Hi! ===8<==============Original message text=============== KK> On Wed, 29 Oct 2003, William Robb wrote:
>> If the dust specks on the prints are white, it's the lab. If they are black, >> the camera is at fault (dust in the camera getting onto the film). >> Can you scan the blotch and send me a jpeg? KK> http://www.epcc.ed.ac.uk/~kavousan/blotch.jpg (12KB) KK> http://www.epcc.ed.ac.uk/~kavousan/scratches.jpg (48KB) KK> If you want more detail, just replace jpg with tif (the latter is near KK> 3MB; negs scanned at 1500ppi on a CoolScan 4000). KK> Let me know when you are done so as to remove them. KK> Thanks for offering to take a look and for all the tips (same goes to KK> everyone who has contributed so far or will do so in the future). KK> Kostas ===8<===========End of original message text=========== To my eyes it looks like something that was caused by the lab. You see, if you shot several frames one right after the other and all of them had been scratched, then perhaps it could be a camera. But the blotch and the way the scratches look makes me think it was a lab. To make the experiment cleaner I would suggest that you not just take another film through your camera, but also take it to different lab for processing. Preferably a pro lab and ask them to be extra careful. Make up a story. Do whatever would apply best... Naturally, before you load your next film, you might want to make sure no dust is inside the camera... You know - blower brush and so on. Just my pennies worth. Boris
