u/LesPuces

Portra 800 & Kodak Gold

Leica M3, 50mm & 28mm, Portra 800 & Kodak Gold

Three weeks ago, I needed to quickly see some test frames from a camera I shipped off for a CLA. There aren't too many labs where I live, so I went with one that could turn the roll the quickest.

I received the scans back after a few days, and there was so much dust in the files (see the first example) that I asked them to clean their scanner, wash the negatives and rescan them.

I never heard back, so I reached out again yesterday and received a message a few hours later that they had rescanned my negatives and uploaded the scans.

After I downloaded the images, I first noticed the file sizes were off.

Then, as I looked through the photos, I realized some frames showed completely different people. Appears that instead of washing and rescanning, they just asked an AI tool to clean up the dust.

One issue, among many, is that it changed and sometimes removed the people in my images. I guess they didn't pay attention to the details.

Isn't it ironic, don't ya think?

They are right, the people make Glasgow.

A few more from today. Kentucky Derby at Remington Park.