[Leica] One of the advantages of digital

[douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp)]

A big problem! I've recently been scanning slides from the last 30 years or 
so, 
even those stored correctly show traces of fine dust, even worse is what 
seems 
to be a deterioration of the grain structure, as if neighbouring grains are 
merging into irregularly shaped coloured spots.
Is this something to do with air pollution or chemical used for treating the 
wood of cupboards or cabinets, or even the background radiation count over 
the 
years? Any ideas anyone? Could it be a European problem in connection with 
the 
nuclear reactor disaster some years ago?
Douglas

Didier Ludwig wrote:

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>> I have just been scanning some old transparencies for submission to a
>> stock agency, and it is isn't until you scan them and then zoom in
>> closer in Photoshop that you realize just how dirty they get. Mine are
>> all stored in hanging sleeves in a filing cabinet, but even so they take
>> a lot of spotting. What a great advantage on this front digital capture
>> is. Apart from maybe a spot of dust on the sensor (which is always in
>> the same place if there at all) there is no spotting to do :-D which has
>> saved me literally hours of work!
>> Gerry
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> Gerry
> I have scanned some slides my father made in the mid-50ies in Corea and 
> Japan, the colors were fading, the slides dusty - but at least those 
> pictures "survived" 50 years. So let's hope our digital storage medias 
> will live as long, too.
> Didier
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