Quoting Richard Lewisohn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I've given a client a Nikon LS-20 Coolscan II film scanner. It's been > lying on a shelf for a couple of years but worked fine before that. He > tells me the images are soft. He's only using it for web-based stuff, > so they must be REALLY soft.
Richard: I'm going to take a stab, that it's not a software problem, or computer OS problem, but simply a mirror that's got a nice layer of dust on it. When the scanner was "lying on a shelf" was it covered in a plastic bag, or just laying out "naked."? If the latter, I'll bet that if they scan a slide with a rapid transition from black to white they will get something akin to "halation" like you used to see in film when you got a bright light source near the edge of a frame. I'd written a post a while back about "scanner maintenance" (http://www.mail- archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg11936.html) that you may have missed. It included some links. One to a page that showed what happens when a layer of dust settles on the mirror, and another to a page that shows how to clean an LS-2000. I don't know if the LS-20 is the same design or not, but it they are somewhat mechanically inclined they (or you) may be able to perform this bit of maintenance. I hope that helps. Let us know how it turns out. David -- Creating an image database? visit (http://ControlledVocabulary.com/) and join the discussion list, or read areview of the Image Info Toolkit utility at: (http://ControlledVocabulary.com/imagedatabases/imageinfotoolkit.html) David Riecks http://www.riecks.com - http://zillionbucks.com =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
