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Subject: [Leica] Nikon Coolscan 4000 Users.... I need help!
From: fredhess at phenix-visuals.nl (Fred Hess / Phenix Visuals.nl)
Date: Fri May 2 23:51:33 2008
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Hello Frank,

Maybe the  mirrors in the coolscan are dusty. This might be the problem.

Take a look at: 
http://www.pearsonimaging.com/articles/howto/ls5000cleaning.html

I have cleaned my Coolscan 4000 myself, (after several years of duty)  and 
wow: What a difference!!

Regards

Fred Hess

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Frank Filippone" <red735i@earthlink.net>
To: "'Leica Users Group'" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Saturday, May 03, 2008 6:09 AM
Subject: [Leica] Nikon Coolscan 4000 Users.... I need help!


>I received my ( used) Coolscan 4000, and it works, somewhat.....
>
> I am getting scans that are soft, and seemingly of low saturation.
>
> Using films strips and the 6 neg direct input module.  Nikon Scan 4.02
> Software.  ( not 3.0 that came with the scanner originally).
>
> Film is either B+W or Velvia, in strips.  ( I finally got it to reverse 
> the
> negative films image to a positive... that on its own was a big deal.)
>
> How do you set this thing up to get good scans?
>
> Frank Filippone
> red735i@earthlink.net
>
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