Digital BW, The Print

Two suggestions:
1.  (The least helpful, perhaps).  I use a Nikon scanner and find it useful
for dust, but not particularly for scratches.
2.  Just as I did in the darkroom, I wipe nose oil on the back (NOT the
emulsion side) of the negative to remove scratches.  Works like a charm.
Bill






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I tried to find a group that is focused on film scanning, but
couldn't find one; hope this isn't too far off topic for this group.

Over the past two year, I have been scanning 35mm negative film (both
color and B&W) using a Canon 2710 film scanner. I notice that I spend
a tremendous amount of time retouching film scratches on over half of
the images that I have scanned. These are very fine scratches on the
film base, that would typically not be visible in an enlargement made
in an enlarger, but which are very visible when scanned and enlarged
in Photoshop.

My question is: is there something inherent in film scanners that
magnifies film scratches? I have seen the dust and scratch removal
software (e.g. Nikon's Ice software) touted in scanner
advertisements, but assumed these would be necessary only for old,
mis-handled, damaged film. Is this scratch magnification an attribute
of film scanning that we just don't talk about in public, or is it
just me?

Comments?

Thanks, Ben Tyndall.



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