What am I looking at?

[Goodyear]

Neopan 400 dev'd in Diafine.

I'm guessing reticulation, since my temp control was screwed up: I had a jug of untempered tapwater sitting to rinse stuff off with - wasn't supposed to go anywhere near the film - guess what I grabbed by mistake when it came to wash? Can't remember if it was hot or cold, but either way at least 10 deg C away from the temp of my solutions :-/

Thanks in advance for your thoughts...

Mark

 

[back alley]

i believe you are right.
i have not experienced reticulation myself but from reading, i would guess that's what happened.

joe

 

[Goodyear]

Thanks. It seems logical to me - but like you I've never seen it first hand, so I'm checking this out beofre I start looking for an alternative cause...

 

[Roger Hicks]

Yup. Classic reticulation. I'm amazed you got it so (relatively) easily, though -- it must have been REALLY cold tap-water. Either that or Diafine tenderizes the emulsion to an unusual degree.

Cheers,

Roger (www.rogerandfrances.com)

 

[Goodyear]

Our tap water is either spectacularly cold or spectacularly hot, depending on which tap you turn 😀 I might actually go and stick a thermometer under it later just to see...

Thanks for the confirmation - it was my first roll in Diafine, so an effect I hadn't seen before threw me a little. I'll do a few more later this week, hopefully get on better.

Appreciate the help.

Mark