I find removing dust boring. It's a lot easier with CS5 most of the time but ...
My procedure is this:
Before loading 4x5 film into my cassettes I take a brush and clear away dust from the cassettes.
I load the film in a Harrison tent (the pup) which doesn't seem to be as statically charged as my other portable darkroom bags.
Prior to scanning I use a large giottos rocket air blaster on my negatives and the glass on my V750 scanner.
I also wipe the surface of my scanner with a lens cleaning cloth.
I still get dust ...
I've read books where they recommend using wet wipes on the cassettes but am a bit leery of using wet wipes. I tried one once that actually left deposit of some kind.
For the same reason and for environmental and monetary reasons I don't use canned air anymore.
What are your thought on the dust issue? Any obvious improvements I could make?
Adrian
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