[filmscanners] RE: [filmscanners_Digest] filmscanners DigestforFri 17 Jan, 2003

["Frank Paris" <frankparis@comcast.net>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: filmscanners_owner@halftone.co.uk
> [mailto:filmscanners_owner@halftone.co.uk] On Behalf Of Arthur Entlich
> Sent: Sunday, January 19, 2003 2:15 AM
> To: frankparis@comcast.net
> Subject: [filmscanners] Re: [filmscanners_Digest]
> filmscanners Digest forFri 17 Jan, 2003
>
>
> I use either compressed air (from a small air compressor with a air
> nozzle) or a fine artist grade nylon (soft white bristled) brush.
>
> Increasing humidity helps by removing static.  Some people
> use anti-static brushes, but be aware they do contain low
> level radioactive isotopes.

I have found that dust is not the problem. My negatives come back with
dozens of tiny spots on them that blowing and wiping cannot remove, and
regardless of the vendor who does the development. Some of them are so
filthy I spend ten to twenty minutes in PS on one negative getting rid
of them. I wish I could afford a new scanner that has automatic spot
removal. I try to avoid working with negatives altogether. Sometimes
slides are the same way, but less often.

Frank Paris
frankparis@comcast.net




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