Chris Aitken wrote: > Hi All, > > Further to my previous messages I have obtained a Scan Dual I on trial. I > have tried it with the Vuescan trial version (and also the Minolta drivers - > so this must be a later model that works on XP).
As an alternative to blasting air at the negative before scanning as mentioned to you already, there's a brush called 'staticmaster" that has a polonium strip near the brush end that puts out alpha particles (can't penetrate a sheet of paper, at best can do only inches of air). It removes static "instantly" from the film at which point the very soft brush works very effectively. Half life of the polonium is very short so it's cartridge needs to be replaced yearly (and buying old ones isn't useful). They've been around for at least a half century or so, and I just got another one a couple days ago for use with my new film scanner. The other thing is the obvious nobody's going to mention. Borrow a different scanner, one that features ICE in the software. Gets rid of dust and scratches amazingly and automatically. :-) Mike K. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body
