Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/05/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I've had a similar problem on a couple of occasions using a Ritz mini-lab. - ----- Original Message ----- From: "tm" <leicar8@earthlink.net> To: "Leica Users Group" <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2002 9:04 AM Subject: [Leica] R8 and scratched slide film > 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 - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html