RE: filmscanners: Nikon Scan software with Coolscan 4000

["Jawed Ashraf" <Jawed@cupidity.force9.co.uk>]

I routinely use GEM 2 with NS 3.1 and my LS40 (not 4000).  I cannot discern
a difference in overall brightness between neg scans made this way and those
with GEM 0.

You might like to try de-installing NS 3.1 and then re-installing it.  Make
sure the scanner is off, and unplugged from the USB port on the back of your
PC (paranoia mode!) while you do this.  Re-start Windows after each step, so
that it can clear its throat ready for the next step.

I seem to remember that NS 3.1 asks you to de-install 3.0, before it will
let you progress with its installation.  Since you've got 3.1 installed,
this would imply that you've done nothing wrong so far.

As a matter of interest, you might like to try ROC 1.  This will give you a
slightly "hyper" contrast image that should look at least as bright as you
want.

Here, NS runs stand-alone, routinely, for hours (8+) without crashing.  This
seems to indicate to me that you have some system configuration issue.  You
might like to try moving cards inside their slots, inside your PC.  As long
as you have Plug and Play cards with Windows 98 or later this should be
safe.

I think I've noticed that if I move my Soundblaster Live Value card from
slot 4 to slot 3, NS is quicker starting (and I suspect Vuescan would be,
too).  Right now, this card is in slot 4, and I just need to remember to put
it back in slot 3, to confirm this *theory*.

You *do* have a PC, don't you?  Not a Mac?

Jawed

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-filmscanners@halftone.co.uk
> [mailto:owner-filmscanners@halftone.co.uk]On Behalf Of Brian D.
> Plikaytis
> Sent: 05 August 2001 03:06
> To: Filmscanners@halftone.co.uk
> Subject: filmscanners: Nikon Scan software with Coolscan 4000
>
>
> Hello,
>     I have just purchased and am experimenting with the Nikon
> Coolscan 4000
> ED scanner. I have the software upgrade (3.1) and when I use the software
> stand-alone (outside of Photoshop) I get images from slides and things run
> pretty well. This evening I tried to scan my first color
> negative. I did one
> scan with ICE dust removal and things went great. I then tried setting the
> GEM setting to 2 and the ROC setting to 0 and did one more scan, trying to
> reduce the grain while leaving the ROC function inactive. Two things
> happened. The scan was much, much darker than the first scan
> where I did not
> alter the GEM or ROC settings. The second thing that happened is that the
> software refused to let me save the scan. It kept coming back with a fatal
> error - something to the effect that 'Nikon Scan cannot perform
> the desired
> function - the program will now shit down.' It also stated that some entry
> was made into an error log somewhere.
>     I then tried to rescan the image using the import function in
> Photoshop.
> This did work so I guess I can save the image if I scan it through
> Photoshop. However the scan is still very dark.
>     Could someone shed any light on these two problems?
>
> thanks much,
>
> --
> Brian P.
>
> Brian
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