Sound like time for a cleaning.
Look here:
Don
Camera911
At 01:43 PM 11/1/2002 +0100, you wrote:
>Dear friends:
>
>I have a LS 2000 from 1999. I use it on windows 98 OS. I suffered
>continuous focus problems when scanning at maximum resolution that makes
>me not to use it as i need. Also I suffered the break of the engine in
>the first year of use and payd to spanish nikon tech service near 260
>euros for reparation, handwork and expenses of shipment. I knew months
>after that it was a common problem in this scanner that cost in that
>time near 1500 euros.
>
>Since last month appears a different problem: the hight lights seems to
>flood to dark areas, as if the slide have had a "flou"/"blur" filter
>when the picture eas taken. I send a corner of a calibration slide that
>you can see in
>
>
>
>You can see there how the white light invades the black plastic frame of
>the slide; seems as if the light reflects somewhere. In other slide, a
>marble roman venus head, can be seen the reflection of the light in the
>black background (note that this reflex doesn´t appears in the original
>slide). Both images have versions in tiff and jpg.
>
>Yesterday I downloaded Nikon 3.1.2 software and seems that the focus
>problems is minor than before, but still continues the blur problem.
>
>I should agree information about how to resolve it. Is very hard go to a
>shop to make a precision scan of the slides when a "super" LS2000 is
>near you, in the work table.
>
>Thank you for your attention.
>
>Jorge Dragón
>
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