<p>#1 <br />Mr. Angel, I doubt that the problem is coming from the Leica, as I always keep it nice and clean. And even just got it back from service. <br>
As I use a wetting agent, hereafter, I just let the negatives hang dry; the problem can't be from a squeegee tool.<br /><br />Particles on water, I don't belief that the water can leave these lines, however I also use desterilized water for the final wash.<br /><br>
If you look at some of the (now) attached photos, you might notice that two parallel straight lines occur sometimes. And the only thing I can think of, is the wheel inside of the scanner. <br />However then I read this: http://www.photo.net/digital-darkroom-forum/00DQLx<br>
<br />#2 Mr. Lewis, I only use fresh cartridges.<br /><br />#3 Mr. Monday, I'm of the same idea regarding the 'test', and I try it out. However, do you think the nikon coolscan 4000ed is able to make those scratches, see below: <br /><br /><img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/18120662-md.jpg" alt="" width="680" height="446" /><img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/18120661-md.jpg" alt="" width="680" height="445" /><img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/18120660-md.jpg" alt="" width="680" height="446" /><img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/18120665-md.jpg" alt="" width="680" height="445" /><img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/18120664-md.jpg" alt="" width="680" height="447" /><img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/18120663-md.jpg" alt="" width="680" height="444" /></p>
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