Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/05/02
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- --- tm <> wrote:
> About two months ago on two different occasions I got
> processed and mounted
> Provia 100F back from the Fuji lab in San Diego and noticed
> that about 6
> slides had a scratch in almost the center position, running
> from the left
> border to the right. The owner of the camera store I had given
> it to told me
> to write to Fuji. I did, and Fuji apologized in writing,
> enclosing two free
> rolls of Velvia and two free processing certificates.
> Yesterday I got a roll
> of Scala back from Main Photo in Santa Ana and the same thing
> happened.
>
> My R8 is super clean inside. I have never opened it to remove
> and insert
> film in any condition, such as a windy day, that could result
> in foreign
> objects getting in the back. Therefore, I still insist the
> scratches, one
> per slide, have been produced by the labs. Am I perhaps wrong
> on this? I'd
> certainly like to hear others' points of view. Thanks.
>
> Terry
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Do you have a roll of outdated film ? If you do, then load
it into your camera. Take up the slack with the rewind crank
and shoot HALF the roll with blank exposures. Then rewind the
file leaving the leader out. Now inspect your film for scratches.
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