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November 10th 03, 04:50 PM
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LS 2000/Vue Scan Halo and low contrast???
Hi,
I seem to be having difficulty with a particular slide that is showing a "halo" along a boundary between dark (almost black) and bright gold - the gold is causing a halo (I've looked at the slide with a loupe and I can't see a halo) Also, the contrast seems to be lower than the actual slide (this I've seen on more than one slide) Is this a Nikon problem or a vuescan setting (though I've fiddled quite a bit with the vuescan settings and can't seem to make the halo go away) The best image I got was with ViewScan's default settings. Do film scanners "get old" or dirty? - How would I clean it? Follow this link to see the image. Look at the gold band along the bottom and the halo above it. www.durrenberger.com/qat.jpg (72dpi) Nikon LS-2000 and VueScan 7.6.45 Thanks, Mark -- __________________________________________________ _______ Mark Durrenberger, PMP Principal, Oak Associates, Inc, www.oakinc.com "Advancing the Theory and Practice of Project Management" __________________________________________________ ______ The nicest thing about NOT planning is that failure comes as a complete surprise and is not preceded by a period of worry and depression. - Sir John Harvey-Jones 
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#2
November 10th 03, 05:17 PM
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http://home.comcast.net/~m.durrenberger/qat.jpg
Try this link instead -- __________________________________________________ _______ "Mark Durrenberger" wrote in message ... Hi, I seem to be having difficulty with a particular slide that is showing a "halo" along a boundary between dark (almost black) and bright gold - the gold is causing a halo (I've looked at the slide with a loupe and I can't see a halo) Also, the contrast seems to be lower than the actual slide (this I've seen on more than one slide) Is this a Nikon problem or a vuescan setting (though I've fiddled quite a bit with the vuescan settings and can't seem to make the halo go away) The best image I got was with ViewScan's default settings. Do film scanners "get old" or dirty? - How would I clean it? Follow this link to see the image. Look at the gold band along the bottom and the halo above it. www.durrenberger.com/qat.jpg (72dpi) Nikon LS-2000 and VueScan 7.6.45 Thanks, Mark -- __________________________________________________ _______ Mark Durrenberger, PMP Principal, Oak Associates, Inc, www.oakinc.com "Advancing the Theory and Practice of Project Management" __________________________________________________ ______ The nicest thing about NOT planning is that failure comes as a complete surprise and is not preceded by a period of worry and depression. - Sir John Harvey-Jones
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#3
November 10th 03, 11:35 PM
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Oddly, the halo area (gold) is marked as "IR Clean" by VueScan. Is there
somthing about the color gold that the IR scan can't do? Mark "Mark Durrenberger" wrote in message ... Hi, I seem to be having difficulty with a particular slide that is showing a "halo" along a boundary between dark (almost black) and bright gold - the gold is causing a halo (I've looked at the slide with a loupe and I can't see a halo) Also, the contrast seems to be lower than the actual slide (this I've seen on more than one slide) Is this a Nikon problem or a vuescan setting (though I've fiddled quite a bit with the vuescan settings and can't seem to make the halo go away) The best image I got was with ViewScan's default settings. Do film scanners "get old" or dirty? - How would I clean it? Follow this link to see the image. Look at the gold band along the bottom and the halo above it. www.durrenberger.com/qat.jpg (72dpi) Nikon LS-2000 and VueScan 7.6.45 Thanks, Mark -- __________________________________________________ _______ Mark Durrenberger, PMP Principal, Oak Associates, Inc, www.oakinc.com "Advancing the Theory and Practice of Project Management" __________________________________________________ ______ The nicest thing about NOT planning is that failure comes as a complete surprise and is not preceded by a period of worry and depression. - Sir John Harvey-Jones
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#5
November 12th 03, 12:05 AM
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Mac,
Thanks. Cleaning the mirror worked great. The bad news is that the link you provided, while full of great info, did not warn me on how tight some of the screws were. I had to use a different approach to getting at the main mirror and cleaning it (q-tips and rubbing alcohol). Non-the-less it's clean and the halo is gone. Mark -- __________________________________________________ _______ Mark Durrenberger, PMP Principal, Oak Associates, Inc, www.oakinc.com "Advancing the Theory and Practice of Project Management" __________________________________________________ ______ The nicest thing about NOT planning is that failure comes as a complete surprise and is not preceded by a period of worry and depression. - Sir John Harvey-Jones "Mac McDougald" wrote in message ... In article , says... Hi, I seem to be having difficulty with a particular slide that is showing a "halo" along a boundary between dark (almost black) and bright gold - the gold is causing a halo (I've looked at the slide with a loupe and I can't see a halo) Also, the contrast seems to be lower than the actual slide (this I've seen on more than one slide) Is this a Nikon problem or a vuescan setting (though I've fiddled quite a bit with the vuescan settings and can't seem to make the halo go away) The best image I got was with ViewScan's default settings. Do film scanners "get old" or dirty? - How would I clean it? Follow this link to see the image. Look at the gold band along the bottom and the halo above it. www.durrenberger.com/qat.jpg (72dpi) Nikon LS-2000 and VueScan 7.6.45 Thanks, Mark Yep, dirty mirrors/lens in the 2000 is common cause of halo. There are several sites showing cleaning techniques. Search Google archives on comp.periphs.scanner and you should find them. Oh, here's one I had bookmarked: http://home.cogeco.ca/~camera911/ls2000.html -- Mac McDougald Doogle Digital - www.doogle.com
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#6
November 12th 03, 09:51 AM
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In article ,
says... Mac, Thanks. Cleaning the mirror worked great. The bad news is that the link you provided, while full of great info, did not warn me on how tight some of the screws were. I had to use a different approach to getting at the main mirror and cleaning it (q-tips and rubbing alcohol). Non-the-less it's clean and the halo is gone. Mark Very good, glad you succeeded. I only had that one link handy. I cleaned mine about like you did yours I think. Actually, I had jiggled mirror assembly or something, as first time afterward I scanned, image was WAY out of focus. I went back inside and re-jiggled the mirror assembly and all was well. High tech low tech to be sure. Mac -- Mac McDougald Doogle Digital - www.doogle.com
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#7
November 12th 03, 12:37 PM
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Yes I was going to ask if "Jiggled" was a technical term. :-)
Mark "Mac McDougald" wrote in message ... In article , says... Mac, Thanks. Cleaning the mirror worked great. The bad news is that the link you provided, while full of great info, did not warn me on how tight some of the screws were. I had to use a different approach to getting at the main mirror and cleaning it (q-tips and rubbing alcohol). Non-the-less it's clean and the halo is gone. Mark Very good, glad you succeeded. I only had that one link handy. I cleaned mine about like you did yours I think. Actually, I had jiggled mirror assembly or something, as first time afterward I scanned, image was WAY out of focus. I went back inside and re-jiggled the mirror assembly and all was well. High tech low tech to be sure. Mac -- Mac McDougald Doogle Digital - www.doogle.com
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