[filmscanners] RE: [filmscanners_Digest] filmscanners DigestforFri17 Jan, 2003

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

It could be that the scanner is putting them there. I've thought of
that. But sometimes I can see them scattered all over the side when
observed through a 6X loupe. If I can actually see them in the loupe, I
know I'm in trouble and I have to think hard before even putting the
slide in my scanner: is this shot really going to be worth the agony I
am about to experience? No amount of blowing and brushing the slide gets
rid of these spots. I've tried Kodak processing as well as labs serving
professionals. I have not tried washing them. Frankly, they look like
chemical stains.

Frank Paris
frankparis@comcast.net


> -----Original Message-----
> From: filmscanners_owner@halftone.co.uk
> [mailto:filmscanners_owner@halftone.co.uk] On Behalf Of
> Austin Franklin
> Sent: Sunday, January 19, 2003 6:28 AM
> To: frankparis@comcast.net
> Subject: [filmscanners] RE: [filmscanners_Digest]
> filmscanners DigestforFri 17 Jan, 2003
>
>
> > 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,
>
> You might want to track down the source of those spots.  Do
> you have any idea what they are?  Are they IN the film?  Have
> you tried washing a strip, say in distilled water and
> Photo-Flo, to see if the spots come off?
>
> I don't have that problem, and I've never heard anyone have
> that problem on a consistent basis, as you say you have.
> Finding the source would probably serve you better than
> getting a new scanner, unless you really *need* a new scanner ;-)
>
> Austin


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