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Re: [OM] ARRGGH!! Scratched Negatives Long

Subject: Re: [OM] ARRGGH!! Scratched Negatives Long
From: Jim Brokaw <jbrokaw@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 08 May 2002 23:32:41 -0700
on 5/8/02 3:32 PM, Dave Dougherty at davdou@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> Fellow Zuiks,
> 
> Once again a lament!  At a recent street faire in Little Italy here in San
> Diego I photographed a local restaurateur's Ferrari in front of one of his
> restaurants.  The vanity plate on the car is the name of the restaurant, he
> is in the photo and the whole thing is really pretty!
> 
> He saw me taking the photos and a conversation ensued.  He asked for a copy
> of whatever my result was, the implication being that he would at least
> stand my wife and me to a nice meal at his upscale restaurant., or it might
> evolve into other shoots of the car and those of some of his well to do
> friends.  The implications for me and feeding my Zuikoholism are obvious.
> 
> I had an 8x 10 cropped and mounted on a black mount with a 1/4" border.
> Photo looks great, except there is a white line running horizontally across
> the print about 1/4" down from the top.  A check of the negative strip shows
> that the NEGATIVES ARE SCRATCHED!!!!  It isn't the fault of my OM-2 as
> another roll of film shot on the same day has no scratches, nor are there
> any on countless other negatives shot with this camera!  The scratch runs
> the entire length of the 36 exp. roll. Film was processed at a local "Pro"
> lab!
> 
> This is about to drive me nuts!  This kind of experience is why I am more
> and more leaning to going digital!  Am I P---ed?  You bet!
> 
> Dave Dougherty
> 

It sounds like its time for Dr. Photoshop to work his healing, or at least
some creative cropping...
-- 

Jim Brokaw
OM-1's, -2's, -4's, (no -3's yet) and no OM-oney... 


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