Re: filmscanners: Re: filmscanners: Nikon LS-30: High contrasts in slides cause halos!

["P Elkin" <philip.elkin@virgin.net>]

Rob

How much more shadow detail was there in the Polaroid over the LS30. I have
an LS30 and I am still tempted to add the SS4000 while it is still so cheap.
I would probably keep the LS30 for the ICE.

Thanks

Philip
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rob Geraghty" <harper@wordweb.com>
To: <filmscanners@halftone.co.uk>
Sent: Monday, December 10, 2001 5:15 AM
Subject: filmscanners: Re: filmscanners: Nikon LS-30: High contrasts in
slides cause halos!


> Rob wrote:
> > I would check to see if the mirror is clean and that it
> > has not got a build up of dust or as you mention exhaled
> > solvent covering.
>
> Someone mentioned something in the past about a mirror in the Nikon
LS30/2000
> as being extremely delicate and not something the user should touch.  But
> I may be misremembering.
>
> >Ralf Schmode wrote:
> >> I was mistaken. Please take a look at http://schmode.net/halos.jpg and
> >> http://schmode.net/halos2.jpg - what makes this an issue is that the
> >> second image crop was taken with the scanner being almost new, just
> >> three months in use.
>
> I presume the halos aren't on the film and you checked very carefully to
> be sure.  To be honest I wouldn't have seen these halos if the scan had
> been mine, and they wouldn't be a significant enough problem for me to get
> upset about.  The posted images look to be unadjusted output from Vuescan
> - by the time the levels, brightness and contrast were adjusted, I'd be
> surprised if the halos were visible.
>
> I've been quite happy with the LS30 once the jaggies problem was addressed
> by using Vuescan.  From a brief comparison, the output it produces
compares
> surprisingly well with the SS4000 for colour and sharpness, but not shadow
> detail.  That's to be expected.  But then the SS4000 cost twice as much
> as the LS30 at the time.
>
> Rob
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> Rob Geraghty harper@wordweb.com
> http://wordweb.com
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