scratches on film?

Lena,

Did you check the Yashica?
Take some cotton pads and move it over the film guide rollers of the camera and see if some cotton sticks to the rollers.
Then, shoot another film and get it developed by a different lab or develop yourself.

Best regards,
Uwe
 
I just scanned a roll of Tri-X with the Nikon Coolscan 5000ED.

To my surprise, I found that the ICE feature (dust and scratch removal) could not be used. Therefore there were "scratch lines" in all the scanned images. (There was no physical scratches on the film itself though.)

But the problem in my roll looks different from yours. Maybe different scanners have different problems....
 
titrisol: I go with him. There are just too many of them, too. And they are straight, perfectly straight. But I would still do what Uwe said. Use you finger on the Yashica too. With that many scratches you will have to feel something, check the negative with a magnifying glass for which scratches.
 
I agree, it does not look like scratches on film. I would look for trouble in the scanner. Try a different scanner. Or, take any exposed film that you know is good and try scan it with the same software and settings.

A piece of the completely exposed end of the film and/or an unexposed piece from the end would be best. The scanned image should be smooth white/black, so it is easy to see the lines.
 
Hi, thanks for all your comments, but I can see the scratches on the film, so the problem is definitely not with the scanner but with the film itself. I was just wondering if anybody else has had the same problem with Tri-x, maybe some batches have this scratch thing on them. The lab I had it processed with said they can't see how it would have been done while processing, therefore I can only think its either my camera or the film.
 
lena.87 said:
Hi, thanks for all your comments, but I can see the scratches on the film, so the problem is definitely not with the scanner but with the film itself. I was just wondering if anybody else has had the same problem with Tri-x, maybe some batches have this scratch thing on them. The lab I had it processed with said they can't see how it would have been done while processing, therefore I can only think its either my camera or the film.
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That's very intriguing. Do you have more of that film, bought from the same place at the same time? I also don't see how a camera could put those lines on the film. Normally a camera, or commercial processing machinery would put horizontal scratches on film. It would be interesting to try it in another camera or just have a blank roll developed.

How closely have you examined the film? Have you magnified it? I am wondering if it could be artifacts from the manufacturer or from the camera, say the shutter? Either of those would be unlikely, but I just don't see that from the camera.
 
If the scratches are vertical and you are using a Rollei-like Yashica TLR then this is consistent. It would be harder to see, but on the clear part of the negative (between images and at the edge) see if you can see scratches. If they are present then it is a camera film roller or the processor. Don't just take the lab's word that the processor couldn't have done this. We have all had scratches for labs. If the scratches are only on the coated actual negative are then possibly manufacturing error.
 
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I sincerely doubt a manufacturer's problem but a lab problem.
Since the scratches are equal in dark and light areas.
To me the processor rollers are dirty thus I would ask for a full refund on the development+ free roll(s) of film
 
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