----- Original Message ----- From: "Christopher Woodhouse" <chris.woodhouse@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2005 12:52 AM Subject: [pure-silver] Here's one for the head scratchers > Why is it, if you kink a film when loading it into a > spiral does it always > develop as a dark mark? > > > -- > Regards Chris Woodhouse ARPS > Its from stress on the emulsion, pressure will also result in marks. I don't remember if I ever read an explanation of the effect, perhaps Ryuji will know, but it may have to do with the distortion of the crystals by mechanical forces causing the movement of electons to a position where they mimic exposure to light. --- Richard Knoppow Los Angeles, CA, USA dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ============================================================================================================= To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there.