Re: cleaning stereo views

[P3D ray dobbins <74670.1070@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

this is my first attempt at responding to anything on this list . hope I'm
sending it to the right address.
  
	Just wanted to mention in regard to cleaning and restoring stereo views
that  wiping the view very briefly with a cloth dampened with distilled water
and then follwing up quickly with a very gentle buff with a dry cloth really can
remove a suprising amount of  accumulated dirt. 
	Sometimes I  use a drop of photo-flow drying agent with the distilled
water .  I figure it must be pretty neutral chemically since I have never had
any trouble with it harming negatives over the years.
	the only attempts at *restoration* of faded views I have tried is
copying them on a Cannon Laser copier at places like Kinko's...adjusting for
contrast, hue and darkness .  sometimes really like the results.
have also had pairs in which a corner of one phot o is torn or damaged and have
patched the area with a piece of photo copy from the other view ...seems to work
...doesn't confuse the eye if the patch is small.
	I'm very curious to hear more about digital restoration .


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