Digital BW, The Print

Peter,

Does sound like a lot of work! The Kami fluid is supposed to clean up 
easily. I will probably go with putting the neg directly on the 
scanner glass like I have with the UltraBase. That probably is about 
1.5 to 2mm lower than the intended position but it seems better to 
have it flat than sagging in the flimsy holder.

Send me your address of list and I will send you some UltraBase to 
try.

Martin Wesley


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., Peter Lindman 
<plindman@q...> wrote:
> Martin,
> 
> I've been trying anti-newton ring oil and other mounting supplies 
from
> Prazio. Got some good, clean scans Saturday from two 4x5 negs but 
it's
> otherwise a very messy business. The 1680 has an alternate focal 
point
> for transparencies of 2.5mm, so I bought a piece of optically clear
> glass (could only get 2mm) to mount the film on. Using the oil and a
> mylar overlay (oil both underneath and on top of the film), the 
scans
> seemed sharper and cleaner. I used a rubber roller and my fingers 
to get
> the air bubbles out—a somewhat tedious business. Nothing definitive
> overall though. By the end of the day I wound up cutting a mask 
from a
> piece of exposed 7-mil graphics art film and was taping the 
negative on
> to that in order to bypass the scanner's included carrier. I'm way 
to
> impatient it seems for the oil thing…and my hands shake from a 
slight
> tremor when mounting, so it was a bit frustrating. But I'll try it 
again.
> 
> Peter
> 
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