I developed some TMax 400 in my Spearman SP 445. I used Xtol 1+1 (8.75 minutes), stop with water, and fix for 6 minutes with Ilford Rapid Fixer.
One sheet came out of the tank with this strange blob in the corner (looks like it's on the emulsion side). The other sheet that was developed at the same time is fine. Neither has purple/magenta staining (which usually points to inadequate fixing) anywhere else. The fixer was not fresh, but is far from exhausted. The developer was mixed from fresh stock.
In this picture I'm showing you just the corner of the sheet where the blog is located.
The film has not been frozen (by me anyway), it's the first sheet out of a new package, and the package was bone dry (so there was no moisture on the film). It loaded easily into the film holder, and easily into the SP 445 holder after it was exposed; the SP 445 holder was also bone dry. Finally, it was positioned properly in the holder during development (as far as I can tell); when I opened the tank it was still in the holder.
Any ideas as to what this might be?
Note: the rough lines you can see at the edge of the film are actually guide lines scored into the underside of the glass that I use for camera scanning (so they're not on the film and have nothing to do with this problem).
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