Andrew O'Neill
16-Jul-2007, 13:09
I exposed four sheets of Efke 8x10 infrared film and there appears to be black fuzzy markings on them. I think it is from when I removed and replaced the dark slide. I'm sure it happened when I was out shooting and not when I was loading the film as my darkroom has relatively high humidity.
I exposed a fifth sheet but this time I pulled out and replaced the slide extremely slowling. These strange markings were there again but not nearly as many.
What other steps can I take to eliminate static marks? A friend suggested clipping an aligator clip to the slide with a wire...I guess the wire would have to touch the ground?? Would this really help? Are there any anti-static clothes out there to wipe the slides with?
Here is a bad scan...
I exposed a fifth sheet but this time I pulled out and replaced the slide extremely slowling. These strange markings were there again but not nearly as many.
What other steps can I take to eliminate static marks? A friend suggested clipping an aligator clip to the slide with a wire...I guess the wire would have to touch the ground?? Would this really help? Are there any anti-static clothes out there to wipe the slides with?
Here is a bad scan...