Frameworkers, I just received a mess of telecine'd color super16mm footage from the lab and was more than a bit sad to see a long parade of emulsion-side horizontal blue scratches on the right 1/4th of the frame. I shot about 2.5 hours of footage with an Aaton Minima (a camera I wouldn't really recommend, either way) and the scratches are present throughout all the rolls - while they are not on every shot, when they do appear they happen just after the camera has started again.
A tech suggested that it might be the film slipping in the gate at the end of a shot, making the loop too large on one side and scratching against the loop former. The place I rented the camera from says it's not their fault (and they've never seen such scratches produced by a camera in 15 years...) and the lab of course doesn't want to be responsible, so any words to the contrary would be appreciated. Have any of you run into this sad curiosity before? I'm happy to send a VIMEO link to anyone who wants to see support material. Thanks In Advance, BR
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