up: Film Holders

Sandwich-style holders, especially those involving glass or plastic to flatten the film, make dust control more challenging. Dust trapped between the negative and the glass will appear prominently in the scan and can be time-consuming to remove in post-processing.

To manage dust effectively:

• Use anti-static gloves
• Clean all surfaces with a powerful blower and soft antistatic brushes
• Keep your scanning area as dust-free as possible

Prevention during scanning will save you hours of retouching later.

Here are recommended products:

Keyboard air blower:
Not made for film scanning but I found it very useful and more powerful than a rocket blower

Rocket blower

Nitrile Gloves

Antistatic coton gloves

Antistatic brushes
you can use Vinyl LP brushes for this

Kinetronics stuff

Air compressor

Store negative well in sleeves