Bingo. Barnbaum also placed the shadow values bellybutton high, but then would resort if necessary to drastic compression or minus development. That...
Thanks Ron. Interesting that the secod one is 1915 or later from the Sands Hunter & Co Ltd nameplate. I'm not sure whether Hare was still in business...
That's very odd, indeed. Do you have the scanner set to scan with "film area guide", since you are scanning directly on the platen? I can't think of...