Sorry, I haven't checked eBay, or Craig's List either. I feel that adding
the ZeroStat has given me the best overall results, and, more importantly, it
has been the surest, and quickest of anything I have tried, including what I
have seen so far mentioned in this thread. The directions, which may no longer
be easily available, do suggest a slow, even pull of the trigger - so that it
does not make clicking noises. Those noises mean one is squeezing too fast, but
no harm ensues, one just repeats the squeeze more slowly.
Yes, I think it gives the best "bang-for-the-buck", even at $99. Mine has
been in use since the 1970's. As I recall, it listed at $19.99, but I would
agree that "forever" was an example of a heart-felt, overstatement. :)
As Ever, Orin
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From: "Tina Manley" <images@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, June 25, 2012 1:24:20 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
Subject: Re: [OM] Film scanning
Unfortunately, ZeroStat is out of business (according to one of the
reviews) and the only place to buy the gun is Amazon. It's $99. Do you
think it's worth $99? Will it really work forever?
http://www.amazon.com/Zerostat-Anti-static-Gun/dp/tech-data/B0033SHDSS/ref=de_a_smtd
Thanks,
Tina
On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 1:53 PM, <orink@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> I've had good luck using a "works forever" tool from my serious vinyl
> record cleaning days. It's called a ZeroStat model 3. It has a gun-like
> shape. One pulls the "trigger" very slowly while aiming the device at a
> slide or piece of film, etc., and peizo-electric charges are generated.
> One waves it over the film while pulling the trigger and any charges on
> the dust present are netralized and come off more easily with one of those
> "film brushes" with the radioactive strip built in to the frame of the
> brush that used to be available from the photographic stores.
> As Ever, Orin
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> From: "Ken Norton" <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, June 25, 2012 9:34:48 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
> Subject: Re: [OM] Film scanning
>
> Just a cautionary note about using swiffer for cleaning film. Swiffers
> can scratch the film. Unfortunately, these scratches are not visible
> to the human eye and may not even cut through the emulsion itself. But
> depending on whether it's a piece of embedded dirt or the cut ends of
> the swiffer threads itself, it cuts a very thin angle cut into the
> base. This creates a prism angle. When your scanner is a point-source
> light, like the Nikon, the light gets deflected away from the sensor
> and you'll get a line.
>
> About the only "safe" thing to use on film is a bulb/hair brush.
> Squeezing the bulb doesn't actually blow dust off of the negative,
> what it does is create a brief static charge in the brush itself so
> when you dust off the film, the cooties stick to the brush.
>
> You can also "charge" a brush with a blast of compressed air. If you
> blast the film with the compressed air, you end up statically charging
> the film AND you risk warping the film. Blasting the brush will blow
> off any previous cooties and will charge the hair.
>
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