Hi all, I just joined the list so I apologize if my question has been posted in the past (are there archives anyplace for this list?)
I've had a Nikon Super Coolscan 4000ED now for a few months. I love the scanner but find that my scans (35mm slides) aren't that sharp or in focus. The documentation isn't as thorough, or in my case maybe idiot proof :-), as I'd like it to be. I think my old cheapo HP photo scanner gave me sharper, more in focus scans. I'm sure the Nikon can do better than what I'm getting but I'm not sure what I need to do/change. I've set the focus point the the area I'd especially want in focus but it still comes out a bit "fuzzy". Sure, I can sharpen it up in Photoshop but that's not how I'd like to do it. I'd prefer to have the scanner give me a nice sharp scan. Anyone have any ideas? Is this a known problem with the Nikon or am I just doing something really dumb? Oh, one other thing that has happened to me... I've scanned a few color negatives in and the scanned output is VERY grainy. I doubt it's the negative since the printed photo (from the photo lab) was very nice. Again, I've only done 2-3 negatives, but they all came out this way. Yet another mystery for me to solve about this scanner. Thanks for any help! -Gary ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body
