Digital BW, The Print

----- Original Message -----
From: "John Vitollo" <jvlist@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 4:20 PM
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] mounting fluid


> > BTW, the word on the street is that they will leave less of a
residue
> > if you touch the film less  (i.e. the more oil from your
fingers gets
> > mixed with the fluid, the more streaks will be left behind)
So when you
> > remove the wet film, don't touch the fluid and hold it only
by the
> > edge.
> >
> > -mh
>
>
> That was my statement. I found with drum scanning if I pullled
off the film from the drum with my fingers my skin oil would be
wicked onto the film creating streaks. If I just let the film
fall onto a cleaning cloth without touching the film the film
dried streak free. This is with Kami fluid -  it dries in a few
seconds - no fuss, no muss. <

There's something else I have no experience with but should be
possible: if it is very humid the filmemulsion may attract moist
from the air just after the fluid has evaporated. Condensation on
the film's cooled surface. So putting it back in a polyester
sleeve right away may not be a good idea. Do you have any
experience with that ?

Ernst