Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/11/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks Tina, I really think it has to be radiation. Especially on the 35mm film: its too odd for a processing error, and I've made most to them!!! Alastair > Some examples here, too, if you scroll down: > > http://www.kodak.com/global/en/service/tib/tib5201.shtml > > Tina > > On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 5:48 PM, <afirkin at afirkin.com> wrote: > >> >> Then I started the Kenyan films: I was very excited about these. African >> panoramas. The first one I printed (after processing all 6 rolls and >> contact printing) had strange densities that I had 'tried' to ignore on >> the contact sheet, hoping it was the plastic I used to hold hte film >> flat >> BUT no. The next shot (almost identical) was also 'scarred'. I >> immediately >> blamed my processing: did I agitate enough? BUT the more I looked at >> them >> the less I was convinced. This 35mm film is of course in small metal >> containers, they were 'bunched' together in the handluggage and there is >> a >> potential weak point where the felt stops light, but not X rays, so this >> could explain why the patterns were somewhat irregular: I really don't >> think my processing would have scarred across the film like this: the >> 120 >> rolls did not have the same pattern, so once again I think the entire >> project was ruined by radiation. Helen asked me if I could 'rescue' any >> and I said "maybe, if I scanned them and 'patched' them up in PS" but in >> the end why have film and digitize it when you can use digital capture >> in >> the first place. >> >> So if this is true then you cannot carry film when you travel by air, >> and >> this is my major interest in photography. If I cannot use film on my >> travels I will soon lose any skills I have. >> >> I rang a friend last week before come to the USA and he just said: "you >> should think about getting one of those new digital camera things". I >> will >> enjoy the darkroom workshop, but there is a sword hanging over the >> darkroom and the thread holding it is very thin!! >> >> Perhaps I need to GROW UP ;-) >> >> That became longer than I expected, but kept me awake!!! >> >> Alastair >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> > > > -- > Tina Manley, ASMP > www.tinamanley.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >