the fixer at 1 to 9 instead of 1 to 4, would that make a difference?

darkosaric · Mar 18, 2015

Take one piece of film and refix it again in 1+4, for 5 minutes in aggressive agitation (like 5-10 agitation every 30s). In that way we can be sure it is about fixer or not. You can do this also in open tray where you develop prints.

MattKing · Mar 18, 2015

gruzzi said:
I may have mixed the fixer at 1 to 9 instead of 1 to 4, would that make a difference?

Definitely - it looks to me to be incompletely fixed.

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