[filmscanners] Re: Noise in Polaroid SS 4000 scans

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

I do not believe dust on the mirror would cause this defect from the
detail version from the website.

It looks like grain to me, not noise.

One project I do regularly requires relatively small final images,
similar in most case to 4 x 6" prints.  I scan these at 2000 dpi all the
time and sharpen them considerably when I need extra detail, and they
come out fine. I do this to save scanning time and file size.

Art


snsok@cox.net wrote:

> Harry,
>
> How long have you had your scanner? Has it always done this or is it a new
> problem? If you've had the scanner for a while, have you kept a dust cover
> on it? Have you taken it apart to be sure the mirror isn't dusty?
>
> I agree with the comment about not scanning at 2000 dpi. I have had bad
> results when scanning at less than the full 4000 dpi?
>
> What you are seeing is definitely not normal behavior.
>
> Stan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: filmscanners_owner@halftone.co.uk
> [mailto:filmscanners_owner@halftone.co.uk]On Behalf Of Harry@vdKrogt.nl
> Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 9:04 AM
> To: snsok@cox.net
> Subject: [filmscanners] Noise in Polaroid SS 4000 scans
>
>
> Hello,
>
> I have a Polaroid SS4000. I find I have much noise in my scans, could
> somebody look at the example I put on: www.vdkrogt.com/resources/test
> and see if this is normal, a scanner hardware problem or a Vuescan
> settings problem?
>
> I can't scan with Insight because I have an Adeptec SCSI card in my Mac
> G4 (it was originally installed on purchase of the machine by Apple and
> shipped with OSX. A card that they don't support under OSX! Strange).
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Harry van der Krogt
>


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