Rob How much more shadow detail was there in the Polaroid over the LS30. I have an LS30 and I am still tempted to add the SS4000 while it is still so cheap. I would probably keep the LS30 for the ICE.
Thanks Philip ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rob Geraghty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 10, 2001 5:15 AM Subject: filmscanners: Re: filmscanners: Nikon LS-30: High contrasts in slides cause halos! > Rob wrote: > > I would check to see if the mirror is clean and that it > > has not got a build up of dust or as you mention exhaled > > solvent covering. > > Someone mentioned something in the past about a mirror in the Nikon LS30/2000 > as being extremely delicate and not something the user should touch. But > I may be misremembering. > > >Ralf Schmode wrote: > >> I was mistaken. Please take a look at http://schmode.net/halos.jpg and > >> http://schmode.net/halos2.jpg - what makes this an issue is that the > >> second image crop was taken with the scanner being almost new, just > >> three months in use. > > I presume the halos aren't on the film and you checked very carefully to > be sure. To be honest I wouldn't have seen these halos if the scan had > been mine, and they wouldn't be a significant enough problem for me to get > upset about. The posted images look to be unadjusted output from Vuescan > - by the time the levels, brightness and contrast were adjusted, I'd be > surprised if the halos were visible. > > I've been quite happy with the LS30 once the jaggies problem was addressed > by using Vuescan. From a brief comparison, the output it produces compares > surprisingly well with the SS4000 for colour and sharpness, but not shadow > detail. That's to be expected. But then the SS4000 cost twice as much > as the LS30 at the time. > > Rob > > > Rob Geraghty [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://wordweb.com > > > >