nickthetasmaniac
Veteran
Hi all, I have an odd bug that has just emerged with my V550/Epson Scan.
Using auto frame selection and thumbnails (the settings I have always used without issue), the scanning software is correctly 'finding' the first frame, but each consecutive frame is increasingly offset.
This happened for each of the four strips of three exposures from this roll. The exposures were all dense (probably overexposed) so the scanner shouldn't have had any issues finding the frames.
I tried reloading the film strips and moving them around. Tried using a spare holder tray, tried restarting the scanner and computer.
The two things I can't figure out:
- The consistency of the error. All four strips had the same pattern of good first frame, then offset.
- Whenever auto-selection has failed previously, there has been something about the exposure which has generated the confusion (very thin negative, a hard line somewhere in the exposure, or similar) - these exposures should have been perfect.
Over the last few weeks I've scanned about a dozen 6x6 rolls without issues, until this one. And I haven't changed any settings that I can find.
Obviously I can use a marquee to manually select frames, but it makes it a tedious process...
Help please!
Using auto frame selection and thumbnails (the settings I have always used without issue), the scanning software is correctly 'finding' the first frame, but each consecutive frame is increasingly offset.
This happened for each of the four strips of three exposures from this roll. The exposures were all dense (probably overexposed) so the scanner shouldn't have had any issues finding the frames.
I tried reloading the film strips and moving them around. Tried using a spare holder tray, tried restarting the scanner and computer.
The two things I can't figure out:
- The consistency of the error. All four strips had the same pattern of good first frame, then offset.
- Whenever auto-selection has failed previously, there has been something about the exposure which has generated the confusion (very thin negative, a hard line somewhere in the exposure, or similar) - these exposures should have been perfect.
Over the last few weeks I've scanned about a dozen 6x6 rolls without issues, until this one. And I haven't changed any settings that I can find.
Obviously I can use a marquee to manually select frames, but it makes it a tedious process...
Help please!
Swift1
Veteran
There's a setting in the Configuration that allows you to choose 6x6, 6x7, or 6x4.5
Maybe check that?
I never use the Thumbnail preview, so don't really know.
Maybe check that?
I never use the Thumbnail preview, so don't really know.
nickthetasmaniac
Veteran
Yep checked that, it's on 6x6.
Swift1
Veteran
Hmmm...
The only other thing I think of is maybe doing a fresh install of Epson Scan.
The only other thing I think of is maybe doing a fresh install of Epson Scan.
nickthetasmaniac
Veteran
I suspect it may come to that. I was just hoping someone would point out a simple setting I might have changed by accident...
shimokita
白黒
Do you get the same results if you reverse the strip: 1-2-3 to 3-2-1?
nickthetasmaniac
Veteran
Yep I turned them around and flipped them over. No difference...
nickthetasmaniac
Veteran
Hi all, sorry to revive an old thread.
After five years of no issues, I've just started having exactly the same problem I asked about above. This time with Epson Scan 2. Unfortunately I can't remember how I fixed it last time... Any ideas?
After five years of no issues, I've just started having exactly the same problem I asked about above. This time with Epson Scan 2. Unfortunately I can't remember how I fixed it last time... Any ideas?
JoeV
Thin Air, Bright Sun
I had some oddball Epson problem (can’t remember what it was though) and the solution as suggested by a Google search was to delete a temp file.