"ICE" is what it is. It gets rid of dust at the cost of image sharpness. If
that tradeoff is acceptable it will work for him.
David
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jawed Ashraf [mailto:Jawed@cupidity.force9.co.uk]
> Sent: Friday, August 31, 2001 2:46 PM
> To: filmscanners@halftone.co.uk
> Subject: RE: filmscanners: Nikon Super coolscan 4000 Problems
>
>
> I think Martin *needs* ICE . I hope he can get it working
> the way he wants.
>
> Jawed
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-filmscanners@halftone.co.uk
> > [mailto:owner-filmscanners@halftone.co.uk]On Behalf Of
> Hemingway, David
> > J
> > Sent: 31 August 2001 19:15
> > To: 'filmscanners@halftone.co.uk'
> > Subject: RE: filmscanners: Nikon Super coolscan 4000 Problems
> >
> >
> > Martin,
> > There is a "roller" manufactured by a UK company called TekNek.
> > They have a
> > Chicago office in the US. These rollers are mainly used by
> > companies coating
> > or processing wide web sheets. Polaroid uses them in some
> of their coating
> > operations.
> > They also have a small hand held version that is used by
> > photographers, and
> > in the PCB industry. They cost about $100 and come with
> "sticky" paper to
> > remove the dust from the roller . They last nearly forever.
> I have one and
> > really like it.
> > One dealer is:
> >
> >
> > Wish you had bought a better scanner that would give that
> good OD in a
> > single pass. But glad to help anyway. Say you could
> probably buy 2 better
> > scanners after rebate!!! :)
> > Regards
> > David
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Barbara & Martin Greene [mailto:martbarb@earthlink.net]
> > > Sent: Friday, August 31, 2001 1:24 PM
> > > To: filmscanners@halftone.co.uk
> > > Subject: filmscanners: Nikon Super coolscan 4000 Problems
> > >
> > >
> > > Have my new scanner less than a week and have a couple of
> > > serious problems
> > > that I'd like help with. Up until now, I've scanned all of
> > > my slides using
> > > Photo Cds and had anticipated a vast improvement in quality.
> > > I keep my
> > > slides as clean as possible. When I scan using Digital Ice,
> > > I get clean
> > > scans, but I feel they are on the soft side, particularly
> > > when compared to
> > > the amount of detail present when Digital Ice is turned
> off. But, the
> > > dilemma is, that when Digital Ice is off, the amount of junk
> > > covering every
> > > part of the scan is horrendous. I checked with Nikon tech
> > > support, and
> > > the recommendation was to clean it out with canned air. I
> > > did this and the
> > > result was some reduction in junk, but still lots left over. They
> > > recommended I return it for cleaning. Strange, that there
> > > should have been
> > > so much dirt in it. I bought it from Ritz camera, and, so far
> > > as I could
> > > tell, it was freshly boxed. I can still return it to them.
> > >
> > > But I am distressed that Digital Ice so softens the scan,
> > > forcing me to do
> > > without it and have to deal with dust through Photoshop,
> > > however little
> > > there may if I get a new machine. Also, I've found that
> > > getting a sharp
> > > scan, even when I auto-focus on the sharpest part of an
> > > image, does not
> > > occur with consistency. Without making a few scans of an
> > > image, it can be
> > > difficult to know when you get the best results. I'm
> > > wondering whether or
> > > not I got a lemon? Feeling that maybe I'd do better with the
> > > new Canonscan
> > > 4000, whose sharpness has been praised and the Fast software
> > > is supposed to
> > > have little or no softening effect. Also, at this point, the main
> > > difference I see between the Photo CD and the Nikon scan is
> > > that the Photo
> > > CD color is way off, requiring lots of correction in
> Photoshop and the
> > > Nikon scan is color-perfect. I'd appreciate assistance from
> > > those who are
> > > using the above scanners.
> > >
> > > Martin
> > >
> >
>
