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Photograph Resources, Tips, Tutorials / Scanning photos and dust
« on: Sunday 12 May 19 12:37 BST (UK) »
Hi all! I’m hoping some one might be able to give me advice.
My mum gave me a bunch of negatives that she had kept in a plastic bag (I know, I know). They were from the late 80s onwards and when I scanned them I noticed dust specks on the scanned images. I tried to clean the negatives with lots of things I read online which may help: rubbing alcohol, micro fibre cloths, water etc but they just seemed to rub the dust around, not remove it.
I thought when I go in to scan the family photo albums it will be better because they have been kept in an album behind plastic. I cleaned my scanner by dusting it and using a micro fibre cloth and started to scan. And I noticed the same thing still happens. It’s not marks on the image because when I re scan them after trying to clean the dust they particles have moved.
So I’m wondering if anyone has any idea how to clean dust from negatives, photographs and scanners?
Thank you
My mum gave me a bunch of negatives that she had kept in a plastic bag (I know, I know). They were from the late 80s onwards and when I scanned them I noticed dust specks on the scanned images. I tried to clean the negatives with lots of things I read online which may help: rubbing alcohol, micro fibre cloths, water etc but they just seemed to rub the dust around, not remove it.
I thought when I go in to scan the family photo albums it will be better because they have been kept in an album behind plastic. I cleaned my scanner by dusting it and using a micro fibre cloth and started to scan. And I noticed the same thing still happens. It’s not marks on the image because when I re scan them after trying to clean the dust they particles have moved.
So I’m wondering if anyone has any idea how to clean dust from negatives, photographs and scanners?
Thank you