Re: filmscanners: LS-30 Auto Ejecting Film Strips

2001-01-19 Thread Rob Geraghty
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The film is wound around a small spool in the back of the strip film holder, and it tends to curl if left in the holder too long. This has nothing to do with the light source. Eek! I just opened it up and had a look. This would be worst with the last couple of

Re: filmscanners: LS-30 Auto Ejecting Film Strips

2001-01-18 Thread Peter Marquis-Kyle
Is it normal for the LS-30 to automatically eject the film from the scanner after a certain amount of time of inactivity? Yes (well, mine does anyway) Peter Marquis-Kyle

RE: filmscanners: LS-30 Auto Ejecting Film Strips

2001-01-18 Thread Rob Geraghty
Marc wrote: Is it normal for the LS-30 to automatically eject the film from the scanner after a certain amount of time of inactivity? Yes. Presumably it's to avoid overheating the film. Rob Rob Geraghty [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wordweb.com

RE: filmscanners: LS-30 Auto Ejecting Film Strips

2001-01-18 Thread Austin Franklin
Is it normal for the LS-30 to automatically eject the film from the scanner after a certain amount of time of inactivity? Yes. Presumably it's to avoid overheating the film. Another reason is that if left in long enough, the colors will degrade, if it's color film that is. I wish scanners

Re: filmscanners: LS-30 Auto Ejecting Film Strips

2001-01-18 Thread Tim Meneely
On Fri, 19 Jan 2001 09:29:57 +1000, Rob Geraghty wrote: Yes. Presumably it's to avoid overheating the film. This reminds me of a question I had recently based on curling comments - I thought the "Coolscan" used LED's which didn't produce much heat? Admittedly even a little heat builds up, but I

Re: filmscanners: LS-30 Auto Ejecting Film Strips

2001-01-18 Thread Rob Geraghty
On Fri, 19 Jan 2001 09:29:57 +1000, Rob Geraghty wrote: Yes. Presumably it's to avoid overheating the film. This reminds me of a question I had recently based on curling comments - I thought the "Coolscan" used LED's which didn't produce much heat? Admittedly even a little heat builds up, but I