Re: [Leica] R8 and scratched slide film

["Langhans, Aram" <araml@naches.wednet.edu>]

Hi Terry.  To add to what everyone else has written, and Ted's great
comments:

Are the scratches on the film base side or the emulsion?  This will help you
know where to look on the camera.  If you have determined the scratches are
in different locations and the camera is not at fault, then it might not be
the lab, either.  Dirt could be in the light trap felt for the film
canister.  Could dirt be getting there somehow?  I had a roll of film come
back the other day from my R8 with small, not-continuous scratches, but
since it never happened before and  not on the two rolls since, it was
either the lab or the film canister.

Good luck.  Hope it is random bad luck.

Aram



> Date: Thu, 02 May 2002 06:48:16 -0700
> From: Ted Grant <tedgrant@shaw.ca>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] R8 and scratched slide film
> Message-ID: <00ad01c1f1e0$02cad4a0$633f4d18@gv.shawcable.net>
> References: <013e01c1f1d9$d70c7680$b4f2fea9@earthlink.net>
> 
> Terry 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. <<<< SNIP>>
> >>Yesterday I got a roll of Scala back from Main Photo in 
> Santa Ana and the
> same >> thing happened.<<<<  SNIP
> >>Therefore, I still insist the scratches, one per slide, 
> have been produced
> by the
> >> labs.<<
> 
> Hi Terry,
> Scratches like this are and can become a nightmare because 
> they're so hard
> to find and even though you've been careful in the  film 
> changing conditions
> occasionally it can come from the camera.
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