Sorry to ask what might be a silly question, but lately, a lot of film
that I have been getting developed has had a lot of little black
specks visible on the emulsion side.

Any recommedations for cleaning this off? I have never cleaned any
slide film before.

regards,

Harry.
hcalderbank@bigpond.com

Where did you get your film developed? I recently got a roll back from Ballard camera that looked like it had been left out on the sidewalk to dry while some kids finished spray painting their bikes flat black two feet upwind from it. I took it back, they tried re-washing, apologized profusely, and said they had never seen anything like that happen before. They suspected that it was somehting funky with my film, but the other rolls from the same batch came out fine. They gave me a free roll of film, and said they'd develop it for free, but they couldn't  exactly replace the day off on a nice sunny afternoon, which I probably won't have access to for another 6-7 months.

:-(

On 1/10/07, Harry Calderbank <hcalderbank@bigpond.com> wrote:

Sorry to ask what might be a silly question, but lately, a lot of film
that I have been getting developed has had a lot of little black
specks visible on the emulsion side.

Any recommedations for cleaning this off? I have never cleaned any
slide film before.

regards,

Harry.
hcalderbank@bigpond.com

--- In MF3D-group@yahoogroups.com, "Dave Casey" wrote:

>
> Where did you get your film developed? I recently got a roll back

from

> Ballard camera that looked like it had been left out on the sidewalk

to dry

> while some kids finished spray painting their bikes flat black two

feet

> upwind from it.

Hi Dave,

My developing is done at a local processor on what is probably the
other side of the world to you - Australia.

Your description of what I'm seeing is both entertaining and
absolutely perfect. I couldn't describe it any better.

One thing I have noticed is that this has only just happened with my
first box of Velvia 100 and appeared on all five rolls. The single
roll of Provia 100F that went through at the same time is almost
perfect in comparison.

2 questions Dave.

Did the cleaning job get rid of the problem?

What film were you using?

I took mine back and they put it through the system again to no
avail. I'm sure I can clean it off, but I have had no experience with
this sort of thing before and I'd hate to wipe it clean and take half
the image with it!

regards,

Harry Calderbank
hcalderbank@bigpond.com

It was Kodak E100VS.
As far as any of us could tell, the cleaning had no effect.
Someday, for grins, I'll run it through a scanner w/ an IR channel, and see how much I can do with ICE and/or Photoshop. Maybe it can become a great new "before and after" example.

On 1/10/07, Harry Calderbank <hcalderbank@bigpond.com> wrote:

--- In MF3D-group@yahoogroups.com, "Dave Casey" wrote:
>
> Where did you get your film developed? I recently got a roll back
from
> Ballard camera that looked like it had been left out on the sidewalk
to dry
> while some kids finished spray painting their bikes flat black two
feet
> upwind from it.

Hi Dave,

My developing is done at a local processor on what is probably the
other side of the world to you - Australia.

Your description of what I'm seeing is both entertaining and
absolutely perfect. I couldn't describe it any better.

One thing I have noticed is that this has only just happened with my
first box of Velvia 100 and appeared on all five rolls. The single
roll of Provia 100F that went through at the same time is almost
perfect in comparison.

2 questions Dave.

Did the cleaning job get rid of the problem?

What film were you using?

I took mine back and they put it through the system again to no
avail. I'm sure I can clean it off, but I have had no experience with
this sort of thing before and I'd hate to wipe it clean and take half
the image with it!

regards,

Harry Calderbank
hcalderbank@bigpond.com