Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/04/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dick, If the entire base of the film, out through the sprockets, including the part taped to the spool, has a low density and color shift, I would indeed suspect processing. Unless it is gray market film whose origin and transportation methods is unknown. Did you buy it from a reputable dealer? Could someone have returned it to the store, after a vacation, and had it in their luggage going through heavy heavy doses of xrays? A red light on in the film loading end of the processor (which is quite often a small room)? I've seen everything. There are dozens of situation that can screw-up your film. You can probably call Kodak tech. service and get an indication of what xray'ed film looks like. And possibly what would cause your base low d-max red shift. Go to Kodak on the web. Jim ps. I once dropped a roll of film and jarred all of the images loose. Everything was blurry. Had to re-shoot. ;-) At 09:58 PM 4/8/98 -0500, you wrote: >Roy, > >>Now I did encounter a similar problem several years ago with Kodak >>print film showing a reddish blob (on the prints) across 2 frames at >approximately >>the same position on each of two rolls used in the same Leica body. >>A third roll of the same batch, purchased later, used in the same >>body, but processed at a different lab came out without a problem. > >thanks for the reply. This was totally uniform accross the film to the >end, including 5 frames that were never exposed. the slides, when I >projected them tonight (on my Pradovit P2002 - have to keep on Leica) they >were decidedly reddish. the shadows were reddish in hue! Something sure >was exposed on the film - but where?? > >Dick Hemingway >Norman, OK >