Sorry, Phil, but I have to say you still don't understand the magnitude
of the dust problem yet. If you have darkroom and enlarger experience
in dealing with negatives throw it out. It doesn't pertain to dust
you'll see when using a scanner. Plastic and paper pouches won't save
you. You can pick up an amazing amount of dust just moving from the
storage sleeve to film holder. And the scanner will see every little
bit of it in ways that a diffusion enlarger never did. The IR channel
is expensive but the amount of time required to spot dust is excessive.
Chuck Norcutt
Philip Pemberton wrote:
> In message <44904FF5.2050808@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
>>You just don't understand the real criteria yet. Decide for infra-red
>>dust elimination above all else.
>
>
> The problem being it adds a fair bit to the price tag. Most of my negatives
> are stored in plastic or paper pouches, so dust shouldn't be a problem. If I
> end up scanning a really dusty negative, I'll probably end up using a
> blower-brush to blast the dust off, or use isopropyl if it's got grease or
> fingerprints on it. That seems to be what Kodak are recommending now that
> TCE is no longer available.
>
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