dying scanner?

[back alley]

sat down to scan a few more shots from the zm 25 and every scan has 'banding' across the shot.
it's not on the neg.

is my scanner trying to tell me something, like it's time for a new scanner?

 

[sf]

Yeah. Scary that such a thing is possible. Makes me nervous about my really sexy Multi Pro.

 

[ch1]

Joe,

Short answer is yes. But check your scanner documentation. Is there a diagnostic you can run? It might be able to run a "synch" correction.

BTW, what kind of scanner is it? Flatbed or film? If former, what does it do with paper docs?

 

[back alley]

it's a canon 2710 film scanner.

i'll need to look into the diagnostic thing.

damn...

 

[back alley]

i'm still hoping someone will tell me there's an easy fix...anyone?

 

[peterc]

Doesn't look good. However, the demise of my Nikon scanner was much quicker ... it scanned one frame, made grinding noises and never scanned anything again.
A recalibration might be the fix ... we'll hope.

Peter

 

[back alley]

i found the diagnostic and it tells me it passed.

so much for self diagnostics...

 

[back alley]

peter!
you're a genius!

i changed the settings from my normal and it seems to work.

 

[peterc]

i changed the settings from my normal and it seems to work.

Glad to hear it. Looks OK.

Peter

 

[back alley]

but what happened, do you think?

i have used those same settings almost since i got the scanner.

though, i think i like these setting better, so far.

another look...

 

[ch1]

but what happened, do you think?

i have used those same settings almost since i got the scanner.

though, i think i like these setting better, so far.

another look...

do not ask such imponderables, joe.

these dagnab gadgets have a mind of their own.

i know this - i'm scanning right now.

i'm convinced that they use japanese "fuzzy logic" programming which does not get along well with wintel protocols.

in other words, don't worry, be happy until the next time! 😕

 

[peterc]

i have used those same settings almost since i got the scanner.

All it takes is a single bit in the preference file to get munged and the scanner's brain gets scrambled. Making a change, doing a calibration cycle or a reset (whatever fits) forces it to rewrite the information ... hopefully resetting the preference to something that makes sense.

Peter

 

[back alley]

ok, one more.

i'm really liking the 25 perspective...

 

[ch1]

Okay, that's it!

I've felt like my darned 50's have been welded to my R2S and S2 ever since this blastedly long contest started.

Off come the normals!

Joe, you da' man.

Time to toss off "normalcy" and get back to "perspective"!! 😱

I'll send my "losers" into the contest just so I can take the darn 50 off the gear!

 

[peterc]

Off come the normals!

I had a perspective day last week. I slapped a 20mm on the SLR as my only lens for a day. Felt good.

Peter