[filmscanners] RE: What can you advise?

["Austin Franklin" <darkroom@ix.netcom.com>]

Hi Paul,

As I said, there was a world before DigitalICE, so this is hardly a new
concept ;-)

What I believe is most important is negative storage.  I put mine in
PrintFile sleeves, in three ring notebooks with somewhat sealed sides, and I
put them in a file cabinet, so the amount of dust that can get to them is
very minimal.

I also make sure my cameras/backs/rollers are clean, so I don't get
scratching from them, as well as be careful when rolling the film onto the
reels.

I also have a dehumidifier in my lab...I can't say if that helps a lot or
not, but I don't have any dust problems on my stored film.  On film I simply
leave lying around, perhaps.

Another issue, that I've written a bit about, is scanner design.  The
Leafscan has a pressurized chamber so dust doesn't settle in there.  I DID
have dust problems with my SS4k, simply because it's a static
environment...but have had none with the Leafscan 45.

Regards,

Austin

>
> How does one do this? Seal the room and install an air filtration system?
> Wear a smock, hairnet and gloves? I store slides in boxes with no gaps
> between the slides, yet I still find dust on them. I clean them
> with proper
> fluid and pads until I can't see anything under a magnifier, pop
> them in the
> scanner (LS-2000), and find there's still crap all over them if I turn off
> ICE.
>
> --
>
> Ciao,               Paul D. DeRocco
> Paul                mailto:pderocco@ix.netcom.com
>
> > From: Austin Franklin
> >
> > Well, I'd say if you want the best results from any scanner, simply keep
> > your work environment, film storage, scanner etc. free of dust.
>  For many
> > years before "Digital ICE" people made dust free images in both
> > the darkroom
> > and with scanners.
> >
> > IMO, "Digital ICE" is no substitute for sloppy work habits and a
> > sloppy work environment and bad film storage.
>
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