[Leica] Make sure your film scanners are clean

[simon.apekop at gmail.com (simon jessurun)]

Hi Chris ,never occured to me before but you are the person to inquire about
the health hazards of the kodak aero ektar 175 /2.8 lens?I have read many
articles about it but didn't find anywhere howfar one has to be away from
thorium glass lets's say in a bedroom to have negkigable health risk.
Best simon jessurun

On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 9:23 PM, Chris Saganich 
<chs2018@med.cornell.edu>wrote:

> Phill,
>
> Scary really, the one I disassembled had a haze of extremely fine particles
> coating the mirror, much like the haze in an old lens.  I'll have to
> reevaluate some of my film developing conclusions since I use the scanner 
> to
> determine things like relative acutance and edge effects from 
> developer/film
> combinations.  Hmmm.
> Chris
>
> At 01:13 PM 1/7/2009, you wrote:
>
>> Chris Saganich wrote:
>> The clue was there in the previous discussion when someone wondered
>> why the bleeding was reversed from conventional film developing.  It makes
>> sense now.  Now we know, thanks again.
>> =================================
>>
>> That was me, Chris.  At the time I thought about the possibility of a
>> scanner problem but didn't follow up in my comments.
>> Impressive to see the difference a clean mirror can make.
>>
>> --
>> Phil Swango
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>> Albuquerque, NM 87108
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