----- Original Message ----- From: "Kostas Kavoussanakis" Subject: Re: Scratches on film
> 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? > > http://www.epcc.ed.ac.uk/~kavousan/blotch.jpg (12KB) > > http://www.epcc.ed.ac.uk/~kavousan/scratches.jpg (48KB) > > If you want more detail, just replace jpg with tif (the latter is near > 3MB; negs scanned at 1500ppi on a CoolScan 4000). > > Let me know when you are done so as to remove them. Well, thats sure a mess. The blotch is yer basic splash mark. The film, when dry, probably post processing, was splashed. If it is on the emulsion, it is permanent. If on the base, it may be removable by washing, or it may not. The scratches on the lower left...are they on the base or the emulsion? It looks like its from the film carrier. The cluster puss on the child's arm looks like a finger print, the rest is just basic dust. William Robb
