Re: filmscanners: Nikon LS-30 Coolscan III makes scratches onnegatives

[Walter Bushell <proto@panix.com>]

On Mon, 4 Jun 2001, Dave King wrote:

> You appear to have deduced the cause of the scratches that appear
> using the feeder.  The film strip holder is much better in every
> aspect except convenience:))  The feeder also doesn't get the film
> flat enough!  In other words, it's 'one-hour' quality, don't use it
> unless you're just doing quick snaps.
>
> Dave

_____ >For 1 hour quailty why not use the 1 hour lab? :)


> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Walter Nowotny <walter.nowotny@gmx.at>
> To: <filmscanners@halftone.co.uk>
> Sent: Monday, June 04, 2001 2:48 AM
> Subject: filmscanners: Nikon LS-30 Coolscan III makes scratches on
> negatives
>
>
> > Using the Coolscan III for scanning negatives I sometimes notice
> scratches
> > after the scan. Sometimes when I scan negatives with 4 pictures, the
> next to
> > the last one gets scratched in longitudinal direction. I thought
> that these
> > scratches are caused by extremely bent negatives. Unfortunately the
> LS-30 is
> > not long enough, so the negatives are bent and rolled up at the end
> of the
> > scanning unit. The turn round is made by some plastics parts which
> probably
> > cause the scratches when the negatives are bent too much. I was
> satisfied
> > with that explanation and tried to smooth down the negatives before
> > scanning. However, processing the last two films I noticed straight
> > scratches across the whole film strip.
> > Does anyone have the same problems? Or even an explanation and cure?
> > I would really appreciate! I am tired of ruining all my films ;-)
> >
> > Thanks!
> > Regards, Walter Nowotny (Vienna)
> >
>
>