Eric Brody
28-Feb-2008, 22:35
Lately I have noticed some randomly placed scratches on my 4x5 TMX 100 readyloads. They are linear and parallel to the long side of the film and of course are most noticeable in the sky areas. They are very narrow, only a few pixels wide, but about 1/2 to one inch long, they are visible when viewed at 100% in Photoshop. They are fairly easy to repair with the healing brush but they are making me nuts.
I have had the same Kodak Readyload holder for a number of years; it appears to be clean. I develop the film in Xtol made with distilled water, 1:2, in a Jobo 3010 Expert drum; I use no squeege, just a distilled water rinse. I wash the film in the Jobo, multiple rinses with no handling of the film. The film is placed carefully in Printfile plastic pages. The film is scanned on a Microtek 1800f. I tried scanning one of the affected negatives on an Epson 750 scanner and they were still present, so it is not the scanner. I tried squeezing the filmpacks open when I unload the film so as to avoid having anything touch it as it is withdrawn from the envelope but still had the problem with my last batch. It has occurred with film from different boxes. My only thought is that it could be the holder in some way but I haven't a clue.
Any thoughts are welcome and appreciated.
Eric
I have had the same Kodak Readyload holder for a number of years; it appears to be clean. I develop the film in Xtol made with distilled water, 1:2, in a Jobo 3010 Expert drum; I use no squeege, just a distilled water rinse. I wash the film in the Jobo, multiple rinses with no handling of the film. The film is placed carefully in Printfile plastic pages. The film is scanned on a Microtek 1800f. I tried scanning one of the affected negatives on an Epson 750 scanner and they were still present, so it is not the scanner. I tried squeezing the filmpacks open when I unload the film so as to avoid having anything touch it as it is withdrawn from the envelope but still had the problem with my last batch. It has occurred with film from different boxes. My only thought is that it could be the holder in some way but I haven't a clue.
Any thoughts are welcome and appreciated.
Eric