[filmscanners] RE: SS 4000 Questions

["Stan Schwartz" <snsok@cox.net>]

The cover is not difficult to remove but the wires that connect the door
slide switch and the on/off switch are pretty short. If you remove the
cover without watching the tension on these wires, you will pull one
loose from its soldered connection--believe me.

After removing the cover, it's necessary to power up the unit long
enough to get the carriage opening centered over the mirror. That gives
you some access to the mirror. Then quickly power off and do the dust
removal.

After doing all that and after having to solder the wires back, I really
couldn't see any change in my scans. I understand that Polaroid charges
a flat rate fo $400 to repair the scanner. Keep that in mind before
opening it....

Stan


-----Original Message-----
From: filmscanners_owner@halftone.co.uk
[mailto:filmscanners_owner@halftone.co.uk] On Behalf Of Arthur Entlich
Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 4:55 PM
To: snsok@cox.net
Subject: [filmscanners] Re: SS 4000 Questions

.

Secondly, I have heard from people who have found it necessary to open
their SS4000 scanners for one reason or another, and they claim that
some of the optical components do get grimy or dusty, and that upon
having them cleaned, the scan quality improved. It strikes me, although
I have never opened my unit up, that since the carrier and film need to
intercept the optical path, that dust can also.  The film has to somehow
go between the light source and the lens, either directly or via some
mirrors, and if those components get dusty, they would degrade the image
quality.

For the time and cost considerations in protecting the scanner when not
in use, (what's a shoebox sell for these days ;-)) it seems like a
worthwhile investment.

Art



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