Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/11/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thank,s Don, Did a lot of trouble shooting this afternoon and found that the marks rub of easily and are only on the shiny side of the strips.So I started looking inside the camera for a source of the dirt .Took me a long time to realise that it would be simplest to run a roll through and see what that looks like .Not a mark. So after reading your post i think that there must be something wrong in the lab where they processed the film. Next time i,ll clean the film before scanning. Is there a safe way to do that? > Simon, > Actually, it is probably somewhere in the processing that is causing the > blockage of light to your scanners sensor. Almost always what the > camera can do is scratch or physically damages the film. > > So, the most probably cause is that you squeegee the photoflo off your > negatives just before you dry them and this is the build up around the > sprocket holes. Even if you do not squeegee then I would make sure you > are using fresh photoflo at the correct ratio of 1:200 with distilled > water. > > Another cause could be in the developer as I sometimes get marks similar > to these when I am a little careless mixing Xtol as that developer seems > to be really sensitive to water quality. > > Last, a scanner such as you have will find any defect in the film and > even if you remove all imperfections in the entire process you will > still find yourself chained to the clone tool. > > Don > dorysrus@mindspring.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of animal > Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2003 6:55 AM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] scanner/camera defect/artefact question > > I presumed it was the scanner since i could not find the defects on the > negs > when using a light table. > However with a strong oblique light and loupe found that the damage is > on > the negatives themselves so it has to be the camera a m3. > Any suggestions where to investigate further? > Thanks again and sorry for the previous question. > simon jessurun > > > > Hello > > Sometimes my scanner produces these dots along the sides of negatives > . > > http://www.leica-gallery.net/apekop/image-56634.html > > http://www.leica-gallery.net/apekop/image-56635.html > > My scanner is a Nikon 4000 ed. > > Have any of you encountered this before? > > And if so what can I do about it? > > Beforehand thanks > > simon jessurun > > -- > > 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 > > > -- > 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