[filmscanners] Re: SS4000+ and focus

["Arthur Entlich" <artistic-1@shaw.ca>]

Ouch, this concerns me... just before my back went out I upgraded the
firmware, but I didn't do any extensive scanning...

It would not be the first time that Polaroid got a bug in the focusing
system via firmware or software.  Have you reported the results you
found to Polaroid yet?  Or are you waiting to see if someone else
confirms the problem since the firmware upgrade?

The fact that it was fixed (even temporarily) with Polaroid's
suggestion, and then with Vuescan makes it look like firmware...

Unfortunately, I can't get at my scanner (it's a few feet away right
now, but I can't walk around much!) so I can't help.

There are a number of other 4000+ users here, and I know some updated
their firmware.  Just to make sure, which firmware version did you install?

Art

David Sirola wrote:

> Recently, I've been having focus problems with my SS4000+, which I use on a
> Mac, firewire and OS9.2.
>
> When I purchased the unit, the scans were razor (grain) sharp using both
> silverfast and polacolor software. Since it's last firmware update, or so it
> seems, the unit's focus seems to have gone soft on many scans, not all, but
> most.
>
> My first try was to contact polaroid, and they suggested scanning a high
> contrast slide 10x, then disabling the auto focus as a "trick" to get the
> scanner to re-focus properly. This did work for about 6 to 10 scans then
> back to soft grain.
>
> As a test, I downloaded vuescan, and disabled the polaroid extensions. Low
> and behold, every scan is razor sharp. It would seem to indicate that
> perhaps the problem is in the software?
>
> You might say, why not use vuescan, which is a fine program, but I've grown
> very used to and like silverfast and would like to continue.
>
> I guess the question is, has anyone else had this problem, and might suggest
> a fix, or does the scanner need to go into the black hole of repair and wait
> 6 weeks.
>
> Thanks
>


----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Unsubscribe by mail to listserver@halftone.co.uk, with 'unsubscribe 
filmscanners'
or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or 
body