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Usually removing fungus from a slide leaves clear spots - the fungus has -- > I have 6-7 rolls of slide film (Kodak, Kodachrome 64) that I shot back > Besides recreating the trip, any other suggestions on dealing with this
eaten the original emulsion. The best thing to do is either scan with ICE or
remove the spots in Photoshop after scanning. Usually it takes a combination
of the two if the fungus is very bad.
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> in 1984. They slides were stored in the carousel's I use with the
> projector. (My bad.) Recently I dug up the slides and decided to scan
> them into my computer for archive and enhancement. Much to my surprise,
> what looked fine when projected on a wall or screen, actually had a fine
> blue & green grit covering the entire slide which was picked up by my
> scanner. (HP_Scanjet 5370C with transparency adapter.) I called Kodak
> customer support and they have told me that Kodachrome from that period
> in time was highly susceptible to growing a fungus, which is what I am
> seeing in my scanned images. The suggestion was to use a strong
> Isopropyl solution and a cotton ball to clean. Haven't found anything
> stronger than rubbing alcohol which is about a 4% solution. I've tried
> using PEC-12, a film cleaning solution and haven't seen much of an
> improvement.
> problem?