I've got over 5,000 scans on my Scan Dual II, so my mirror must not have the problem.
-- Best regards, Bruce Friday, February 25, 2005, 6:46:10 PM, you wrote: AC> --- Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I have been using Vuescan and a Minolta Scan Dual II since Fall >> of 2000, have scanned perhaps 2000 or more negatives with it, >> and have never seen a streak. >> Where did you hear of this? And how would the scanning software >> know how to compensate for what sounds like a defect in your >> scanner hardware? AC> I first noticed this problem when one of my 8x12" print had a long yellow line. Then AC> I searched (streaking + minolta) for answer on AC> comp.periphs.scanners and found it AC> was a Minolta issue with Vuescan. Since Minolta software doesn't have such issue, AC> and Vuescan doesn't use Minolta SDK like SilverFast does, quite possible Minolta use AC> the software to mask the hardware flaw on the mirror. I have switched the mirror AC> upside down and ran some tests. My conclusion is that the mirror is the source of AC> problem. Since not all scanners have spots on the mirrors, some Minolta scanners AC> might be perfectly fine with Vuescan, while some don't. AC> http://groups.google.ca/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&group=comp.periphs.scanners AC> ===== AC> Alan Chan AC> http://www.pbase.com/wlachan AC> __________________________________ AC> Do you Yahoo!? AC> Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Get it on your mobile phone. AC> http://mobile.yahoo.com/maildemo
