PEC-12 solution with PEC pads works very well. You will also want a scanner that supports ICE - they do an amazing job correcting for dust and scratches.
Guy
Posted by Marc Adamus on March 23, 2006 at 3:41 PM
Nothing prevents dust spots in scanning. There are methods such as Guy suggested that help, but the best is to invest in a digital ICE scanner.
Canned air does a good job of removing dust from new slides. Give it a good blast immediately before scanning.
I used to use a Kodak film cleaner for dirty slides, but I can't remember the name of it. (I don't scan slides anymore)
Posted by Jack Graham on March 23, 2006 at 7:55 PM
I have been told that canned air actually puts a charge on the slide & attracts dust? Is that true? You also have to be careful of getting some of the discharge from the compressed air on the slide. Very, very careful!
JG
Remember the day of the LP? Static was a big problem on records, attracting lots of dust. I still have my old Empire Static Eliminator, only now I use it on slides instead of records.
There are also anti static brushes out there as well. Take a look at Light Impressions, I believed they have all sorts of stuff for cleaning film.
"I have been told that canned air actually puts a charge on the slide & attracts dust? Is that true? You also have to be careful of getting some of the discharge from the compressed air on the slide. Very, very careful!"
JG
Jack-
I scanned hundreds of slides. I hadn't heard any thing about canned air causing a static problem and I never experienced it. If I forgot to hit one with a blast of air, it would likely have a dust speck or two. A quick shot removed the dust for a rescan. Blowing the dust off just before putting the slide in the scanner was my standard procedure. It produced speck-free scans with no apparent ill effects.
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6 repliesIs there anything new on the market that you can recommend that effectively removes dust prior to scanning?
Thanks
Jack
Guy
I used to use a Kodak film cleaner for dirty slides, but I can't remember the name of it. (I don't scan slides anymore)
JG
There are also anti static brushes out there as well. Take a look at Light Impressions, I believed they have all sorts of stuff for cleaning film.
"I have been told that canned air actually puts a charge on the slide & attracts dust? Is that true? You also have to be careful of getting some of the discharge from the compressed air on the slide. Very, very careful!"
JG
Jack-
I scanned hundreds of slides. I hadn't heard any thing about canned air causing a static problem and I never experienced it. If I forgot to hit one with a blast of air, it would likely have a dust speck or two. A quick shot removed the dust for a rescan. Blowing the dust off just before putting the slide in the scanner was my standard procedure. It produced speck-free scans with no apparent ill effects.