Re: filmscanners: Polaroid 120 carrier doesn't line up

[rafeb <rafeb@channel1.com>]

At 07:14 PM 7/16/01 +0100, Ian Lyons wrote:

> New carriers won't cure this problem, but a firmware update will fix it
>real easy. So don't let Polaroid go bust.


Ironically, the "best" solution to this problem that 
I have seen is in the Epson 1640 TWAIN 5 driver.

Since the TPU (transparency unit) really has no idea 
what sort of media you're presenting, it simply 
scans the entire 4x5 area of the TPU in the preview 
window.  Then all you do is select the frame you 
want with the crop window.  What could be simpler?

And there's absolutely no reason that the Nikon 8000 
and/or Polaroid LS-120 couldn't offer the same 
approach.  I don't see why they tried to take it 
upon themselves to "guess" the image locations, 
and then fail miserably at their horrid guesses.

It's one of those situations that leaves you 
wondering, "What were they thinking??"

I would rank this among the major annoyances with 
the Nikon Scan software on the 8000.


rafe b.