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Odd marks on negative -- help needed


  • From: Steve Homer <shomer@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • Subject: Odd marks on negative -- help needed
  • Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2001 11:12:20 -0800

In need the list's advice about some odd marks on my
negatives. Occasionally with past rolls of Kodak IR
Aerographic (70mm), and on almost every frame of the
latest roll I bought, I am getting stains or marks on
the negative. These appear as lighter wavy lines
wandering across the print or contact sheet, about 1mm
wide. You can see a sample contact sheet at this URL: 

	http://members.cruzio.com/~shomer/stain.jpg

I had processed this film for three years with no
trouble. I use TMAX-RS developer as a 1-shot developer
(no reuse or replenishment); Kodak indicator stop;
Lauder non-hardening fixer; and Heico hypo-clear; with
a final rinse in Kodak photo-flo. Mixing all the
chemicals fresh makes no difference in the
stains/marks, and TMAX 100 or Maco IR processed in the
same stop, fix, and hypo clear do  not show these marks.

The only changes in my processing recently are:
switching from Ilford fixer to Lauder, and from Orbit
Bath to the Heico hypo-clear. I didn't notice that the
problem started when I switched to either of these
chemicals, but that is possible.  

Does this seem like a manufacturing problem in the film
or a processing problem? Is it plausible that the
change of fixer or hypo-clear is to blame? If it's a
processing problem, can anyone offer a suggestion for
avoiding it? Any advice would be appreciated. 
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Steve Homer    shomer@xxxxxxxxxx   Santa Cruz, CA  USA
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