>1) My darkroom is on a well, and instead of using bottled water this
>time, I used hard water from the tap. Could the well water (hard, but
>run through a softener) have had a reaction with the chemistry?
>
yes, it can I believe. Use distilled only for chemistry.
>2) I had some difficulty regulating the temperature in the film wash.
>Could I have inadvertantly "cracked" the film by going from hot to
>cold or vice versa?
>
It looks like classic reticulation (at least that's what I think it's called)
caused by sharp changes in water temperature during processing.
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Dirk Wright
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