Well, Murphy's Law being what it is, I got some superb 4X5 black and white negat ives using Ilford Delta 100 Pro and sure enough, there are those pesky white dus t marks on the negative. Yes, I did all the pre-cleaning and so forth but it wa s dusty and windy where I was shooting, so in spite of my best efforts, I got du st marks on the negs.
Maybe this is a dumb question, but what are some preferred ways of eliminating t hese marks? If I print with the marks then of course they will print as black j agged lines. Better to carefully retouch the neg under magnification or come up with a "white-out" solution for the print? Any recommendations, or is this too broad a subject here? Any recommended products?
I always hated spotting and retouching so I got dust pretty much under control i n medium format and 35mm. I had forgotten what an issue it is in 4X5.
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