I, like many of you I'm sure, constantly battle the dust demons. I typically take two shots of everything I shoot in 4x5, not only for dust avoidance, but for general back-up purposes. Well, this has generally worked very well for me, until now. I have a new negative that has a dust/hair spot in a very precarious place. Its back-up was a double exposure. This is a great negative and it needs saving. I do not print digital and I don't have the steadiest hands, so spotting the negative and digital scan/digital print are out.
Ideally I would like to have a high resolution drum scan made, do some photoshop touch up, and then have this file printed as a new 4x5 negative. I would then use this new negative to make a traditional print in sizes up to 20x24.
Has anyone done this before? If so, where did you have your negative printed?
Thanks, -=Will
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