Re: [APML] Photosmart S-20 scratches

["Bobby Middleton" <bobm@koyote.com>]

Shekar, I have never seen this with my S-20 but scratches are a problem at
times. I can sometimes see the scratches on the negs before I scan them. I
suppose either camera or processors are to blame for mine.
Bobby Middleton

"God doesn't play dice".........
Albert Einstein on blind chance

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----- Original Message -----
From: Shekhar Borde <shekhar@prodigy.net>

> Greetings all,
>
> Been busy and distracted for a while and now I am trying to catch up
> with a few thousand APML messages in my inbox <g>.
>
> I shot a few images last weekend at Chews Ridge but I have a problem
> with a deep scratch at the same offset on every frame (see links below).
> I discussed this with Chuck and we surmised that it is being caused either
> by my OM-1 or the Photosmart S-20 scanner.  After some more inspection
> and deliberation I am starting to think that the scanner is causing this.
This
> was the first time I fed negative strips into it.  Usually I just mount
individual
> negatives in slide mounts and then feed them.  I fed a blank negative
strip
> halfway into the scanner and ejected it and guess what -- there strip was
> scratched only upto the point it was inserted. BTW, the strips were only 4
> frames long and AFAIK that shouldn't cause a problem.
>
> Has anyone else seen this problem with their S-20?  Here are the scratched
> images: (warning: content unsuitable for children and the faint of heart
<g>)
>
> http://www.tsoft.com/~shekhar/temp/m8m20.jpg (226k) -- 45 min exp, PPF
> http://www.tsoft.com/~shekhar/temp/m24.jpg (291k) -- 12 min exp, PPF
>
> I went back and looked at some of my images from last year and noticed
> the same (although much fainter) scratch on some of them. See this one
> for an example (faint horizontal scratch a third of the way from the
bottom):
>
> http://www.tsoft.com/~shekhar/ic1318.html
>
> As an aside, as I catch up with my email I am finding a lot of excellent
> images posted here over the past few months.  Keep up the great work
> everyone!
>
> Shekhar Borde
>
>
>
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