Digital BW, The Print

Martin writes,

> Alan,
>
> George DeWolfe wrote a nice article with examples on using wet mounting
with
> a 1640. It was in View Camera or Camera Arts about 18 months ago. It
really
> does improve things. I would recommend you try something like Kami fluid
or
> Prazio Anti-Newton oil which are very volatile and easy to clean up. Need
to
> seal the edges of the glass plate on your scanner really well with
mounting
> tape to keep the oil out of the works. I think you would see a big
> improvement.

Thank you! For the life of me I couldn't remember George's name when I typed
my previous message. Yes, I am aware of his article and have it. I believe
he uses mineral oil which I just couldn't bring myself to spread all over my
LF negs so I never proceeded any further with this idea. Seems like mineral
oil would be quite a mess to cleanup.

It finally occurred to me one day--I'm a little slower than I should be with
these things! ;>)--that Kami fluid is used throughout the industry for drum
scanning, etc., so maybe that would work better. Based on a recent message
from one of our list members I visited www.aztek.com yesterday and it
appears that they have a "kit" consisting of Kami fluid, neg cleaning
solution, etc., specifically for use on a flatbed scanner no less! I plan to
contact Aztek this week. Didn't know about the Prazio oil...thanks. I will
seal the edges of the glass before putting any fluid on it, but thanks for
reminding me.

Alan Huntley