[alt-photo] Re: removing dust off the negatives, physically

[Diana Bloomfield]

Hi Ryuji,

I have one of those brushes that I got many years ago, which I never  
thought worked all that well.  What I now use, which seems to work  
much better-- is one of those anti-static lens cleaning cloths.  I've  
had several really nice ones from eyeglass places-- whenever I pick up  
a new pair of eyeglasses, they give them to me.  They seem to work  
great on negatives, and on the negative carrier itself.  I clean off  
the scanner with it and then clean the negative with it, and then put  
it in the holder.  I also use the "dust removal" on the scanner when I  
scan.   I'm not sure how that works exactly, but it does work.  I  
suspect it puts a slight blur on the image, though I've ever been able  
to discern any difference in an image.

Diana
On Jan 19, 2012, at 4:43 AM, Ryuji Suzuki wrote:

> I guess the most popular way to get the dust off is to use  
> compressed air. But this doesn't work depending on the negative  
> carrier. With Doug Fisher's negative carrier, for example, it can’t  
> be done because the negative will pop out of the carrier.
>
> What are people’s experience with other methods? I guess using brush  
> is the obvious... Do people generally find this to be better? Are  
> there any recommendation on the brush? Would you use watercolor  
> brush or go to B&H and spend money on the dedicated product? (With  
> or without radioactive polonium.) Do you use this technique with  
> zerostat gun?
>
> When it comes to cleaning dSLR’s sensors, I find the best way was to  
> use dry brush. Not as perfect as wet method but a lot faster and a  
> lot lower risk. A lot of things that can’t be removed by compressed  
> air can be removed easily with a brush, so I hope this observation  
> also applies to the negatives.
>
> --
> Ryuji Suzuki
> "Don't play what's there, play what's not there." (Miles Davis)
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