[Leica] Scanning woes

[h_arche at yahoo.com (H. Ball Arche)]

Dave_
After the final wash in tap water, what I do, is give the a 5 min. bath in 
distilled before the photo-flo steps. I get very few spots, and dealing with 
them with clone stamp or healing brush is a snap.


--- On Thu, 9/18/08, David Rodgers <drodgers@casefarms.com> wrote:

> From: David Rodgers <drodgers@casefarms.com>
> Subject: RE: [Leica] Scanning woes
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
> Date: Thursday, September 18, 2008, 9:54 AM
> Tina,
> 
> Haven't tried nose grease. Maybe I should :-). Kodak
> film cleaner helps.
> I still have a small amount. I don't think you can get
> it any more. I
> wear gloves when I use it.  It helps with the dust, but not
> with defects
> in the neg caused by things like film that's been
> (high) temperatures
> affected and bad water. I think water is my biggest issue.
> I switched to
> using distilled water for everything, except the final
> wash, and that
> seems to have helped a lot. 
> 
> When I lived in Portland I don't remember having issues
> with tap water.
> That's not the case where I live now. Also, my tap
> water this time of
> year is always 70 deg F plus. So I have to adjust dev
> times. For years
> my tap water was cool enough that I had no problem keeping
> everything at
> 68 deg F. While that doesn't sound like a big deal, it
> is. I'm finally
> getting used to it. 
> 
> Film is certainly not as clean as a digital capture image.
> I can
> understand why people have given up on BW film. I can't
> seem to let it
> go. It's like the weathered face of a cowboy who's
> been on the range
> most of his days, vs the silky smooth cheeks of a beauty
> queen. It has
> its own character. 
> 
> DaveR 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tina Manley [mailto:images@comporium.net] 
> Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 5:35 PM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Scanning woes
> 
> At 12:45 PM 9/17/2008, you wrote:
> >  On the plus side, it's really
> >make me take more care with all aspects of the film
> process.
> >
> >DaveR
> 
> I wish I could go back in time and take them again. ;-)  I
> would use 
> refrigerated film, filtered water to mix developer,
> PhotoFlo and a 
> film dryer!  I would also take more care with focusing the
> camera 
> :-(  I have learned a little over the years but I'm
> working with what 
> I've got here.  I can get a lot more out of these poor
> old negatives 
> by scanning with Silverfast and  developing in Lightroom
> than I would 
> ever be able to get in the darkroom.  Does nose grease work
> with 
> scanned film?  I'll have to try that!
> 
> Tina
> 
> 
> Tina Manley
> www.tinamanley.com 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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