Dust and Spotting
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Description: Article on removing and avoiding dust and spots on prints.
Large Format Photography:dust and spotting wrote: >I don't have a darkroom, so I'm forced to load and unload 4x5 holders in >black bags. I have two: standard black cloth, dome-type. > >I vacuum the holders, blow them out. I periodically vacuum the bags. >After loading film, I blow off the negatives with canned air. Still, dust >gets in. I haven't tried vacuuming the film once it's in the holder, but >I suspect that might stir up dust. > >Any tips that might help? I"ve done all of the above. I've even built a mini-clean room (small vinyl covered framework with air cleaner maintaining a positive air pressure with clean air) for loading film. Still the clear spots on film from dust on it. I gave up completely a few years ago. For years now, if the film doesn't come in a Readyload or a Quickload then I don't use it. Period. Once in a long, long time there'll be a dust mark on a Ready/Quickload film, but they're damn rare. >And...print spotting. Suggestions. I presume that a matte or semi-matte >surface is the best to work on Not really. If you're using fiber base, the standard glossy will be just fine. > (RC, I gather, is pretty difficult if not > impossible. Should the spotting solutions be *slightly* wet, or wet? The usual technique is to get the dye on the brush, wipe the brush on scrap paper until it's quite dry and then apply the dye with a "stippling" motion. Rather than paint it on you make a bunch of small dots. After a while, with practice, you'll probably find yourself both using a wetter brush and at times using a painting motion, but the dry brush and stippling are easiest at first. I prefer to make up a series of dilutions. Something like put down two drops of dye, move one drop an inch away (I just use a saucer and put the drops in a ring around the edge), dilute it with a drop or two of water, move a drop of *that* an inch away and dilute
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| Date | Created On:05-Jun-2002 18:50:18 UTC Last Updated On:13-Jul-2009 20:46:39 UTC Expiration Date:05-Jun-2014 18:50:18 UTC |