I have the 5400 II. The teeth appear taller on the slide carrier, but
this is tricky since the plastic on the film carrier is shiny while the
slide carrier is dull. The lines appear with vuescan, but not with the
Minolta interface.
The film carrier is marked FH-M20. The slide carrier is marked SH-M20.
At nearly 1AM pacific time, I can't set up a decent full resolution scan
for you, but I have a not so good image handy. [Think night shot of city
lights and you got the picture. The images wasn't sharp, but for your
test that shouldn't matter.]
Fiddling with the levels to brighten the dark image and we get
If the lines are there, clipping the levels at the dark side should
bring them out.
I'll do a better image later. FWIW, this images was scanned on the slide
carrier.
Patrick Cullinan, Jr. wrote:
> Dear folks,
>
> I am no longer able to scan negatives with my Scan Elite 5400 II
> because the negative carrier often fails to be transported properly --
> it seems that the teeth on the carrier are not being positively engaged.
>
> Is anyone else having this problem?
>
> The slide carrier, on the other hand, never fails. I notice that the teeth
> on the slide carrier are taller than those on the negative carrier. This
> could well explain why the latter is not being engaged properly.
>
> You can see images of this at
> .
>
> If anyone is using a Scan Elite 5400 or Scan Elite 5400 II, could they
> please check their carriers for me to see if the teeth are of the same
> height? This could help me to get to a solution.
>
> By the way, my scans show faint lines in the shadows. These lines lie
> in the direction in which the carrier is transported. I've resigned myself
> to this. In my opinion, it's the kiss of death for any use of this scanner
> for professional production. I understand that half of the users of this
> scanner get these lines, and another half either do not get them, or if
> they do,
> they either don't see them or don't feel like complaining. The offending
> lines can be seen at the web address given above.
>
> Kindest regards,
>
> Patrick Cullinan, Jr.
> New York
>
>
>
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