What has worked well for me, to remove dust from the slide - I simply use a bulb blower on the slide before it is scanned, I hold the slide horizontally and blow on the bottom and the flip the slide over and do the other side. I do a bunch at a time and then store the slides in plastic slide boxes that are also blown clean with the bulb blower. Most of the time this gets rid of all the dust specs. My scans are still inspected @ 100% to check for spots, but this has almost eliminated the need for using the rubber stamp tool. My slides are scanned by a comercial outfit. It sounds like your problem may also be with the scanner. Ken Waller
----- Original Message ----- From: Frits J. W�thrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2001 6:46 PM Subject: RE: More on cleaning slides/negatives Christian Skofteland asked: > Ok, I know we've covered this in the past but I'm going to ask again (and > pay attention to the answers this time!): > > How the #$!%&*(^*%$ do you get all the dust off your slides or negatives > before you scan them? > > I've been trying to catch up on scanning slides with my new/used HP > PhotoSmart scanner. I've been using compressed air and anti-static wipes > on both the slides and the scanner itself but I'm still > frustrated with all > the crap that shows up on the final scan. > > Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. > > Christian Skofteland > [EMAIL PROTECTED] - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
