[filmscanners] Re: Sprintscan 4000 out of focus

["Winsor Crosby" <wincros@earthlink.net>]

On Wednesday, February 26, 2003, at 06:26 PM, Alan Eckert wrote:

> I used to love my SS4000.  Its scans were so sharp on autofocus that I
> could
> see individual grain clouds at 100% and I regularly printed 12" x 18"
> prints
> that were sharp on critical close inspection.  When it stopped working
> ("media bumping" errors), I sent it to Mack under warranty, they sent
> it in
> turn to Polaroid, and after over 3 months and many phone calls I
> finally got
> it back.  Polaroid had "replaced carriage assembly, tested, cleaned,
> and
> inspected."
>
> Well, now it works, but every scan is soft.  I have tried scanning a
> slide I
> scanned with the same unit before repair, and the pre-repair scan is
> obviously much sharper, the post-repair scan unacceptable.  I don't
> want to
> do without the scanner for another three months.  Can anyone help by
> suggesting a method for adjusting the focus manually?  Or fixing it so
> autofocus works again?  Thanks in advance for any assistance.
>

Did you try reversing the film so that the emulsion is on the other
side? Sometimes helps.

Winsor Crosby
Long Beach, California, USA

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