[filmscanners] Re: Nikon LS-30 -- strange behavoir

["Peter Marquis-Kyle" <filmscanners@marquis-kyle.com.au>]

Tony Sleep wrote:
> Throw it back at the service technician, it clearly hasn't been
> tested or
> repaired as properly as they stated. Unless there's a transit screw
> done up
> somewhere still :)

It's going back to the shop as soon as I can arrange it. No, it's not a transit
screw...

> I'd hazard a guess that something has not been done up properly or a
> cable
> dressed incorrectly, which is causing uneven movement of the film
> stage.
> However, do try it with Vuescan if you aren't using that already, as
> it
> uses different SCSI commands to NS to eliminate the fringing
> problems often
> seen in the LS30 due to mechanical resonance. I doubt it will fix the
> problem, but a change to the waviness will tend to confirm a
> mechanical
> glitch rather than driver or electronics.

I have tried with two different computers, with NikonScan and Vuescan, with the
three different film holding options I have. Your suggestion of a mechanical
glitch is very plausible.

Thanks for thinking about it, Tony. And thanks (again) for keeping this list
going -- the dwindling crew of old fogies still doing this stuff relies on the
advice to be found here.

Peter Marquis-Kyle

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