Residue spots on developed E-6

I shot 10 rolls of Sensia 100 at a horse jumping competition
recently. The last batch of 4 to go to the lab came back:

http://www.aliasimages.com/images/Ho...g0007_2700.jpg
(LARGE FILE: 4.5MB, if modem, just DL the first few bits of it to
see the spots.)

These spots are on EVERY frame (144 slides)

They've offered to clean the slides and I brought them to the lab
last night.

Any comments on
what the spots are?
likelihood they can clean them?
without damaging the slides?

Cheers,
Alan

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Alan Browne wrote:

I shot 10 rolls of Sensia 100 at a horse jumping competition
recently. The last batch of 4 to go to the lab came back:

http://www.aliasimages.com/images/Ho...g0007_2700.jpg
(LARGE FILE: 4.5MB, if modem, just DL the first few bits of it to
see the spots.)

These spots are on EVERY frame (144 slides)

They've offered to clean the slides and I brought them to the lab
last night.

Any comments on
what the spots are?

Are they black bits of rubber? Or whatever the squeeges are made
of? Is the image also scratched? Thin black line top of the frame above the
flag pole. Also hair? Below the flag pole.

Nick

Nick Zentena wrote:



Are they black bits of rubber? Or whatever the squeeges are made
of? Is the image also scratched? Thin black line top of the frame above the
flag pole. Also hair? Below the flag pole.

The random bits of hair don't bother me. That was a quick scan
to get a look at the work ... and discover the little dots.

I'm immediately worried about the dots and the possibilty of them
being cleaned... w/o damaging the slides.

Cheers,
Alan

--
-- rec.photo.equipment.35mm user resource:
-- http://www.aliasimages.com/rpe35mmur.htm
-- e-meil: there's no such thing as a FreeLunch.--

Nick Zentena wrote:



Are they black bits of rubber? Or whatever the squeeges are made
of? Is the image also scratched? Thin black line top of the frame above the
flag pole. Also hair? Below the flag pole.

The random bits of hair don't bother me. That was a quick scan
to get a look at the work ... and discover the little dots.

I'm immediately worried about the dots and the possibilty of them
being cleaned... w/o damaging the slides.

Cheers,
Alan

--
-- rec.photo.equipment.35mm user resource:
-- http://www.aliasimages.com/rpe35mmur.htm
-- e-meil: there's no such thing as a FreeLunch.--

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Alan Browne wrote:

I shot 10 rolls of Sensia 100 at a horse jumping competition
recently. The last batch of 4 to go to the lab came back:

http://www.aliasimages.com/images/Ho...g0007_2700.jpg
(LARGE FILE: 4.5MB, if modem, just DL the first few bits of it to
see the spots.)

These spots are on EVERY frame (144 slides)

They've offered to clean the slides and I brought them to the lab
last night.

Any comments on
what the spots are?
likelihood they can clean them?
without damaging the slides?

Cheers,
Alan

I've been working in the business since 1985 and I've seen anything
quite like that...
Looks to me like a really, really dirty processor... like an old Noritsu
E6 machine that is way under-utilized.

They may or may not be able to get them off... I would suggest that if
the crud is on the base of the film (lower rollers in a minilab rack) it
should come off pretty easily... but if it's from the crossovers and
embedded into the emulsion, it may never be completely removed.

Good luck... and in future, trust your E6 to a lab that uses a hanger
transport machine (dip & dunk)... risk of damage is much, much lower.

Looked like a great shot too...

In article ,
Alan Browne wrote:

I shot 10 rolls of Sensia 100 at a horse jumping competition
recently. The last batch of 4 to go to the lab came back:

http://www.aliasimages.com/images/Ho...g0007_2700.jpg
(LARGE FILE: 4.5MB, if modem, just DL the first few bits of it to
see the spots.)

These spots are on EVERY frame (144 slides)

They've offered to clean the slides and I brought them to the lab
last night.

Any comments on
what the spots are?
likelihood they can clean them?
without damaging the slides?

Cheers,
Alan

I've been working in the business since 1985 and I've seen anything
quite like that...
Looks to me like a really, really dirty processor... like an old Noritsu
E6 machine that is way under-utilized.

They may or may not be able to get them off... I would suggest that if
the crud is on the base of the film (lower rollers in a minilab rack) it
should come off pretty easily... but if it's from the crossovers and
embedded into the emulsion, it may never be completely removed.

Good luck... and in future, trust your E6 to a lab that uses a hanger
transport machine (dip & dunk)... risk of damage is much, much lower.

Looked like a great shot too...

Alan Browne wrote:

I shot 10 rolls of Sensia 100 at a horse jumping competition
recently. The last batch of 4 to go to the lab came back:

http://www.aliasimages.com/images/Ho...g0007_2700.jpg

(LARGE FILE: 4.5MB, if modem, just DL the first few bits of it to
see the spots.) These spots are on EVERY frame (144 slides)
They've offered to clean the slides and I brought them to the lab
last night.

Looks like the infamous Fuji pepper grain. Image size and
your _2700 filename component make me think this is 2700 dpi.
How do the black spots look at 5400 dpi, just 2x as large?

http://luminous-landscape.com/ reviews/film/fuji-pepper.shtml

Any comments on
what the spots are?
likelihood they can clean them?
without damaging the slides?

If Fuji pepper grain, unlikely, probably so but it's a risk
without any concomitant reward.

Alan Browne wrote:

I shot 10 rolls of Sensia 100 at a horse jumping competition
recently. The last batch of 4 to go to the lab came back:

http://www.aliasimages.com/images/Ho...g0007_2700.jpg

(LARGE FILE: 4.5MB, if modem, just DL the first few bits of it to
see the spots.) These spots are on EVERY frame (144 slides)
They've offered to clean the slides and I brought them to the lab
last night.

Looks like the infamous Fuji pepper grain. Image size and
your _2700 filename component make me think this is 2700 dpi.
How do the black spots look at 5400 dpi, just 2x as large?

http://luminous-landscape.com/ reviews/film/fuji-pepper.shtml

Any comments on
what the spots are?
likelihood they can clean them?
without damaging the slides?

If Fuji pepper grain, unlikely, probably so but it's a risk
without any concomitant reward.

Alan Browne wrote:

I shot 10 rolls of Sensia 100 at a horse jumping competition
recently. The last batch of 4 to go to the lab came back:

http://www.aliasimages.com/images/Ho...g0007_2700.jpg

(LARGE FILE: 4.5MB, if modem, just DL the first few bits of it to
see the spots.) These spots are on EVERY frame (144 slides)
They've offered to clean the slides and I brought them to the lab
last night.

Looks like the infamous Fuji pepper grain. Image size and
your _2700 filename component make me think this is 2700 dpi.
How do the black spots look at 5400 dpi, just 2x as large?

http://luminous-landscape.com/ reviews/film/fuji-pepper.shtml

Any comments on
what the spots are?
likelihood they can clean them?
without damaging the slides?

If Fuji pepper grain, unlikely, probably so but it's a risk
without any concomitant reward.