Looks exactly the same in the 2 10s I just checked. Which side of the film is the scratch on Amy?
Don > -----Original Message----- > From: Amy Hughes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, October 30, 2004 10:57 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: zx-10 scratching film--pictures of camera > > > Here's a couple pictures of the inside of the camera. There's a doohicky > that looks bent. My zx-m has a similar doohicky but it's more rounded, > bent in an arch. The zx-5n has film in it so I can't check it. The one > in the zx-10 looks more irregular, angled to one side with a sharper > bend. The doohicky has an arrow pointing to it in the first picture :-) > > http://www.amyhughes.org/zx10a.jpg > > here's a closer, different angle... > > http://www.amyhughes.org/zx10b.jpg > > It doesn't look like its in the film path, but it does look out of shape. > > Any idea what that thing is, and if it might be scratching the film? > > BTW, these were shot with a couple close-up filters and a handheld > flashlight :-) I don't have a macro lens. > > Don wrote: > > Amy, is the scratch on the emulsion side or the back of the > > film? > > I'd have to find the film to check :-) > > > If it is on the back check the door of the camera where the > > pressure plate is for a piece of grit, a burr on the pressure > > plate, etc. > > There doesn't seem to be anything on or irregular about the > pressure plate. > > > Maybe run a junk (cheap) roll of film thru and then open > > the film cartridge and see if it is scratched. > > If not, try another lab? It's as likely their scanner than > > your camera. > > I did check the rolls that printed with the horizontal blue line and > they are, indeed, scratched. I don't remember if it's the emulsion side > or not, though. Maybe I'll run a roll through. > > Thanks, > Amy >
