This is very encouraging, Tony. I have had my ancient SS4000 under a cover for several years as well, and I'm sure it could use a similar cleaning. I may give it a try. I take it that re-assembly was not a great problem?
Cheers, Roger Smith On 13-Jun-09, at 12:48 PM, Tony Sleep wrote: > On 13/06/2009 James L. Sims wrote: >> With the support for my Polaroid Sprintscan 120 now unavailable, I am >> looking for a replacement. > > Vuescan should resolve antique s/w issues on Windows, though SCSI > support > may become more awkward I believe ASPI drivers are available for > Vista. On > Mac I don't know with current OSX, but similar was possible. Same > applies > to SCSI Nikons etc. > > Regarding physical service, I recently popped the lid off my > Polaroid 4000 > (4 lever tabs) as it seemed to have got rather flary and low > contrast with > some strongly backlit slides that included bright backgrounds, despite > living under a dust cover when not in use. > > Half a dozen self-tappers later and I was able to remove the lamp > holder > and the top of the film carrier carriage. I was then able to clean the > angled mirror with a DSLR sensor swab - it was covered in a thick > layer of > dust. Inspection with a torch showed the lens to be clean, > reflected in > the mirror. I then cleaned every trace of dust and dirt from the > mechanism > surfaces I could get at, and wiped and re-lubricated the helical > carriage > advance screws. > > Result : a total transformation! Scans bright and clean, loads more > shadow > detail - virtually everything in Kodachrome. No flare and colour much > easier to get spot on. The mechanism sounds happier for lubrication > too. > No more misfeeding neg carrier either, which the scanner has been > mistaking for the slide carrier half the time, for about the last 4 > years. > I wish I'd done it earlier, as I now think I should really rescan > quite a lot. > > >> Has anyone had any experience with Epson's >> V750M? The specs. look impressive if they hold up. > > No experience, but if I had the money I'd have bought one to scan the > relatively small amount of 120 I have. From reading reviews the > V750 is > very little different from the much cheaper V700. Lens coating > seems very > slightly better and you get Silverfast with the 750. Most important > factor > appears to be stand-offs for the film carrier, which can be > improvised. > Personally I'd use Vuescan anyway. > > > -- > Regards > > Tony Sleep > http://tonysleep.co.uk > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ------------------ > Unsubscribe by mail to listser...@halftone.co.uk, with 'unsubscribe > filmscanners' > or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the > message title or body > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe by mail to listser...@halftone.co.uk, with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body