At 07:23 16-06-01 -0700, you wrote: >When performing a scan on the LS4000 using Nikonscan 3.1, two motor noises >are heard: 1) a deep humming sound, and 2)a "stepping" noise that sounds a >bit like a cheap plastic metronome. This second noise changes cadence >depending upon the resolution chosen - the higher the resolution, the slower >the tick-tock. Interestingly, when using Vuescan, the humming noise is the >same but the metronome noise is either greatly reduced or gone altogether. >Are any of you LS4000 owners experiencing this? Thanks, John Aside from a nearly inaudible whirr during focusing I just hear the second noise that you describe but am not sure what causes it. Vuescan operates the scanner more quietly and quickly. On my LS4000 the noise sounds like an early 1960's era Kharmann-Ghia trying to climb a steep hill. Cary Enoch Reinstein aka Enoch's Vision, Inc., Peach County, Georgia http://www.enochsvision.com/ http://www.bahaivision.com/ -- "Behind all these manifestations is the one radiance, which shines through all things. The function of art is to reveal this radiance through the created object." ~Joseph Campbell
Re: filmscanners: LS4000 stepper motor noise
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