Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/06/30

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Subject: [Leica] How not to scan TX400
From: pjleeson at mchsi.com (Philip Leeson)
Date: Fri Jun 30 17:40:10 2006
References: <20060630215823.0A934BCFE@vegas.jjd.com> <B6FADED0-B353-4415-B709-BF0076E5F8E2@steveunsworth.co.uk>

I'd try cleaning the mirror first, really quite simple:

http://www.pearsonimaging.com/articles/howto/ls5000cleaning.html

Phil


On Jun 30, 2006, at 5:25 PM, Steve Unsworth wrote:

> I had something similar on my LS30 a couple of years ago. In my  
> case it was caused by dust on the angled internal mirror.
>
> Steve
>
> On 30 Jun 2006, at 22:58, James J Dempsey wrote:
>
>> Hello Leica Users,
>>
>> I've been away from my Leica for a while, but I'm back now.
>>
>> I started shooting some TX400 and scanned it using a Nikon  
>> LS-4000.  Clearly
>> I don't know what I'm doing as I'm seeing some screwy results.  To  
>> wit, take
>> a look at this scan:
>>
>>     http://serenity.jjd.com/Images/img_m6_r02_04-full.jpg
>>
>> Why am I seeing all this bleeding around the tops of the trees and  
>> the ice
>> house and the inter-frame gap?   The negative doesn't look like  
>> this.  I'm
>> using the strip-film adapter, have it set to monochrome negative.
>>
>> Suggestions?  How about a general technique for using NikonScan 4  
>> (on a Mac)
>> for scanning b+w negatives?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>>                        --Jim Dempsey--
>>
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In reply to: Message from jjd at jjd.com (James J Dempsey) ([Leica] How not to scan TX400)
Message from lug at steveunsworth.co.uk (Steve Unsworth) ([Leica] How not to scan TX400)