and in some cases the <in fluid> drum mounting procedure actually removes film blemishes, it certainly <smooths> the surface imperfections.
Dear Neil
Yes indeed, the Mylar overlay can be pulled up really tight to bring the damaged film into close contact with the drum, and the fluid usually does the rest. Also before the move to drum scanning pixel cloning was left to the photographer sending us film for scanning. This was simply because unless the film was virgin fresh, then it was too time consuming. (no comments lads!) Now all scans go out perfect unless its dirty processing, and or dust on film before exposure.
I still prefer a drum, although the Imacon can come VERY close when used right.
Get a good Imacon and drive it to the limit and you can get good scans, but IMHO there are just too many advantages to using a drum. I won't list them here but anyone interested can see what I consider they are in the labs section of the Prodig web site.
Cheers
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