A question on scanning (Nikon LS8000ed)

[jasz.cheung]

I am using LS8000ed to do scanning for a long time, it keeps producing some good results as I expected.
But today I scanned 1 roll of slide and found this is weird.
This is the picture!

Could anyone please tell me why this happen ??
Thank you !

 

[Film dino]

Sorry to ask a seemingly silly question but to what are you referring- the different shades of green-blue in the sky?

 

[nyx]

I think he means that ugly banding in shadow areas.

 

[Chris101]

Underexposed and autogain too high?

 

[jasz.cheung]

Film dino >
Sorry for my unclear description! nyx is right, there are weird banding appears in the shadow area.
Chris101>
Not sure if it is the problem (Underexposed), and sorry for my silliness, what is autogain?
Thank you so much !

 

[Chriscrawfordphoto]

Its a known issue with the 8000ED using Nikon Scan. Using Viewscan, it never happens. With Nikon Scan you have to choose the Superfine scan mode, which eliminates the problem entirely, but makes the scans take 3x as long!

I've had my 8000ED for 8 years....I know every flaw in them. This was a fairly early scanner and one of the very first to give near-drumscan quality in a small machine that was somewhat affordable ($3000 new). The 9000ED, which replaced it, fixed the banding issue and some other issues. Still, the 8000ED does great scans if you know how to overcome some of its problems.

 

[filmfan]

I also have a coolscan 8000 and you HAVE to select "super fine scan" or else this happens. Maybe you un-checked the box on accident?

 

[jasz.cheung]

Its a known issue with the 8000ED using Nikon Scan. Using Viewscan, it never happens. With Nikon Scan you have to choose the Superfine scan mode, which eliminates the problem entirely, but makes the scans take 3x as long!

I've had my 8000ED for 8 years....I know every flaw in them. This was a fairly early scanner and one of the very first to give near-drumscan quality in a small machine that was somewhat affordable ($3000 new). The 9000ED, which replaced it, fixed the banding issue and some other issues. Still, the 8000ED does great scans if you know how to overcome some of its problems.

I also have a coolscan 8000 and you HAVE to select "super fine scan" or else this happens. Maybe you un-checked the box on accident?

Thank you both of you! This is truely helpful, 8000ed is really good for its price, I will keep it for many years for sure!

 

[jasz.cheung]

I also have a coolscan 8000 and you HAVE to select "super fine scan" or else this happens. Maybe you un-checked the box on accident?

I just checked your blog, I admired your works, may I ask what lens and what kind of film you using. ;]

 

[lbenac]

I use a LS-8000 that was refurbished by Nikon (changed circuit board and optics), along with the latest version of VueScan and the banding is gone. I can scan without selecting Super Fine Mode and I do not get the banding that I would otherwise had.

ps: this is on B7W as I do not shoot color

Cheers,

Luc

 

[Chriscrawfordphoto]

I use a LS-8000 that was refurbished by Nikon (changed circuit board and optics), along with the latest version of VueScan and the banding is gone. I can scan without selecting Super Fine Mode and I do not get the banding that I would otherwise had.

ps: this is on B7W as I do not shoot color

Cheers,

Luc

As I noted in my post above, Viewscan eliminates the banding.

 

[filmfan]

I just checked your blog, I admired your works, may I ask what lens and what kind of film you using. ;]

Thank you. Check PM, although I mostly just use the cheapo Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 lens on an SLR or a Konica Hexar AF rangefinder with Tri-X film and D76 developer.

 

[lbenac]

As I noted in my post above, Viewscan eliminates the banding.

Oh my - how could I have missed that. I humbly and profoundly apology - won't happen again.

BTW with older versions of ViewScan (i.e. last spring) the banding was still occurring. Of course with free lifetime updates of ViewScan there is no reason for anybody to still use an older version.

 

[Chriscrawfordphoto]

Oh my - how could I have missed that. I humbly and profoundly apology - won't happen again.

BTW with older versions of ViewScan (i.e. last spring) the banding was still occurring. Of course with free lifetime updates of ViewScan there is no reason for anybody to still use an older version.

I've used Viewscan for many years and never saw the banding on my scanner, but I don't upgrade every time they update it. I tend to stick with a version that's working well unless one of the upgrades promises something I want. I've seen Mr. Hamrick put out a version that breaks something and then fix that problem soon after when its discovered, so I probably was lucky in missing out on the one that allowed the banding to show. 😀

 

[soubresaut17]

To Christopher Crawford:

I have Coolscan 9000ED and the banding arises rather frequently (if not always) when scanning color film with large areas of the same color (blue sky for example) using DigitalICE. I scan in Nikon Scan 4.
I have another problem - would you be so kind as to glance at the thread here - maybe you know what is happening:
http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=98510

 

[Chriscrawfordphoto]

To Christopher Crawford:

I have Coolscan 9000ED and the banding arises rather frequently (if not always) when scanning color film with large areas of the same color (blue sky for example) using DigitalICE. I scan in Nikon Scan 4.
I have another problem - would you be so kind as to glance at the thread here - maybe you know what is happening:
http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=98510

Looks like in your other thread you found that viewscan solved it, but I added another possible reason you might sometimes get the effect you asked about.