michaelperkins

Thanks people! Great ideas. I'll certainly use new fixer for my next batch just in case. I also found this lengthy and inconclusive thread on photrio (can't post full link) forum/threads/y-marks-on-my-negatives-why.118068/ which is the only example I've found so far of seamingly the same problem. The general thought at the end seemed to be changes in temperature, particularly drying. My drying was at RT so I doubt that's it, but I might not have matched solution and rinse temps well - I only really paid close attention to developer temp. I can see the shapes with a hand lens on the negs, but only in well exposed areas so I can't see if they affect the whole film. I can put the negs under a reflected light microscope though I'm not quite sure what I'm looking for. Thanks for your help and being a friendly bunch - I've only developed about 20 films so far so am still learning fast. Michael.

Hi, I'm new here, and pretty new to film development overall. But I wondered if anyone knows what might have caused these peculiar spots on my negatives. The strange thing is that they have a definite shape - they look like tiny butterflies or four-petalled flowers. They are dark on the photo, so light on the negs. You can see them if you zoom in to the areas of sky. A bit of data about the shots: Kiev 88 with Zodiak fish-eye lens Fomapan 200, in-date, stored in refridgerator since purchase. Developed with Ilfosol 1+9, 6 mins at 20 degrees C Scanned with Epson 600, 3200 dpi. The developer was fresh, as was the stop bath, but I've been running my fixer down. I did check it cleared a bit of flim leader in < 3 mins and then left the actual film for over 10 mins. The camera has been tested before, and I developed a (supposedly-identical) film using the same technique (but different camera) just a week ago, which came out fine. I haven't used the Zodiak lens before, though. Any ideas very welcome! I'd rather not spoil another roll like this. Thanks, Michael.