Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/05/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The best thing to do is to keep handy a roll of junk film. Pass it through to the end, rewind it and inspect it visually. This should remove all doubts about the camera. Javier - --- tm <leicar8@earthlink.net> wrote: > About two months ago on two different occasions I > got processed and mounted > Provia 100F back from the Fuji lab in San Diego and > noticed that about 6 > slides had a scratch in almost the center position, > running from the left > border to the right. The owner of the camera store I > had given it to told me > to write to Fuji. I did, and Fuji apologized in > writing, enclosing two free > rolls of Velvia and two free processing > certificates. Yesterday I got a roll > of Scala back from Main Photo in Santa Ana and the > same thing happened. > > My R8 is super clean inside. I have never opened it > to remove and insert > film in any condition, such as a windy day, that > could result in foreign > objects getting in the back. Therefore, I still > insist the scratches, one > per slide, have been produced by the labs. Am I > perhaps wrong on this? I'd > certainly like to hear others' points of view. > Thanks. > > Terry > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - your guide to health and wellness http://health.yahoo.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html