On 12/11/2014 6:51 PM, C.H.Ling wrote:
After sitting for four years with IEEE1394 interface failure, I got a chip from *bay and fixed my 4000ED in June this
year. It took me so long to fix the scanner was due to the uncertain about the chip failure and the difficulty of
replacing a 80pin QFP chip. I have not do fine pitch SMD soldering for 20 years but it worked. After that I have made
a few hundred scans then it was idled until now.
Seeing the scanning discussions I tried to power up my 4000ED just want to hear the long missing startup sound. It is
a shock to me, there was no power up sound and light anymore!!! It is very frustrating, this time the power supply
failed. I don't know how long it will take for me to decide to fix the scanner again as there is no immediately need.
Oh dear, at lest you don't need it right away.
Moose, I agree with you about the dust problem, IR removal is great. On the other hand for saving old film archival, I
can live with some dust.
I figure anything I never get around to scanning is archived on film. :-)
For color, it is not a easy job for many peoples even for scanner output, digital camera copied color negatives are
much more difficult. To me, I enjoy playing with it, with thousands image adjustment at RGB curve level (other simple
tools won't work such as RGB sliders!) I managed to get reasonable good color most of the time. As for ICC, how many
of your film roll are having ICC chart shot?
Much of my earlier film is slides, which are easier for color. For most of my later color neg. film, I do have ICC
profiles. I started shooting the IT8 target fairly early in my last burst of film shooting.
No, not one for me in the pass and I don't shoot film anymore.
If I have a choice, I will use film scanner as it provide more accurate color, IR dust removal and better film handling.
Ah, so we do agree!
Digital camera copy is just a compromised alternative even though it digitize faster than film scanner and has much
less flare (compared with my 4000ED).
Another of the reasons I like the much less well known Canon 4000ED, a more diffuse light source, no internal flare and
deep DoF. I kept my eye out for a long time, and got a back-up scanner at at very good price. In very clean condition,
including film holders, and it works!
Digitized Moose
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