Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/08/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]feli... I have been using Costco for C41 with satisfaction....surprise ! ...no scratches and the price is right...Steve On Aug 26, 2005, at 3:57 PM, feli wrote: > I just went down there and talked to the guy. They are dip and dunk > and he says it's my scanner (of course). Now I was under no > illusions that they would admit that it was them, but I'm in just > enough of a ball busting mood today to drive down there and call > them on it. > > I highly doubt it's my scanner, because: > > I had two other rolls from the same shoot, shot with the same > camera, on the same day (or the day > after) developed at a different lab and they are not scratched. > > Everything was scanned at the same time, on the same scanner and > only their negs show the > scratches. > > The scratches are not always perfectly straight and horizontal, but > curve, turn on and off and there are > even some scuffs. A dirty camera would make a continuous, straight > scratch across the entire > roll. These scratches vary from frame to frame! > > I shot and scanned a few rolls of Tri-X just a few days before, > with the same cameras and had no problems. Last time I checked Tri- > X wasn't armor plated. ;-) > > In this case it's not the end of the world, since I have time to > clean everything up, but if the deadline > was any tighter I would be screwed. ;-) > > But I do think I'm going to use the other lab in the future. Not > only are they cheaper, but they seem to be paying more attention. > > feli > > > ________________________________________________________ > feli2@earthlink.net 2 + 2 = 4 > www.elanphotos.com > > > NO ARCHIVE > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >