[filmscanners] Re: SS4000+ and focus

["David Sirola" <dsirola@saylorsirola.com>]

Thanks Arthur...

As for the correlation to firmware update, I can't be 100% sure of it, just
seems that way.

I'm using  firmware version 1.58.

I had contacted polaroid via email posts, as well as a posting on the
silverfast  forum: both quiet and no response as of yet.

N.B. There was another similar post regarding focus on the silverfast site.

dave






> From: "Arthur Entlich" <artistic-1@shaw.ca> Reply-To:
> filmscanners@halftone.co.uk Date: Sat, 03 Aug 2002 19:11:35 -0700 To:
> dsirola@saylorsirola.com Subject: [filmscanners] Re: SS4000+ and focus
>
> 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
>>
>
>
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