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RE: filmscanners: Nikon Super coolscan 4000 Problems



I think Martin *needs* ICE .  I hope he can get it working the way he wants.

Jawed

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-filmscanners@halftone.co.uk
> [mailto:owner-filmscanners@halftone.co.uk]On Behalf Of Hemingway, David
> J
> Sent: 31 August 2001 19:15
> To: 'filmscanners@halftone.co.uk'
> Subject: RE: filmscanners: Nikon Super coolscan 4000 Problems
>
>
> Martin,
> There is a "roller" manufactured by a UK company called TekNek.
> They have a
> Chicago office in the US. These rollers are mainly used by
> companies coating
> or processing wide web sheets. Polaroid uses them in some of their coating
> operations.
> They also have a small hand held version that is used by
> photographers, and
> in the PCB industry. They cost about $100 and come with "sticky" paper to
> remove the dust from the roller . They last nearly forever. I have one and
> really like it.
> One dealer is:
> http://www.gwjco.com/cleanroll.htm
>
> Wish you had bought a better scanner that would give that good OD in a
> single pass. But glad to help anyway. Say you could probably buy 2 better
> scanners after rebate!!! :)
> Regards
> David
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Barbara & Martin Greene [mailto:martbarb@earthlink.net]
> > Sent: Friday, August 31, 2001 1:24 PM
> > To: filmscanners@halftone.co.uk
> > Subject: filmscanners: Nikon Super coolscan 4000 Problems
> >
> >
> > Have my new scanner less than a week and have a couple of
> > serious problems
> > that I'd like help with.  Up until now, I've scanned all of
> > my slides using
> > Photo Cds and had anticipated a vast improvement in quality.
> > I keep my
> > slides as clean as possible.  When I scan using Digital Ice,
> > I get clean
> > scans, but I feel they are on the soft side, particularly
> > when compared to
> > the amount of detail present when Digital Ice is turned off.  But, the
> > dilemma is, that when Digital  Ice is off, the amount of junk
> > covering every
> > part of the scan is horrendous.  I  checked with Nikon tech
> > support,  and
> > the recommendation was to clean it out with canned air.  I
> > did this and the
> > result was some reduction in junk, but still lots left over.  They
> > recommended I return it for cleaning.  Strange, that there
> > should have been
> > so much dirt in it. I bought it from Ritz camera, and, so far
> > as I could
> > tell, it was freshly  boxed.  I can still return it to them.
> >
> > But I am distressed that Digital Ice so softens the scan,
> > forcing me to do
> > without it and have to deal with dust through Photoshop,
> > however little
> > there may if I get a new machine.  Also, I've found that
> > getting a sharp
> > scan, even when I auto-focus on the sharpest part of an
> > image, does not
> > occur with consistency.  Without making a few scans of an
> > image, it can be
> > difficult to know when you get the best results.  I'm
> > wondering whether or
> > not I got a lemon?  Feeling that maybe I'd do better with the
> > new Canonscan
> > 4000, whose sharpness has been praised and the Fast software
> > is supposed to
> > have little or no softening effect.  Also, at this point, the main
> > difference I see between the Photo CD and the Nikon scan is
> > that the Photo
> > CD color is way off, requiring lots of correction in Photoshop and the
> > Nikon scan is color-perfect.  I'd appreciate assistance from
> > those who are
> > using the above scanners.
> >
> > Martin
> >
>




 




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