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Bubbling over

Thank you John, I had an old bottle of Pec-12 and just got a new bottle of it. I'll try that and get back to this thread.

I am using PrintFile Archival Preserver sleeves. Maybe they're not archival. Thanks.

Other people have complained about that printer. What is up with the Epson P800 printer???

That is a nice photo! You have both a wind machine and fog machine? Wow! Foggy wind or windy fog? Nothing new from me this week, so one from June; summer clouds over Lake Michigan. 80D with 24-105.

With the Blues Brothers on stage!

Speaking of Spain....traveling there was among my favorites.

Canon G5X.2 Lucky dog!

Also se vende!

posted before

I love night vistas! Aren't you on the wrong coast?

still dying life

My Canon SL1 and 270 EX ll were nearby, so I checked. In aperture mode, it sets the ISO to 400 if Auto ISO is set, but the shutter speed depends on ambient lighting. Maybe there's a custom function that controls that.

Nice flower/bee photos. I hope the chemo works for you.

Thank you. I did use an off-camera flash to the left of the spider and took many shots. A bunch of those showed reflection in the window of the cord connecting the flash to the camera hot shoe, so good thing I took a bunch so I could choose and pick. I wonder what people thought if they saw that idiot in the window with the flash going off repeatedly?:confused:

Whatever this stuff is, it's only appearing on the image part of the emulsion and seems to work its way in from the borders. I have an old, opened bottle of Kodak film cleaner which didn't seem to help at all, but maybe I wasn't using it right. It's pretty darn old, though. Now I decide if I want to clean all my old negatives!

There's nothing wrong with a spider through a window!

I sent these photos to the university archivist who forwarded them to a photo archivist who recommended sending or taking them to a private conservator! Well, I know these aren't worth millions, so I did what she suggested optionally, which was to try PEC-12 which was recommended by the photo archivist. That does a great job getting that stuff off. I'm not sure if it does anything to the emulsion, but I'll rescan a few to see how they look. There doesn't appear to be anything in the plastic photo sleeves, but I'd imagine I should put these in new sleeves.

Many of my old negatives are getting this effect on the edges of the film on the emulsion side. If I rub it, it smudges. I was going to donate some negatives to the university I used to work for. They probably don't want them if they're covered in mold, unless they have some sort of cleaning procedure. It's a real small operation, though. Two people, I think. The second photo is the full image.

Along the mighty Mississip.