What have you just BOUGHT?

[TenEleven]

A Rollei XF35. Got the itch for film. Will see how it fares with XP2 and orange filter. My Contax Ts all gave up.
EUR 65...and seems to work just fine. Will take it for a proper spin next week. My Coolscan 8000ED is not cooperating right now (Ubuntu does not recognise it anymore) - hope its just the firewire cable...

Sadly the scanners not being recognized is likely one (or both) of the communication chips failing.

Luckily the chips themselves are not bespoke to Nikon and can still be gotten on ebay/aliexpress etc. Then it's just about finding someone who can do SMD solder work. I had to do both in a Coolscan 9000 which uses the same two chips. The USB Coolscans are exempt from this issue.

 

[Peter_S]

Sadly the scanners not being recognized is likely one (or both) of the communication chips failing.

Luckily the chips themselves are not bespoke to Nikon and can still be gotten on ebay/aliexpress etc. Then it's just about finding someone who can do SMD solder work. I had to do both in a Coolscan 9000 which uses the same two chips. The USB Coolscans are exempt from this issue.

Oi. Well, I have a new cable coming and will try that. Ubuntu sees something and the firefire wire port is active, but...well. Will see over Christmas. Would be a bummer if it fails now!

 

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Aah. Surface mount rework. Brings back memories…🤣

 

[Cascadilla]

What you say is true and I agree. However I am not going to be walking long distances with this bag. It was chosen primarily for airline under seat stowage with good gear carrying ability. The backpack idea is good but I fear vulnerability to theft while it is being worn as a backpack.

When I went to Peru in 1987 the advice was to wear your backpack in front rather than on your back so you could wrap your arms around it in places like train stations where thieves operated fairly brazenly. That worked for me, along with wearing my Rolleiflex under my parka and only bringing it out at waist level to take pictures.

 

[TenEleven]

Oi. Well, I have a new cable coming and will try that. Ubuntu sees something and the firefire wire port is active, but...well. Will see over Christmas. Would be a bummer if it fails now!

Well as said it's completely salvageable in that case. Basically don't throw away an otherwise perfectly good scanner if it turns out to be a firewire comm issue!