In article <MPG.200eeab9b96bd59989c69@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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newsPM@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
says...
> We've been presented with a roll of film for scanning - about 45
> years old, Plus-X film that's uncut and tightly wound from being
> stored in a canister for all that time. We're having a hell of a
> time getting it straightened to the point where we can run it
> through our Sony UY-S90 film scanner. We've tried wa****ng it,
> hanging it with alligator clips to weigh it down, and it was
> wound backwards on a Peterson reel for a week, but still no good.
Have you tried wa****ng it then drying it while wound backwards on a
reel? I've done that with old tightly-wound film and it worked much
better than back-winding it dry. I use compressed air to blow all the
drops out of the reel, to avoid water spots.
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josh@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
is Joshua Putnam
<http://www.phred.org/~josh/>
Braze your own bicycle frames. See
<http://www.phred.org/~josh/build/build.html>


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