[Leica] now x-ray damage

[leowesson at gmail.com (leo wesson)]

Alastair,

Was the film in your checked baggage or on your carry on?

Leo Wesson
Photographer/Videographer
817.733.9157
www.leowesson.com


On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 1:39 AM, <afirkin at afirkin.com> wrote:

>
> Thanks Tina, I really think it has to be radiation. Especially on the 35mm
> film: its too odd for a processing error, and I've made most to them!!!
>
> Alastair
>
> > Some examples here, too, if you scroll down:
> >
> > http://www.kodak.com/global/en/service/tib/tib5201.shtml
> >
> > Tina
> >
> > On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 5:48 PM, <afirkin at afirkin.com> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> Then I started the Kenyan films: I was very excited about these. African
> >> panoramas. The first one I printed (after processing all 6 rolls and
> >> contact printing) had strange densities that I had 'tried' to ignore on
> >> the contact sheet, hoping it was the plastic I used to hold hte film
> >> flat
> >> BUT no. The next shot (almost identical) was also 'scarred'. I
> >> immediately
> >> blamed my processing: did I agitate enough? BUT the more I looked at
> >> them
> >> the less I was convinced. This 35mm film is of course in small metal
> >> containers, they were 'bunched' together in the handluggage and there is
> >> a
> >> potential weak point where the felt stops light, but not X rays, so this
> >> could explain why the patterns were somewhat irregular: I really don't
> >> think my processing would have scarred across the film like this: the
> >> 120
> >> rolls did not have the same pattern, so once again I think the entire
> >> project was ruined by radiation. Helen asked me if I could 'rescue' any
> >> and I said "maybe, if I scanned them and 'patched' them up in PS" but in
> >> the end why have film and digitize it when you can use digital capture
> >> in
> >> the first place.
> >>
> >> So if this is true then you cannot carry film when you travel by air,
> >> and
> >> this is my major interest in photography. If I cannot use film on my
> >> travels I will soon lose any skills I have.
> >>
> >> I rang a friend last week before come to the USA and he just said: "you
> >> should think about getting one of those new digital camera things". I
> >> will
> >> enjoy the darkroom workshop, but there is a sword hanging over the
> >> darkroom and the thread holding it is very thin!!
> >>
> >> Perhaps I need to GROW UP ;-)
> >>
> >> That became longer than I expected, but kept me awake!!!
> >>
> >> Alastair
> >>
> >>
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> >
> >
> > --
> > Tina Manley, ASMP
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