Hi Emily, It's on all the negatives. My camera was fine, thank goodness. http://shyrellmelara.tripod.com/id7.html Keeping your advice. I'll be contacting the processor before this day is out! Thanks! Shyrell On Sat, 27 Nov 2004 14:53:18 -0500 "Emily L. Ferguson" <elf@xxxxxxxx> writes: If it's in the film then you definitely need to have some talks with the > lab's owner/manager etc. If you took the film to a pro lab then > they > may accomodate. > > If their machines scratched the film, and that's making the blue > streak, then they may be able to salvage it with nose grease and you > > should not have to pay for it. However, fine dust in your camera > could have scratched it too. In which case you'll be out the > reprint > money and they can provide the nose grease. > > If they can salvage the prints with nose grease, make sure you get a > > set of the largest possible scans from their reprinting, burned to > CD > so that you can make the reprints and enlargments. Try to get at > least 12M scan files for each image. > > If you took it to Wal*Mart or the equivalent, then all bets are off > > and you'll have to find someone to do a digital restore. Verrrrry > expensive for a wedding. Scanning negative film is a pain in the > butt even with a film loader and even if you haven't cut the film > into short strips. And negative film processing is usually very > dirty too and every scan will need to be cleaned up as well as have > > the scratch repaired. If you can find an affordable scanner, s/he > needs to have Digital ICE, which will eliminate much of the dust > spots from processing and might even do a job on the scratch, as > long > as it's not too wide. Then, once the bride chooses her enlargements > > you only have to hand repair those, not the whole shoot. > > Hope you quoted the usual $3K for this wedding. > > And yes, split your film between cameras and days at the lab the > next time. > -- > Emily L. Ferguson > mailto:elf@xxxxxxxx > 508-563-6822 > New England landscapes, wooden boats and races, press photography > http://www.vsu.cape.com/~elf/ > > >
