Re: filmscanners: Nikon LS-30 Coolscan III makes scratches on negatives

["Dave King" <kingphoto@mindspring.com>]

You appear to have deduced the cause of the scratches that appear
using the feeder.  The film strip holder is much better in every
aspect except convenience:))  The feeder also doesn't get the film
flat enough!  In other words, it's 'one-hour' quality, don't use it
unless you're just doing quick snaps.

Dave

----- Original Message -----
From: Walter Nowotny <walter.nowotny@gmx.at>
To: <filmscanners@halftone.co.uk>
Sent: Monday, June 04, 2001 2:48 AM
Subject: filmscanners: Nikon LS-30 Coolscan III makes scratches on
negatives


> Using the Coolscan III for scanning negatives I sometimes notice
scratches
> after the scan. Sometimes when I scan negatives with 4 pictures, the
next to
> the last one gets scratched in longitudinal direction. I thought
that these
> scratches are caused by extremely bent negatives. Unfortunately the
LS-30 is
> not long enough, so the negatives are bent and rolled up at the end
of the
> scanning unit. The turn round is made by some plastics parts which
probably
> cause the scratches when the negatives are bent too much. I was
satisfied
> with that explanation and tried to smooth down the negatives before
> scanning. However, processing the last two films I noticed straight
> scratches across the whole film strip.
> Does anyone have the same problems? Or even an explanation and cure?
> I would really appreciate! I am tired of ruining all my films ;-)
>
> Thanks!
> Regards, Walter Nowotny (Vienna)
>