I believe focusing is a problem of all Nikon scanners unless your slide is
very flat or in a strap. For most mounted slides I have to make three points
focus check and then select a value in between to make sure I get better
resolution (but in many cases it is still not perfect).
Yes, my LS4000 has flare problem, I had took it to N*kon service center for
three times and they were unable to solve it, finally I was convienced it is
normal after they shown me a new scanner with the same problem. Flare is
most obvious when a large white area meet a large dark area like moon shot,
the dark edge near the moon has a value of 25 (out of 255, I would accept if
it was below 10). I discovered the flare problem when I was doing a scanning
job for Kodakchrome slides, a woman dressing in dark was standing in front
of a white car at outdoor. Her dress looked grey near the white car (no
problem when viewed in light box) I had to spend lots of time to do burning
to make the scanned image look acceptable. Ok, similar problem happen also
with my Epson 4850 but it is a cheap flat bed!
If you don't have these extreme slides it should be ok, the strength of the
N*kon is color accuracy for slide and it is pretty fast.
C.H.Ling
----- Original Message -----
From: "Moose" <olymoose@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Joel Wilcox wrote:
>
>>Have you solved the problem of soft edges with the LS20? because my
>>understanding is that the problem is endemic to all Nikon scanners.
>>Before you fleeced me for the LS20 <gg>, I had made significant
>>progress evening out the sharpness by moving the focus point in
>>Vuescan, but it was still a kludgie business. It was a problem that
>>put me off Nikon scanners forever, but perhaps it has finally been
>>resolved. Sorry if this raises irrelevant issues at the 11th hour.
>>
>>
> I raised this question in my first response on the slivernose scanner
> theme. It has certainly been a significant issue for many Coolscan
> users. It's one reason I have a Can*n.
>
> If scanning only 4 slides or up to six frames of uncut fulm at a time is
> ok, I would do more checking on this issue and the flare issue C.H.
> raised some time ago before buying a Nik*n.
>
> Moose
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