Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/06/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I found a notation that these bands on that scanner might be caused by a usb connected hard drive. " "A connected external USB hard drive might cause problems. I have heard, that hard drives usually allocate a lot of (electrical) resources for them, could cause significant fluctuations by their quite demanding I/O operations." On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 1:37 AM, Nathan Wajsman <nwajsman at gmail.com> wrote: > I just developed a roll of Tri-X shot in my Rollei 35. The good news is > that the negatives are nice and sharp. The bad news is that when I scan > them on my Reflecta RPS 7200 film scanner, I get stripes like these, and a > generally unpleasant rendition: > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/belgiangator/misc/20150617-TriX_2015_5_2.jpg.html > > This scan was produced with Silverfast; in my desperation I downloaded > Vuescan (which I otherwise dislike) to see if it would do better, but it > doesn?t. Obviously, the fault is not with the negative itself but in the > scanner?s interaction with that negative. The only thing I can think of is > that this particular frame is quite dense (i.e. over-exposed), and that the > scanner simply has difficulties coping with that. Any other ideas? > > TIA, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> > http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws < > http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ < > http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> > Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator < > http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> > YNWA > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Regards, Sonny http://sonc.com/look/ Natchitoches, Louisiana 1714 Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase USA