[filmscanners] Re: Software dust removal

["Berry Ives" <yvesberia@earthlink.net>]

on 11/10/04 1:32 AM, Arthur Entlich at artistic@telus.net wrote:

> Although I'm not a big fan of some versions of dICE (due to the fact
> that it can tend to soften the whole image due to residual silver
> removal (which it infers is dust or dirt)), or if the IR is not exactly
> tuned to the dye spectrum frequencies, it does work on most E-6
> developed slides, and some Kodachrome versions.
>
> Otherwise, I agree with the other exceptions you mention.
>
> Art
>
> LAURIE SOLOMON wrote:
>
>> Two points need to be made.  One deals with one of your comments concerning
>> getting ICE.  ICE only works with color negtives or chromgenic black & white
>> films.  It does not work with silver halide films like true b&w films.  The
>> second point, which is not one that addresses anything that you have said
>> but something that someone else said, deals with blowing compressed air into
>> the scanner.  This does not remove the dust from inside the scanner; it only
>> moves the dust around inside the scanner.  Moreover, the compressed air
>> blast can damage fragile innards of the scanner as well as create
>> condensation inside the scanner which will eventually produce moisture on
>> the electronics and water spots on optical mirrors and sensors.
>>
>
>
I am shooting only negative (C-41) films, almost all ISO 100 to 400 color,
occasionally B&W (C-41).  Is there a consensus about how well dICE works
with these films?  I am concerned about any softening since I am printing
large.

Berry

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