on 5/8/02 3:32 PM, Dave Dougherty at davdou@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Fellow Zuiks,
>
> Once again a lament! At a recent street faire in Little Italy here in San
> Diego I photographed a local restaurateur's Ferrari in front of one of his
> restaurants. The vanity plate on the car is the name of the restaurant, he
> is in the photo and the whole thing is really pretty!
>
> He saw me taking the photos and a conversation ensued. He asked for a copy
> of whatever my result was, the implication being that he would at least
> stand my wife and me to a nice meal at his upscale restaurant., or it might
> evolve into other shoots of the car and those of some of his well to do
> friends. The implications for me and feeding my Zuikoholism are obvious.
>
> I had an 8x 10 cropped and mounted on a black mount with a 1/4" border.
> Photo looks great, except there is a white line running horizontally across
> the print about 1/4" down from the top. A check of the negative strip shows
> that the NEGATIVES ARE SCRATCHED!!!! It isn't the fault of my OM-2 as
> another roll of film shot on the same day has no scratches, nor are there
> any on countless other negatives shot with this camera! The scratch runs
> the entire length of the 36 exp. roll. Film was processed at a local "Pro"
> lab!
>
> This is about to drive me nuts! This kind of experience is why I am more
> and more leaning to going digital! Am I P---ed? You bet!
>
> Dave Dougherty
>
It sounds like its time for Dr. Photoshop to work his healing, or at least
some creative cropping...
--
Jim Brokaw
OM-1's, -2's, -4's, (no -3's yet) and no OM-oney...
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