Re: weird flare on film?

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From: Nick Makris (nick@mcn.org)
Date: 09/24/02-12:21:54 PM Z


Shannon, the marks are from loading the film - either when placed in the
holder (4x5) or when placed onto the developing reels 35/2-1/4. Too much
pressure with the thumb causes the film to crease and the result is what
you describe.

Nick

----- Original Message -----
From: "Shannon Stoney" <sstoney@pdq.net>
To: <alt-photo-process-l@skyway.usask.ca>
Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2002 12:43 PM
Subject: weird flare on film?

> Today I was trying to print a negative that had some strange kind of
> arc-shaped marks on it. At first I thought it was caused by the
> glass of the printing frame, so I cleaned it again. But no, it is in
> the negative, and not on the surface, but evidently part of the
> image. Is it some sort of flare? On the print it looks as if
> somebody took a white china marker and made semi-circular marks about
> a half inch in length, somewhat concentric to each other.
>
> --shannon
>
>


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