Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/02/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thank you Don, I develop my negatives in distilled water and I rinse them with Tetenal Mirasol (similar to Photo Flo), I can say that generally I obtain a satisfactory cleaning of my negatives, the problem I?ve encountered has been when I?ve enlarged a negative, on the print it appeared asomething very small like a small hair, I?ve cleaned the negative with an anti-static cloth and I?ve removed the dust, I did a new enlargement and the dust has appeared in an other location of the enlargement. On this case what I want is simply do a retouching of the enlargement. I?ve received many answers and comments recommending me Spotone and I will try it. Thank you! Lluis > El 18 febr 2019, a les 4:14, Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> va > escriure: > > Back in the day: start with distilled water filtered for all your mixing of > chemicals and rinsing negatives in photoflo. Use a clean soft pad to > remove excess wetting agent or what I used at the end, denatured alcohol > leaving the film on the reels.. Then I had a custom built film dryer that > basically used a hairdryer sucking in air through a hepa filter and into a > metal tube that held the reels of film. So, most of the time the film was > clean and straight into sleeves. > > When enlarging blow the negatives off with an air compressor through a hepa > filter. If you still have dust spots then, sigh, there is nothing but spot > tone inks and a really fine brush. Become the artist and mix the colors > until you get the tone right, much easier typed than done. I will say that > once you have standardized on a paper and developer you learn the mix and > it becomes a lot easier. Wearing one of those binocular magnifiers you see > jewelers and watch repair techs use carefully put really tiny dots of ink > down in the dust spot building the density up with more dots. Let it dry > between as the density changes as it dries. This is a true art/craft and > it gets much easier the more you do it. I have to say that I was doing a > lot of this for myself and others who gave up learning. > > But, with a smile, spotting is so much easier using Adobe's tools. > > All the best, and just like using an M, there is a learning curve in seeing > color in the B&W and a steady hand with the brush along with a whole lot of > patience. > > On Sun, Feb 17, 2019 at 7:22 PM Lluis Ripoll via LUG <lug at > leica-users.org> > wrote: > >> Steve, mon ami >> >> I will share the answer with you if I find it?.. >> >> Amiti?s >> Lluis >> >> >>> El 18 febr 2019, a les 1:19, Stephen Barbour via LUG < >> lug at leica-users.org> va escriure: >>> >>> Well put, agree with all including your ending question. >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone, Steve >>> >>>> On Feb 17, 2019, at 4:12 PM, Lluis Ripoll via LUG <lug at >>>> leica-users.org> >> wrote: >>>> >>>> I?ve encountered sometimes when I enlarge a small dust like small hairs >> that ruin the enlargement. I clean it, I look to the negative with a >> magnifier 8X but sometimes I?ve removed the dust from one point to another >> point. >>>> >>>> To clean the nregative I?m using PEC PAD with the special tissues >> provided but sometimes a supplementary action on the enlargement would be >> necessary. I think it is very difficult do a good retouching and make a >> similar tone to the one of the print. >>>> >>>> Some experiences about cleaning better the negatives or applying >> retouching? >>>> >>>> Thank you! >>>> Lluis >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > -- > Don > don.dory at gmail.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information