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Subject: [Leica] How not to scan TX400
From: walt at waltjohnson.com (Walt Johnson)
Date: Sat Jul 1 13:55:39 2006
References: <000401c69d4f$5bbe4050$d94f0b44@newukolbqveo9i>

I am now very careful to keep my new one covered when not it use....

Jeffery Smith wrote:

>I broke every small screwdriver trying to get the philips head screws out. 
>
>Jeffery Smith
>New Orleans, LA
>http://www.400tx.com
>http://400tx.blogspot.com/
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org
>[mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Walt
>Johnson
>Sent: Saturday, July 01, 2006 3:42 PM
>To: Leica Users Group
>Subject: Re: [Leica] How not to scan TX400
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>In all honesty I had mine apart several times before giving it the coup 
>de gras...Broke the ribbon cable loose and fixed it. Strangely enough, 
>they seemed quite oblivious to tinkering but finally gave in to my 
>clumsiness. :-)
>
>Walt
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>richard-lists wrote:
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>>What's with this Coolscan? I opened mine a few years ago, and somehow I 
>>cut the ribbon cable!!! I sent it in to Nikon for repair and cleanup, 
>>and it cost $300. Still works great though..
>>
>>On Fri, 30 Jun 2006, Walt Johnson wrote:
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>>>Darn
>>>
>>>Am I glad to find out I'm not the only one who tried to clean their 
>>>first Coolscan. :-[
>>>
>>>Jeffery Smith wrote:
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>>>>It doesn't look like a digital ICE problem (those negs have clumps of 
>>>>black crap all over them). It looks like it needs a cleaning. I tried 
>>>>to clean my first Nikon. Two hours later, it sat in a corner, 
>>>>destroyed. I ordered a new one. Send it to someone for a cleaning.
>>>>
>>>>Jeffery Smith
>>>>New Orleans, LA
>>>>http://www.400tx.com
>>>>http://400tx.blogspot.com/
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org
>>>>[mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of 
>>>>James J Dempsey
>>>>Sent: Friday, June 30, 2006 4:58 PM
>>>>To: lug@leica-users.org
>>>>Cc: jjd@jjd.com
>>>>Subject: [Leica] How not to scan TX400
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>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
>>>>        
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>ice
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>>>>house and the inter-frame gap?   The negative doesn't look like this.
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>I'm
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>>>>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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