If that dust is loose, I would take the slides back and make them do them over, no charge. Talk to the manager or owner. If the dust is stuck, well, then the slides need cleaning and that is an expensive extra.
Graywolf (Tom Rittenhouse) Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog: http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Rebekah wrote: > Seems like a pretty dust-prone lab - they do everything I can imagine > with paper, and also they dabble in custom embroidery. I guess from > this I've learned to simply wait for my own scanner. :) Here's a > link for the original scan, so if you'd like you can save it to your > computer and zoom up and see some more dust. At least the dust is > nice and sharp! It was scanned at 4000 dpi, and they claimed their > machine went up to 12,000 dpi, so I imagine it would have had the > capacity to remove the dust, but frankly I don't know at all. I don't > have the software to clone it out myself, but, that's why I only had > three scanned. Oh, and I live on the ocean, so it's pretty darn humid > here. > > > WARNING LARGE FILE 54 MB > > http://picasaweb.google.com/rg2pdml/Album23/photo?authkey=C57yacUEV7A#5151632816594856642 > > rg2 > > > On 1/4/08, William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Bong Manayon" >> Subject: Re: Scanning woes >> >> >>> I agree! Dust happens and this is not yet the worse I've encountered. >>> I usually do a lot of tricks to minimize it but it still happens. >>> Ask what kind of scanner they use, some professional labs have the >>> Kodak HR500 which has Digital ICE installed and that greatly reduces >>> dust & scratches. >> Noritsu 31 series and later minilabs are usually equipped with digital ice >> as well. >> >> William Robb >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
