(Mods, if this is not the right place, please move)
I've been noticing scratches on my negatives (see attached), and I'm now convinced it's me, and not any of the gear or my developing habits. It's on the backing (not the emulsion) side. So I'm asking for some guidance to reduce of this from happening again in the future.
Here's why I've ruled out equipment issues -
It happens no matter what film holder I'm using, and I have assorted brands (Fidelity, Lisco, Regal). I have thoroughly cleaned all the FH's, and I can not feel anything that would scratch.
It's coming out of the developing tank (Paterson Super System 4, using the taco method), and it happened in an F-R Cut Sheet Daylight tank as well. I do squeegee, but the scratches are there before the squeegee.
I load/unload in a changing bag, and there's plenty of room, so the sheets aren't contacting anything until I grab it for loading.
The only thing I can think of is that my method of loading isn't very good (I'm less than a month into LF), or that the foil wrap from the box of film is scratching as I take out a sheet.
Has anyone had scratches like this before? Is there something a newbie tends to do that can cause this? Any advice at all?
The scratches run right thru the light from left to right in the image. You can see two parallel lines, but they stop and then there us a single scratch closer to the bottom/loading flap of the holder.
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