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Aleksandar Novkovski 		 

I get white dots on my pics. Anyone know why?


 
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I just developed my first film with the zenith 122 I bought last week. What surprised me is that I got these funny little white dots on my photos. They appear in most of my photos (but not all), and they're always on a different place in the photo. Another problem is that when I scan my photos the scannner seems to blur them (cheap scanner) so they don't appear as bad in the JPEG's as on the photos themselves. In reality they're alot sharper and noticeable. Example: The fountain pic. In the scan it might appear that the noted white dot could be a water drop flying off from the fountain. But in the actual photo its really sharp and you can clearly see its not a water drop flying as that would be blurred at the shutter speed of 1/250.

I'm a novice scanner so the pics appear abit darker as well than reality aswell sorry. This is also my first film ever on a non-"point and shoot" so be gentle :)


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September 07, 2002

 

Peggy D. Odegard-Coleman 		  Dear Aleksandar,
This did happend to me also and it was the place that I had my film developed and processed. I don't use that place anymore. When I spoke to one of their technicians, they said the company they work for doesn't do any preventative maintenance on their photo equipment. After that, I decided that I'd no longer use their services. I hope this helps.


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September 19, 2003

 
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Gregory LaGrange's Gallery 		  Looks like dust. Could be fixer that dried on you negative. look on the negative and see if you see a permanent spot on the same place as it is on one of the photos that has a spot.


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November 25, 2003

 
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