The photo showing the defect doesn't tell us it's orientation relative to the film. Is the long mark running lengthwise? My first guess, since you've not scanned the film yet, is a processing problem such as stabilizer/final rinse marks. Scanning the film will tell u if it's a print issue or film. You need more info to make any real guesses. ________________________________ From: Tom Kershaw <tom@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Sat, November 7, 2009 8:05:28 AM Subject: [pure-silver] Possible optical defect caused by hair or dust within lens? My posting on APUG hasn't generated anything by way of a response, and as there isn't total overlap between pure-silver and APUG I thought I should post here. http://www.apug.org/forums/forum40/68152-odd-higher-density-marks-ra-4-print-probably-optical-issue.html and the image links: http://www.tomkershaw.com/apug/rf645_65mm_hair.jpg http://www.tomkershaw.com/apug/strange_mark_kp800.jpg As the density marks do not appear to be visible in all prints from the RF645 negatives and do not occur with my Bronica SQ negatives, perhaps the hair which is within the lens generates the defect depending on the light direction. Tom ============================================================================================================= 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.