Re: Kodak HIE & 4x5 Film Holders

[peteray@xxxxxxxxxx (Peter Ray)]

Scott wrote,

>The cotton gloves, for me, are the source of too many dust / lint marks.
>
>Surgical gloves may be a good choice, although I have not tried it.  They
>may, on the other hand, be too "tacky" and cause abrasions to the film??
>
>I've practiced my loading to a point where I don't fingermark the sheets -
>that is, I handle only by the edges and slot the film into a film holder
>that is laying on my bench.


I use latex gloves, if thats whats meant by surgical gloves, and they've
worked fine. A complicating factor for doing it by hand is the thin base
that makes it so wambly-jambly.

Peter



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