Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/06/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Andrew, I have lived in my current house for 4 years now and have never experienced water quality problems; in any event, I always use distilled water for everything except the wash. I spoke with the owner of the place where I have my slides processed, and his hypothesis was that I had neglected to oxygenate the bleach-fix by shaking the bottle vigorously. I guess I need to do some testing. Nathan Andrew Moore wrote: > > was shocked to see numerous black specs in the negatives when I looked > > at them with a loupe. We are talking something else than dust. The > > emulsion side of the negative feels totally rough to the touch; it is as > > if there are tiny crystals all over the emulsion. The two films are a > > Could it be your water quality? Maybe contaminents? You could filtering > the water first, or using bottled water, etc. Just a thought. - -- Nathan Wajsman Overijse, Belgium General photo site: http://members.tripod.com/belgiangator/ Belgium photo site: http://members.xoom.com/wajsman/ Motorcycle site: http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Downs/1704/