what's the problem with this film?

[luuca]

hi, can someone explain to me what's wrong with this?
trix400 developed with HC110 and agfa fixer on my jobo cpe, like every other B/W film I develop


could it be the fixer too old?

not every frame of the roll is affected, this one for example doesn't show the issue

crop

 

[raydm6]

Reticulation? Or perhaps immediately processing the film when was still frosty (cold) - based on the outdoor picture with the young lady wearing a jacket? Was the film acclimated indoors before processing?

I can't explain the unaffected exposure.

Photographic Film Reticulation Due to Temperature Changes during Film Development
https://cmsw.mit.edu/wp/wp-content/u...evelopment.pdf

 

[luuca]

the develop was done 2 weeks after that shot...

could it be some errors in fixing temperature, causing reticulation?

 

[raydm6]

Perhaps if the fixing temperature was quite warmer based on this quote from one of the posters in the above thread:

https://www.photo.net/discuss/thread...lation.401234/ from poster profhlynnjones:

By the way, reticulation caused by temperature variations is always from hot water, NOT from cold.

Perhaps others and Chriscrawfordphoto could diagnose this better than me.

 

[Erik van Straten]

Looks indeed like reticulation, too hot rinse water?

Erik.

 

[luuca]

that seems to me a possible reason.

I rinse under running water for 3/5 minutes... it is possible that temperature varied after I touched it at the beginning of the rinse (maybe someone in my house opened full cold water)

thanks to everyone, next time I will keep controlling water during the whole rinse process

odd that never happened, but I guess there's always a first time...

 

[BernardL]

that seems to me a possible reason.

I rinse under running water for 3/5 minutes... it is possible that temperature varied after I touched it at the beginning of the rinse (maybe someone in my house opened full cold water)

thanks to everyone, next time I will keep controlling water during the whole rinse process

odd that never happened, but I guess there's always a first time...

Why not use the Ilford method? When doing that you can feel/measure the water temperature before using it for wash. Reproduced blow for your convenience, quoted from:
https://www.ilfordphoto.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Reducing-Wash-Water.pdf
I use it; checked with Kodak HT-2 on blank leader: says OK.

Spiral tank processing method
For minimal water usage the following method is well
tested;
•After fixing, fill the spiral tank with water at the same
temperature, +/- 5ºC (9ºF), as the processing solutions.
Invert the tank 5 times.
•Drain the water away and refill. Invert the tank 10 times.
•Once more, drain the water. Invert the tank twenty times and
drain the water away.
•Finally rinse with a few drops of ILFORD ILFOTOL Wetting
Agent (1:200) added to the rinse water

 

[luuca]

thanks, I will try, less water usage is absolutely a good thing

 

[SyPat]

Your fixer has cristallized because it's too old. It's time to change for a fresh one.

 

[santino]

+1 for the Ilford method. I‘ve used it for years 😎