Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/11/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well, I trimmed it and now its gone the other way, feeding in too far: Hmm perhaps back to the Nikon software. On 15/11/2006, at 17:25, Alastair Firkin wrote: > Thanks, I had a fairly long end on the film, I did trim it and the > problem became worse: perhaps I did not square off the edges, but > really this is silly, I should be able to "direct" the scanner to > start scanning where I want to. I try skype later, but I notice you > are off line at the moment > > cheers > > On 15/11/2006, at 16:17, G Hopkinson wrote: > >> Alastair, I have the Coolscan V and Vuescan as well. >> Often with any software I find that the amount of film edge before >> the first frame starts is critical. It needs to be short, and >> don't trim the corners. I did that for a while for filing ease but >> found it caused problems. See how you go trimming the film end >> square and short, then I can offer help on my settings as well. >> (The software is the same). (Or Skype me for an explanation???) >> Cheers >> Hoppy >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org >> [mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On >> Behalf Of >> Alastair Firkin >> Sent: Wednesday, 15 November 2006 14:36 >> To: Leica Users Group >> Subject: [Leica] Vuescan and Nikon ED 5000 woes again >> >> G'day all, >> >> well once again, I am incredibly frustrated by my ability (or lack >> more accurately) to scan films with my really quite expensive Nikon >> ED 5000 "super coolscan". I have not touched it for about 9 months >> and I'm remembering why. Last time I tried to get on top of it by >> buying "VueScan", and I have just updated to the latest version BUT >> good as it may be I am stumped by the first negative file I put in. >> >> Problem one: When I put the film in the scanner, it advances but not >> far enough, so that the preview includes too much blank air and >> therefore the scan is incomplete. With the Nikon software I could >> manually adjust the starting position for the preview, but I cannot >> find it in VueScan. >> >> My litany of other problems are mainly to do with what settings to >> use to get a really high quality scan, but we can come to those if I >> could align the negative with the preview. >> >> Cheers and TIA >> >> Alastair >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information