[pure-silver] Re: fluff

If you're talking about B&W film, the loading
procedure is typically where you get rid of dust.  For
whatever reason, B&W film attracts dust much more that
E-6 or color neg so right before you begin to load,
blow out all the holders w/compressed air.  Then once
you have a sheet in the holder, you blow off the film
before you close the dark slide.  This prevents 99.9%
of any dust showing up in my experience.  I also store
all my holders in bags for transport or just long term
storage.
eric
--- Shannon Stoney <sstoney@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> Is there any way to fix the effects of a little
> piece of fluff 
> landing on the negative during exposure, after the
> fact? On the print 
> it shows up as a sort of C-shaped thin black mark,
> about the size of 
> the C in this email, or maybe a tiny bit larger, on
> a print 11x14. 
> On the 4x5 negative, obviously, it's much smaller. I
> dare not try to 
> fix the negative with spotone, as I've messed up
> negatives badly this 
> way. Can I bleach away the C on the print?
> 
> Also, I vacuum and dust the holders out carefully,
> but this still 
> happens.  Yesterday I dusted my camera out
> thoroughly, and I"m going 
> to vacuum it too with a little portable vacuum. How
> often does one 
> have to do this to avoid this sort of thing?!?
> 
> --shannon
> 
> (thinking more and more about digital printing every
> day)
>
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