Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/01/07

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Subject: [Leica] Make sure your film scanners are clean....
From: imagist3 at mac.com (Lottermoser George)
Date: Wed Jan 7 10:16:11 2009
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congratulations!

Fond regards,
George

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On Jan 7, 2009, at 5:53 AM, Yama Nawabi wrote:

> After trying to find out what the heck was wrong with my negatives,  
> I finally found it. It was never the negatives, it was my damned  
> scanner!
>
> So, I set out to clean it after looking up "dark streaks" +  
> "coolscan" in google, and found a neat page with instructions..
>
> Anyway, here is a scan after cleaning:
> http://flickr.com/photos/helloyama/3176722826/
>
> And here is the same scan before cleaning:
> http://flickr.com/photos/helloyama/3170650845/
>
>
> Ouch. Make sure your scanner's mirror is clean. It makes a world of  
> a difference :(
>
> And on the bright side, trying to find out where I was erring, I  
> fixed my exposure and developing :)
>
> Cheers,
>
> -Yama Nawabi
>
>
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In reply to: Message from mknawabi.lug at gmail.com (Yama Nawabi) ([Leica] Make sure your film scanners are clean....)