Re: filmscanners: Nikon Scan software with Coolscan 4000

["Brian D. Plikaytis" <bdplikaytis@bellsouth.net>]

Thank you for your remarks and suggestions. Yesterday, I used MA-20 adapter
with the FH-3 film holder and the encountered the problems I described.
Today, to familiarize myself with the accessories, I tried the SA-21 film
adapter. The mechanism worked well and I did not experience the severe
darkening in the image that I saw yesterday. I had to reboot the my computer
and scanner to get everything to work. However, I still cannot save an image
when the software is running outside of Photoshop. One aspect is
interesting, though. When I scanned the negatives in, the one I was working
with was a horizontal image. I rotated the image so I could view it more
easily. When I did this using the Nikon TWAIN driver through Photoshop,
Photoshop responded by saying that I may not be able to save a rotated image
from the scanner- something about degradation of the image or something.
Running the Nikon software outside of Photoshop did not produce this
warning. However, to be cautious, I tried saving the image without the
rotation - still crashed the program.

Well, I wrote the above about 90 minutes ago. In the interim I decided to
try to uninstall everything and reinstall the software. I had to do it
twice. The first time I didn't erase the settings subdirectory in the
Administrator's user's setting subdirectories (I have a Windows 2K PC). The
problems seem to have resolved themselves. I do not get the darkened images
and I am able to store the files. I will keep my fingers crossed.

I appreciate the tips - I guess I should have tried to reinstall everything
prior to posting my email. I just wanted to see if there was anything
obvious I was missing.

thanks again,

Brian
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respond to bdplikaytis@bellsouth.net


----- Original Message -----
From: "Jawed Ashraf" <Jawed@cupidity.force9.co.uk>
To: <filmscanners@halftone.co.uk>
Sent: Sunday, August 05, 2001 6:00 AM
Subject: RE: filmscanners: Nikon Scan software with Coolscan 4000


> 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
> > --------------------------------------------------------------
> > respond to bdplikaytis@bellsouth.net
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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