since you are scanning them anyway, the only safe way to do it is to correct them digitally. any treatment of the originals themselves have a chance of damaging them. if you are going to treat the originals, be sure to take copy slides of them first.
Herb.... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carlos Royo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2003 15:20 Subject: Slides with humidity stains > Hello all: > I am carrying out a project which involves scanning more than 50 MF > slides, 6x7 and 6x6. That was the main reason to purchase a Epson 2450 > scanner. Unfortunately, a few of the 6x6 slides were kept for years in a > wet environment, and have developed orangish stains. Then, my question > for the film specialists in the list is if there is a safe and hopefully > more or less easy way to remove such stains. Besides such stains, those > slides also have minor irregularities, also caused by humidity, but > those seem easier to correct in the after scanning process. > Thank you.
