Digital BW, The Print

Thanks Martin,

In fact, I did spot one last night and got to the point in about a 
half hour where the damage was not obvious in the print.  Will try 
again, using more care at the end of the wash cycle.  I did switch 
from Kodak to Ilford Rapid Fix and I wonder if it was either a bad 
batch or the Ilford requires a longer wash than the Kodak.  I usually 
wash for seven to eight minutes after using a hypo clearing agent.

Steve

> Steve,
> 
> I have shot and developed a lot of FP4 and I have seen this happen 
but
> always assumed it was a result of using pyro developers. What it 
appears to
> be is a crystal growth that occurs during the wash cycle. My cure 
is to run
> the film gently through my fingers while under flowing water to 
dislodge and
> wash away the particles. Once they have dried in place I have not 
been able
> to removed them and have found that they can grow with time on the 
negative.
> I have no explanation for the phenomenon. There is one nice shot 
that I
> spent many hours spotting all of the garbage out. If you have a 
real keeper
> of a shot it can be done in PS. One of the reasons I pursued digital
> printing.
> 
> Martin Wesley