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These aren't spots but I'd appreciate it a lot if someone told me what they are. I'm new to film, and these strange stripes came out in one of the first rolls I hand-developed. I chalked it up to the developing process, or perhaps gripping the squeegee too tight.

 

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I wasn't bothered but the stripes came out again in a roll I shot last Sunday. What's causing them?

 

Thanks,

Karen

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hi, my guess is those are water streaks, though the negs look scratched at the top too. They seem too random to be caused by the shutter. Do you use some sort of photo-flow rinse? try snapping your negs before hanging them to dry; it get most of the water off.

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I use Photo Flo before running a squeegee through the neg. I do not dip the squeegee in the Photo Flo solution as suggested in another thread. I'll try that next time, along with the snap. I hope I'm agitating the developer right - four inversions and a tap in the first ten seconds of each minute.

 

It didn't occur to me it could be the scanning because this was scanned along with other rolls, and it was just this particular roll that had stripes. Also, the stripes don't appear in each frame. I'll prolly have this neg rescanned just to eliminate that possibility.

 

Thanks for all your suggestions. I'm relieved you don't think it's something serious like the shutter.

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the stripes don't appear in each frame............I'm relieved you don't think it's something serious like the shutter.

 

Given it is probably from your MP ... I would be making sure it is not the scanner, then eMailing Solms customer service for advice.

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I spent ten minutes just staring at the neg of that pic against the light looking for stripes (there were a lot of scratches though) and finally went out to rescan my striped rolls. The stripes are gone! It was the scanner after all.

 

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(I don't see stripes. Do you?)

 

Thanks for all your help! I'm so glad I don't have to call Solms. My MP is perfect.

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