[filmscanners] Re: Polaroid Dust and Scratch Removal

["Simon Lamb" <simon@sclamb.com>]

I think Art meant that the LED light source in the Nikon scanners is more
susceptible to picking up the presence of dust than other scanners.
Specifically, the cold cathode light source in the SS120 hardly picks up
dust.

Simon

----- Original Message -----
From: "Maris V. Lidaka Sr." <mlidaka@ameritech.net>
To: <simon@sclamb.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 4:16 PM
Subject: [filmscanners] Re: Polaroid Dust and Scratch Removal


> Art, you curmudgeon,
>
> I for one read and respect your posts, as they are intelligent if lengthy.
> But I have to take issue with your statement that Nikon manifests problems
> from dust and scratches - the dust and scratches are on the film, not in
the
> Nikon scanner hardware, are they not?
>
> Maris
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Arthur Entlich" <artistic-1@shaw.ca>
> To: <mlidaka@ameritech.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 5:37 AM
> Subject: [filmscanners] Re: Polaroid Dust and Scratch Removal
>
>
> [snipped]
>
> This software is not a replacement for IR cleaning, but then again it
> doesn't really need to be on a Polaroid scanner.  After all, Polaroid
> scanner simply do not suffer from the problems that Nikon's manifest
> from dust and scratches, so why should it be designed to fix Nikon's
> problems?
>
> [remainder snipped]


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