[APML] Undeveloped(?) spots on film?

[Roland Roberts <roland@astrofoto.org>]

Last week I shot a roll of E200 and Provia 400F an am looking over the
images this week.  I have noticed on some of the Provia 400F frames
some black spots, mostly amorphous but some stringy like a small hair
or something.  I only noticed them in the scanned images and just
assumed I had dust on the film so I cleaned the film, rescanned and
discovered they are still there.  Examining the film on a light pad
with a 10X loupe shows they are definitely part of the film; it looks
like little unexposed spots on the emulsion.

Has anyone ever seen this before?  Do I have a bad batch of film?  Did
my shop screw up the developing?  Did I mishandle the film at some
point?

I don't have any of the images on the web yet; I can put one up is
someone wants to take a peek.

Oh, and is there some way to fill these in so they aren't so
noticeable?  After I adjust the levels the spots are *very* noticeable
in the Milky Way regions.

roland
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