Re: filmscanners: Dust removal software?

[Barbara & Martin Greene <martbarb@earthlink.net>]

Austin

I agree as I am certain that a significant part of my dust problem,
certainly not all, is within the scanner.  The problem was even worse at
first, until, on the recommendation of Nikon tech support, I blew it out
with a pressure can.  I intend to do tests to try and determine if there are
spots that remain the same on several slides.  I'd appreciate if you'd tell
me what scanner has a "positive pressure film chamber."  Also, how does the
chamber help?

Martin

> From: "Austin Franklin" <darkroom@ix.netcom.com>
> Reply-To: filmscanners@halftone.co.uk
> Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2001 15:37:00 -0400
> To: <filmscanners@halftone.co.uk>
> Subject: RE: filmscanners: Dust removal software?
> 
> 
>> To avoid
>> dust, just take care of your transparencies!
> 
> It is not necessarily that simple, though your suggestion is first and
> foremost.  The SS4k and other scanners like it, can have a dust problem, no
> matter how clean your film is going into the scanner.  These scanners can
> have dust internally...that no matter what you do, save a clean room, will
> get *some* dust on your perfectly clean film.
> 
> Scans from my SS4k almost always had one or more dust spots, no matter what
> I did...and once I switched to a scanner that has a positive pressure film
> chamber the dust problem went away.
>