OH, now I'm clearer on this...
This relatively fast, unexposed film was X-rayed 8 times prior to being
exposed. That would place it at considerable risk of being damaged.
Art
Norman Quinn wrote:
No just the film. This is the 1st time I have had fogged film too.
Did the film travel as
The last time I was in the states, about a year ago, I left from an
airport in Syracuse NY. When I asked for hand inspection of my camera
bag and film, the two elderly gents, who looked like they were retired
FBI to me, said they wanted to have the equipment chemically sniffed.
They took some
Norman Quinn wrote:
Apparently two rolls of color print film were either fogged by
an xray machine or poorly developed.
The entire roll film is very dense but there are images there.
Norman,
I curious, is the edge of the film (by the holes) darkened? I'm making
the assumption that the
On Sat, 14 Jul 2001 21:45:11 -0400 Norman Quinn ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
wrote:
Would have been 8-10 passes though scanners Jamaica, Miami, Puerto =
Rico, St. Thomas and back.
FWIW X-ray exposure is completely cumulative, there is no reciprocity
failure. That is, each bit of exposure
On Wed, 16 May 2001 08:26:58 -0400 Norman Quinn ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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Evenly fogged. Much different for individually overexposed frames.
If you can't see any print-through of sprocket holes, it may be heat
fogging rather than X rays.
Regards
Tony Sleep
http://www.halftone.co.uk -
Derek Clarke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I presume you mean security staff at the entrance to airside rather than
check in staff?
Correct.
Film must never be left in checked baggage these days, the X-ray machines
they use for that are guaranteed to fog your film.
It's a pity they don't warn
Norman Quinn wrote:
800 and 400ISO. two rolls of kodak film
Ouch. I can see why you had a problem especially given this;
Would have been 8-10 passes though scanners Jamaica,
Miami, Puerto Rico, St. Thomas and back.
Double ouch. Could you have processed the C41 somewhere locally?
I
...hopefully.
Best regards, not to mention good luck--LRA
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Subject: Re: filmscanners: fogged film
Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2001 06:13:36 -0500
I think that Vuescan will obtain the maximum information
Norman Quinn wrote:
No just the film. This is the 1st time I have had fogged film too.
The poor technican at the lab thought his machine had misdeveloped
them, but strips B4 and after mine were fine.
It must be X-ray. I had just returned from a trip.
Norman Quinn
Older machines in
Art wrote:
Usually they won't even both[er]
to open the canisters, although sometimes they will.
It may (or may not) be worth mentioning that smugglers have been using film
canisters for quite some time. Occasionally, there's going to be an
overzealous customs inspector, especially when you
On Sat, 14 Jul 2001 04:57:00 -0400 Dave Buyens ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
wrote:
For black white film that is very dense, there is something called
farmer's reducer that chemically washes some of the denseness from the
film.
And the image too, if you aren't careful:)
Assuming you have color
No just the film. This is the 1st time I have had fogged film
too.Did the film travel as hand baggage, or in hold luggage?
Hand baggage, but it was checked about 8 times. I
did not expose the film on the trip. I was exposed when I returned to
Jamaica.
Norman Quinn wrote:
Hand baggage, but it was checked about 8 times.
I did not expose the film on the trip. It was
exposed when I returned to Jamaica.
I'd guess this could make the problem worse since taking the photos was
trying to add an image to a film that was already exposed by the Xrays.
Though I have barely used NikonScan and know nothing of the HP scanner
software, I think that Vuescan will obtain the maximum information available
from the admittedly foggy and dense film - it's design will do that.You
may have to adjust the gamma and brightness settings to do so, or even by
Norman,
For black white film that is very dense, there is something called
farmer's reducer that chemically washes some of the denseness from the film.
Assuming you have color negatives, you might want to investigate if such a
thing works for you too? Maybe someone on the list knows?
Dave B.
Forget about the HP Photosmart, the way to do is with the Nikon and Vuescan, and
use the multiscan feature (experiment with number of passes). Output your files
in 48bit tif mode so that Photoshop has a chance of adjusting the levels..
expect some noise (grain) in the shadows. Adjust the
On Fri, 13 Jul 2001 21:58:08 -0400 Norman Quinn ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
wrote:
Apparently two rolls of color print film were either fogged by an xray =
machine or poorly developed.=20
The entire roll film is very dense but there are images there.
Urgh! You'd probably do best to use the LS2000
Norman Quinn wrote:
Using a Nikon 2000 scanner or a HP Photo smart scanner
and nikon and vuescan software, what would be the best
place to start to extract the images from the film.
I agree with Tony - scan with the LS2000 to 48bit files and use autolevels
in PS to get close to the most
At 08:38 AM 7/15/01 +1000, Rob Geraghty wrote:
Fair enough! I just took some photos of coral on the Great Barrier Reef
and underwater photography is a whole new challenge. Some of the
coral near the surface looked slightly bleached to me.
If they're anything like the corals off the
coast of
I presume you mean security staff at the entrance to airside rather than
check in staff?
Film must never be left in checked baggage these days, the X-ray machines
they use for that are guaranteed to fog your film.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rob Geraghty) wrote:
Norman Quinn wrote:
No just the
--- Norman Quinn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm surprised that there was X-ray fogging, unless
the camera went through
the machine with exposed film in it.
If you do not use high ISO film you can let it through
the X-ray for HANDBAGGAGE safely a few times. But
NEVER leave film in checked
Norman Quinn wrote:No just the film. This is the 1st time I have
had fogged film too.The poor technican at the lab thought his machine
had misdeveloped them, but strips B4 and after mine were
fine.It must be X-ray. I had just returned from a trip.Out of
interest what speed was
Quinn [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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| I think that Vuescan will obtain the maximum information available
| from the admittedly foggy and dense film - it's design will do that.
| You
| may have to adjust
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