Howcome so many folks here have/had all these troubles with dust and
scratches on negatives? I have only had much of a problem when I did
something stupid, which was often enough but aviodable with a little
effort on my part. Wear those disposable white cotton gloves, blow off
the negative before putting it in the enlarger and after removing it,
then put it back into the negative sleeve, and never never leave an
unprotected negative laying around (this was always my biggest problem).
If I had to guess, it would be that people skip that step of blowing off
the negative before putting it back into the sleeve thereby insuring
that dust gets into the sleeve, and everytime the negative is inserted
or removed it get more scratched.
graywolf
http://www.graywolfphoto.com
"Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof"
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Bruce Dayton wrote:
Of course, film has a huge problem with dust after the negative has
been developed. Then every time you do something with it, you get
lots of dust and scratches. I have spent significantly less time
dealing with dust with digital than I did with film.
