Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/08/26

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Subject: [Leica] Re:dirt and labs
From: kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour)
Date: Fri Aug 26 16:03:45 2005
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feli... I have been using Costco for C41 with  
satisfaction....surprise ! ...no scratches and the price is  
right...Steve


On Aug 26, 2005, at 3:57 PM, feli wrote:
> I just went down there and talked to the guy. They are dip and dunk  
> and he says it's my scanner (of course). Now I was under no  
> illusions that they would admit that it was them, but I'm in just  
> enough of a ball busting mood today to drive down there and call  
> them on it.
>
> I highly doubt it's my scanner, because:
>
> I had two other rolls from the same shoot, shot with the same  
> camera, on the same day (or the day
> after) developed at a different lab and they are not scratched.
>
> Everything was scanned at the same time, on the same scanner and  
> only their negs show the
> scratches.
>
> The scratches are not always perfectly straight and horizontal, but  
> curve, turn on and off and there are
> even some scuffs. A dirty camera would make a continuous, straight  
> scratch across the entire
> roll. These scratches vary from frame to frame!
>
> I shot and scanned a few rolls of Tri-X just a few days before,  
> with the same cameras and had no problems. Last time I checked Tri- 
> X wasn't armor plated. ;-)
>
> In this case it's not the end of the world, since I have time to  
> clean everything up, but if the deadline
> was any tighter I would be screwed. ;-)
>
> But I do think I'm going to use the other lab in the future. Not  
> only are they cheaper, but they seem to be paying more attention.
>
> feli
>
>
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In reply to: Message from leicachris at worldnet.att.net (Christopher Williams) ([Leica] Re:dirt and labs)
Message from tedgrant at shaw.ca (Ted Grant) ([Leica] Re:dirt and labs)