Leica IIIa with 50mm f/2 Summar

[colyn]

Photo taken with a Leica IIIa and badly scratched front element 50mm f/2 Summar lens..

 

[payasam]

Are those vertical Newton's rings in the upper middle, bisecting the slanting tree trunk and going into the sky and the clouds?

 

[Solinar]

Payasam - if you hadn't mentioned it, I wouldn't of notice them. Exposure is spot-on for this shot. The camera seems to be holding up better than the tree in the photo.

 

[colyn]

Are those vertical Newton's rings in the upper middle, bisecting the slanting tree trunk and going into the sky and the clouds?

After looking at the negative it would be water spots. I guess my photo-flo bath didn't do it's job.

 

[Fabrice2]

To avoid the newton rings, the negative's emulsion side must face the scanner glass.

 

[payasam]

Here is what I meant. Water spots?

 

[benmacphoto]

Here is what I meant. Water spots?

No thats a scanner issue, not water spots.

 

[colyn]

No thats a scanner issue, not water spots.

Sorry.. You're wrong. After re-washing the negative and treating it with photo-flo the problem disappeared.

Lately the city has been over treating the water which leaves a residue on the negatives. I have to treat it a bit longer with photo-flo to get all of the residue off..

 

[colyn]

To avoid the newton rings, the negative's emulsion side must face the scanner glass.

As it was..