Hi--

>>This is most likely not a chemical problem...
>>Fuji, in all its infinite wisdom, decided to locate its only
>>E-6 lab in the US in, yes, folks, sunny, H - O - T
>>Phoenix, Ari(d)zona...!!! I have had film ruined by heat
>>also, when sent there, so I now send slide film to Fuji
>>only during times of reasonably cool weather there...

>I use mailers to send my Fujichrome there for processing, and have yet to
>find, in about 7-8 rolls developed, a decent job. Every slide I get back is
>terribly (maybe 10 specs of dust/slide) dusty. They seem to be properly
>developed, but dusty. Have you had similar results from them? I am probably
>going to get Kodak mailers next time.
stamper.7@osu.edu (Dave Stamper)

As long as the dust isn't stuck, I just blow it off with
a large hand syringe. Processors just don't seem to understand
about dust, but so long as it is not stuck in the emulsion...;-)
Kodak is dusty, too, but they have the nasty habit of mounting
slides rotated slightly in the mount. I liked Fuji when it used
plastic mounts, since these have clean edges, square corners,
less dust, and the film was not fixed in orientation in the mount
(though the plastic mounts don't hold the film so flat as the
cardboard...).