[filmscanners] Re: Strange light spill-over in Nikon LS-8000 scan

2007-05-27 Thread gary
Could you crop a piece of the image where you see the problem? That is, a full resolution scan, but a small piece where the problem occurs. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone have any thoughts or suggestions on the following issue: I just did a scan of a Fuji Astia 6x7 slide It is about

[filmscanners] Re: Strange light spill-over in Nikon LS-8000scan

2007-05-27 Thread
Sure. Here is a 100% crop from the upper left hand corner of the window. I adjusted the levels to make the problem more apparent boncratious.info/CherryBlossomDining-crop.jpg And for adventurous few who want to see more, here is a much larger crop preserved in the tiff format and unadjusted,

[filmscanners] Re: Strange light spill-over in Nikon LS-8000scan

2007-05-27 Thread
That all sounds like a reasonable explanation. Thanks. Yes, the reason using the glass carrier is because the regular one sucks (really, Nikon should be embarrassed, and then smacked in the head for continuing to supply the flawed item with the LS-9000 and making you pay $250+ extra to get a

[filmscanners] Re: Strange light spill-over in Nikon LS-8000 scan

2007-05-27 Thread Tony Sleep
On 27/05/2007 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: . It almost looks like a faint light leak into the dark areas -- a slight fogging of the some of the dark areas. Probably flare, which although it could be just an inherent lens defect is often dust or contamination on the optics of the scanner indicating

[filmscanners] Re: Strange light spill-over in Nikon LS-8000scan

2007-05-27 Thread gary
Let's call this effect a halo. The halo appears more evident on the right of a dark object, than the left. Now this could be my monitor. However, there is one spot that is odd. Look at the man at the left in the image. There is a sliver of light right next to his neck. There doesn't seem to be a