Thanks Garth
I have sorted it with a combination of washing and touching in
Photoshop Elements. It must have been dust for the most part, but I
think that I will be more assiduous in my tapping of the tank after
putting in the developer.
It had not been a very auspicious session in the darkroom: my 120
film was in a secondhand tank that had jammed when I tried to agitate
with the spindle; the jamming extended to the developer going in only
very slowly. So, I tried to take the tank apart in the darkroom,
only to find that the reel had come apart and the film was loose.
Trying to reload a wet film onto a flimsy reel in the dark was not
good for my intentions to reduce my use of bad language!
Cheers
Chris
At 09:13 -0700 5/2/02, Garth Wood wrote:
It may also be on the negs themselves, in which case re-washing and
re-drying won't help. I've seen this before with tiny air bubbles
that adhere to the film during development, preventing small areas
from coming into contact with developer. The usual trick is to
shake, invert or rap the developing tank sharply after pouring in
the developer -- some people also "pre-wet" their film with water
(usually distilled) before development.
This problem is annoying. Hopefully, it's just adhered dust, in
which case you can simply do the re-washing/re-drying (it stands to
reason that the re-washing need only be long enough to wet the film
thoroughly and wash the dust off).
Good luck, guy.
Garth
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