Digital BW, The Print

Regarding item #2 below: a friend has been using Kami fluid for some time on 
a PowerLook 3000 and I noticed a very marked hazing of the glass in the area 
where he normally mounted his film when it was dry. I don't know why he 
didn't clean it and don't remember if he ever did give a reason as this was 
several years ago. The haziness didn't affect the ability to make wet scans, 
but was quite visible when dry.

As to evaporating very rapidly: I tried to use the system and found the 
rapid evaporation caused serious, expanding bubbles to form under the film 
or under the transparent cover sheet in an air conditioned house with 
temperatures in the 70s, but with dry conditions. I was so annoyed at the 
extreme fussiness that I never did get a single acceptable wet mount scan, 
but my friend did manage to do so. It's possible that he used a *lot* more 
of the expensive Kami fluid then I was trying to use, but I'm not sure; I 
thought that *I* was flooding the mounting area with it.

If a less sensitive and easily cleanable fluid was available I would 
consider using wet mounting because it did make for cleaner scans, but at 
the time I tried the method, it was easier for me to clean up my lightly 
dusty scans than it was to get the wet mount to work.

Frank

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 Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 23:58:34 -0000
   From: "Djon" <westsidemaurice@...>
Subject: Re: Wet Mounting - What is it?



1) You'll find evidence in favor of wet mounting with Nikon 8000 on
the Kami website.

2) The fluids evaporate very rapidly and cleanly.