[Leica] MUCH Better! 617 Tests

[mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)]

That's a scratch on the emulsion side of the negative. The matte inner side
not outer shiney side. The obvious culprit is the holder so make sure you're
loading it right. You might want to still run a roll of C41 color neg to
make sure its not in the developing.. Check the roll holder and make sure
there's not something in there making the scratch. Use a bright light and a
magnifier.
You want to take an old roll and run it through and look it the base side
and see the scratch before you run the film. Look in the holder for the spot
where the scratch is coming from. Maybe you can see what's making it.

Mark William Rabiner
Photography
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/


> From: Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2012 19:50:35 -0700
> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Cc: Mark William Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com>, Frank Filippone
> <red735i at earthlink.net>
> Subject: [Leica] MUCH Better! 617 Tests
> 
> Alright, these look much better:
> 
> 150mm Fuji @F32
> http://richardmanphoto.com/PICS/20121019-Scanned-12.jpg
> 
> 90mm Fuji @F32
> http://richardmanphoto.com/PICS/20121019-Scanned-13.jpg
> 
> Thank you all for indulging my long winded posting and helping me to get
> this right, especially to Frank and Mark.
> 
> I'm not entirely how I eff'ed up yesterday but at least I know if I dot all
> the I's and cross all the T's, I can do this.
> 
> I will make some sample print, just to see.
> 
> Now there is just one problem, ALL negatives so far have a horizontal line
> across, just slightly below the bottom third, I believe. You can see this
> in the enlarged section:
> http://richardmanphoto.com/PICS/20121019-Scanned-13-1.jpg
> 
> I saw that yesterday already and I triple-cleaned the film holder and the
> darkslide and I don't know where it may come from.
> 
> p.s. I checked the film flatness in the holder, and it really should not be
> an issue as the pressure plate should hold the film fairly tight against
> the film rails.
> 
> Thanks again!!
> 
> -- 
> // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>
> 
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