I’ve been getting small clear spots on my 4x5 B&W negatives. It happens with TMX and TXP films, developed with HC-110 and D-23. I use distilled water for everything but the wash.
The spots are very small, irregular in shape, with fuzzy edges, scattered randomly though more common near the edges. Some negatives don’t have any spots, some have just a few, and some are plastered with them.
I wash my film in a vertical Gravity Works film washer and just noticed that the pattern of tiny bubbles which form on the film during washing look a lot like the pattern of the spots.
I’m going to try a different wash method today but was wondering if anyone else has experienced holes in the emulsion during washing?
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