Old Tri-X, what happened?

[RHaroldP]

Developed two sheets of 4X5 Tri-X today. Note the crop below.

The facts as I know them:

Flim was in holders for 3 plus years.
Tri-X 320 4X5
Developed with a Jobo CPE (constant agitation)
5 minute pre-soak
Developer HC-110 1:50 for 8 minutes
Plain water stop 30 seconds
Kodak fixer 8 minutes
Hypo-eliminator 3 minutes
Wash 6 water changes ~6 minutes

Defects are in small areas of both films.
It does not appear to be dust.

Could it be a temperature issue?
I'm at a loss to explain this. Was it me or the film or the chemistry or something to do with the temperature?

Thanks!
Richard

 

[charjohncarter]

Yeeks, no idea, is this a crop or the full frame, I couldn't quit figure? The only thing I've every had like this; was complete frame(s) reticulation on a 35mm roll where I had obviously used the wrong temp.

 

[RHaroldP]

This is a small crop. It doesn't cover the full frame. Just small sections.

Richard

 

[charjohncarter]

It still doesn't look my reticulation: sorry.

 

[P. Lynn Miller]

Can you post a scan of the full sheet. I suspect mold or fungus if the film was in the holders that long. Just a hunch...

 

[David William White]

Looks fantastic to me. What's wrong with that shot??

 

[naruto]

The only time I have had a similar effect is old, badly stored film. It was TMax 100 in 120 and the developed roll had patches running vertically.


Seeing this, my first thought was reticulation. But I don't understand how it can be localized to one section of the film.

 

[newsgrunt]

agree with P. Lynn Miller and the fungus/ mould. Reticulation that I've seen is has more of a pattern that's packed together and across the frame/ roll.