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This is great information Ben. There is a photo lab near my place where I believe they still may be doing manual retouching. I can definitely get my hands on this process as well. Very fascinating.

That's an interesting point that I've never known. I haven't yet tried printing, but that's definitely going to be something I would try next.

A huge thanks to everyone! I have been working on removing dust and debris following you guys' tips, and it's been somewhat successful. To share my progress with you awesome people, here's the new batch : Sangwoo Han

Thanks a lot Ben!

Hi, I just got into film photography and self-processing. I developed my first batch of rolls yesterday, and there are some errors that I found on the images that I hope I can fix next time. If anybody can give me some advises on what could have gone wrong, that would be greatly helpful. I took this one with my Olympus 35RD & Kodak TX400, and scanned with Plustek 7200. Used Ilford DD-X/ Kodak stop bath / Illford Rapid fixer / Kodak Photo-flo to develop. Beside my cat's hair got in during scanning, there are white spots, that I assume are from improper washing. This one was taken with Leica M4 + 50mm Summicron collapsible and Ilford HP5+ 400. The haze is from the lens – I got a cheap one due to my limited budget. There is a strip of white spots running across on the upper side. These two were taken with the M4 + Ilford FP4 125. One thing I noticed was that even with ASA(ISO) 125, I still see somewhat grainy texture on a flat surface. Like the upper side of 'Cafe Gratitude' on the first photo, and the sky on the second one. Any idea why this would happen? Also I'm open to any tips, advices, feedbacks! I want to learn more. Thanks in advance!!

This is the only lens I have right now. I've been taking a look at the lens mount and there is an odd bump that looks like it's stopping the lens from fully rotating. I guess I have to take this to the repair shop tomorrow. Thanks Brian.

Its still the same.

Hi all, I just purchased an M4 with a collapsible 50mm Summicron. And I've been having a problem mounting the lens, wanted to see if anybody had the same problem with me. Basically the lens doesn't rotate until it clicks, instead it gets stick right before it reaches the end. The Dropbox link below has photos of where it stops, and inside of the mount. Dropbox - m4 - Simplify your life I'm going to take it to a repair shop on Monday, but wanted to see if this is a simple problem that I can solve tonight so that I can take it out tomorrow.