Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/07/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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/ -----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 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 richard-lists wrote: >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: > > > >>Darn >> >>Am I glad to find out I'm not the only one who tried to clean their >>first Coolscan. :-[ >> >>Jeffery Smith wrote: >> >> >> >>>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 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-- >>> >>>_______________________________________________ >>>Leica Users Group. >>>See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> >>> >>>_______________________________________________ >>>Leica Users Group. >>>See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>_______________________________________________ >>Leica Users Group. >>See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information