RE: filmscanners: OT:X-ray fogging

["LAURIE SOLOMON" <LAURIE@advancenet.net>]

Alas, nothing is foolproof. That a process is automated and even consistent
does not mean that the operators are equally competent in performing the
process, equally diligent in keeping temperatures consistent or regularly
changing chemistry on a consistent schedule, equally concerned with running
and examining routine water quality checks for impurities in the water
supply or test strips, or equally consistent in cleaning the equipment on a
regular and consistent basis which often means shutting down the line for a
period of time or paying workers overtime to do it after hours.  No matter
how automated, there is always room for human error, for changing factors
external to the process that are beyond one's knowledge or control which
impact on the process itself.  To ignore such possibilities and - I dare say
probabilities - is to be in denial.

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-filmscanners@halftone.co.uk
[mailto:owner-filmscanners@halftone.co.uk]On Behalf Of Anthony Atkielski
Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 5:37 PM
To: filmscanners@halftone.co.uk
Subject: Re: filmscanners: OT:X-ray fogging


Laurie writes:

> But not everybody uses the same quality controls
> or implements them in the same way with regularity.

The results I've obtained have been extremely consistent.  The process is so
highly automated and consistent that it is far less likely to be messed up
than,
say, the preparation of prints (although recent advances such as the Fuji
Frontier appear to be making prints nearly as foolproof as well).