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Subject: Re: [OM] film scratches
From: Winsor Crosby <wincros@xxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1998 21:31:50 -0700
>A roll of my tranny film has just returned with 4 parallel scratches
>across the entire length of the film. I have had this problem on and
>off, but as I use a couple of bodies I am unsure as to its causes. Would
>this be due to dust inside the camera? The pressure plate and other bits
>look OK, no obvious damage, although there are faint marks on the part
>of the camera that the film runs along straight out of the canister
>(does that make sense?)
>
>Does anyone have experience with this? How damaged does the internal
>parts of the camera that are in contact with the film have to be before
>scratches are made? Will normal bits of dust be capable of scratching
>film like this? Might there be any other reasons?
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
>Robert Ashdown

I would suspect the processor. I have had film scratched by them. If you
use a large one with multiple machines, it could be one of them and that
would explain why it is not on every roll. I would change processors for a
while and see whether there is an improvement.

Winsor Crosby
Long Beach, California
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