Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/05/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >