Re: filmscanners: My replacement 8000 is banding like the first one :-(

[EdHamrick]

> Moving the film via a carrier, which is likely molded plastic, with
> plastic gearing, and also having it need to "mesh' with the motorized
> transport, and being that the carrier is prone to dust and dirt
> attraction and "the elements", makes it much harder to maintain
> integrity of precision movement.

No film scanner I know of uses teeth that mesh with a plastic
carrier to move the film during scanning.  Some have teeth that
mesh with a plastic carrier used for rough positioning of the
carrier to the start of the scan.  Then a metal screw controlled
by a stepper motor is used to move the film 36mm.

Regards,
Ed Hamrick