Hi, I will try giving it a good clean with that blower tool and see if i can get rid of some of the dust.
I'm getting some film developed now, one roll of Superia 400 and another of Astia 100, so will get to play with it again tonight. With the C41 i just got it developed and no prints made as i can just scan them now :) I'll shoot more b/w also now as i can just develop then scan. Regards, Paul Jones ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jon Hope" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, October 01, 2001 2:33 PM Subject: Re: Just bought a HP Photosmart S20 > At 11:10 1/10/01, you wrote: > > Hi Paul > > I've had one for a year and a half (or thereabouts) and find it is > adequate. I don't try to push it past its limits and am happy with it > overall. There are better scanners, but for the $500 you paid, you'll will > be hard pressed to find one. :-) > > To minimise the dust on negatives I go through a routine every time I use > the scanner. I turn it on its side, open it up and blow out the film path > with the little blue blower thingy. I the re-calibrate the scanner and off > I go. I finnd that doing that does help a lot in minimising the dust > problems. I also give the negs a blow of air as well. I don't know that you > can eliminate the problem entirely, so a bit of prevention goes a long way. > > I've only started printing some of the scans I've done, so I am glad I > usually scanned them in initially at 2400dpi and saved them as tiffs. > > I've had a couple of problems with the USB port losing the scanner too. I'm > pretty sure it's a VIA USB problem, not a HP problem. > > Good luck with it. > > Cheers > > >Hi, > > > >I have been scanning my negs and slides at work on a Microtek Scanmaster 4 > >and have been really really unhappy with the results. I went into a store to > >buy a dishwasher on Friday evening and ended up walking out with a > >Photosmart S20 film scanner aswell :) it was reduced to $499au (around > >$250us) from $995au. So as a results Saturday was a scanning frenzy and i've > >so far been really happy with the results. The colour reproduction is spot > >on, the images loose a little bit of sharpness which is easily corrected in > >PS. I think the 2400dpi will be fine for my curren use, which is mainly web > >images and PUG submissions. > > > >I think the worst part about it all is dust on the negs. > > > >I dont have a good enough printer to make any prints, so i'm not sure how > >well it works in that respect. > > > >I also love being able to scan strips of 5 negs at a time. > > > >Have any other list members got this scanner and how do you find? any tips > >for better scans? > > > >Regards, > >Paul Jones > >- > >This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > >go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > >visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . > > Jon > > Relax! Take life as it comes, you can't chase the sun, you can't race the wind > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
