RE: filmscanners: Preparing to scan old slides

["Hemingway, David J" <HEMINGD@polaroid.com>]

I purchase mine at a local outlet, E. P. Levine, in Boston, I know B&H
carries it but I do not think the solution is UPS shippable.
David

 -----Original Message-----
From:   Maris V. Lidaka, Sr. [mailto:mlidaka@ameritech.net] 
Sent:   Tuesday, October 23, 2001 4:56 PM
To:     filmscanners@halftone.co.uk
Subject:        Re: filmscanners: Preparing to scan old slides

David M. Stone at Photographic Solutions, Inc. manufactures it - you can
check his website at
http://www.photosol.com/ or e-mail him at david@photosol.com

Maris

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mário Teixeira" <mjteixeira@yahoo.com>
To: <filmscanners@halftone.co.uk>
Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2001 3:04 PM
Subject: Re: filmscanners: Preparing to scan old slides


I use the manual bulb-type air blower and  a good and very soft painting
brush with good results. I always inspect the negatives and slides with a
Rodenstock magnifying glass and a lightning box, both before cleaning and
just before inserting the feeder in the scanner. Afer adopting this
procedure, the number of rescans due to dust is much lower.

I never tried PEC-12 fluid because I never found it. Anybody knows where I
can find it (or a similar product) in Europe.

Mário Teixeira
mjteixeira@yahoo.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Maris V. Lidaka, Sr." <mlidaka@ameritech.net>
To: <filmscanners@halftone.co.uk>
Sent: Monday, 22 October, 2001 10:39 PM
Subject: Re: filmscanners: Preparing to scan old slides


| Compressed air is good (but check the label and be sure no chemicals are
coming out with the air - some have recommended a manual bulb-type air
blower), and if needs be PEC-12 fluid applied sparingly with PEC pads.
|
| Maris
|
| ----- Original Message -----
| From: "Jack Whelan" <jackwhelan@hotmail.com>
| To: <filmscanners@halftone.co.uk>
| Sent: Monday, October 22, 2001 9:07 PM
| Subject: filmscanners: Preparing to scan old slides
|
|
| | I have several trays of 35mm slides that I want to scan.  Some of these
| | slides are still in the carousel where they were placed 25+ years ago.
No
| | doubt there is dust.   Any advice on how to minimize the dust?  Use a
vacuum
| | cleaner? Compressed air?  Thanks in advance.
| |
| | Jack
| |
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