Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/08/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Aram... It's the lab. Ask to take a look at the work flow area and note how many times the lab personnel place the film on the counter during the mounting process. The pro lab I go to has done this same thing to my film more times than I can count, so I'm slowly going through the process of finding another processing lab that takes better care of my work. Regards, /Mitch _________________________________________ Mitch Zeissler E-mail: zeissler@directvinternet.com > -----Original Message----- > Sent: Sunday, August 04, 2002 7:10 PM > Subject: [Leica] HELP - Funny Scratches > > I just got a roll of slides (E6) back from our local lab and there are funny > scratches on the slides. They are not straight, and they do not run the > length of any one slide. I placed a rather large (330KB) file which is a > section of one of the slides that, because of the soft, even background, > shows the scratches well. It is a reduced JPEG, but the scratches show up > fairly nicely when viewed at 100%. Can anyone give me a good explanation > for these? I have had many rolls developed there, and never had this > problem. The last three rolls I picked up a week ago were just fine. > > http://168.212.133.189/wwwpages/scratches.jpg > > The film is Velvia, and I bulk load it. I have been bulk loading film for > over 30 years and if I ever do get scratches, they are straight and long, > not this short and non-parallel scratches. > The camera is an R8, and I know there have been some threads about scratches > with the R8. I have had it for 7 months and never had a scratch. And, > again, I would assume it would put a straight scratch which would cover many > frames, not the scratches I have here. > > I am not familiar with the E6 developing process, but I would assume it also > would put straight scratches on the film. Maybe in the mounting???? > > I will take the film back on Monday for them to look at, but maybe someone > out there has some insights. > > Aram - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html