fadingaway1986
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Hey guys.
My first ever traditional black & white film came back from Kodak today... I used Ilford HP5 Plus...
I got them to do a develop only - which cost $6... And I was going to print them at work myself. (As Kodak charges $1/print for b&w and we charge 47c/reprint, So it makes it a bit cheaper - otherwise I would be paying $30 all up for a roll of film!)
I printed them at work - and when they came out - they looked absolutely gross! There are white marks all over the photo. I assume they are dust marks... they just look like all these little dots. I thought that this might be from the printer - but I pulled the negs out and had a look.. and they look like they have fingerprints on them... I know it isn't something from the lens - as they are white spots and in my kodak training - they said that white marks are from the processing/printing end and black marks are from the photographer's end...
Now, I tried cleaning the negs - but I can't seem to get the marks to move. (I cleaned it with the neg. cleaning solution that we have at work)...
Is there anything I can do? These were my aunty's pregnancy photos. (About 12 of them are the photos of them, and about 12 are just ones I filled up the film with... The 12 I just "filled up the film with" look fine - or at least have minimal marks on them. The ones that I wanted - have marks all over them...
I read the workbag - and it says Kodak's quality guarantee is that if you're not happy with them - they will process your next film for free... But I don't want them to process another of my films after this!!!
Do you think there is much else that I can do?
Thanks,
Alecia
My first ever traditional black & white film came back from Kodak today... I used Ilford HP5 Plus...
I got them to do a develop only - which cost $6... And I was going to print them at work myself. (As Kodak charges $1/print for b&w and we charge 47c/reprint, So it makes it a bit cheaper - otherwise I would be paying $30 all up for a roll of film!)
I printed them at work - and when they came out - they looked absolutely gross! There are white marks all over the photo. I assume they are dust marks... they just look like all these little dots. I thought that this might be from the printer - but I pulled the negs out and had a look.. and they look like they have fingerprints on them... I know it isn't something from the lens - as they are white spots and in my kodak training - they said that white marks are from the processing/printing end and black marks are from the photographer's end...
Now, I tried cleaning the negs - but I can't seem to get the marks to move. (I cleaned it with the neg. cleaning solution that we have at work)...
Is there anything I can do? These were my aunty's pregnancy photos. (About 12 of them are the photos of them, and about 12 are just ones I filled up the film with... The 12 I just "filled up the film with" look fine - or at least have minimal marks on them. The ones that I wanted - have marks all over them...
I read the workbag - and it says Kodak's quality guarantee is that if you're not happy with them - they will process your next film for free... But I don't want them to process another of my films after this!!!
Do you think there is much else that I can do?
Thanks,
Alecia