[filmscanners] Re: cleaning a dusty Nikon LS4000

2004-04-17 Thread Bill Fernandez
Howdy-- There must be an awful lot of dust inside your refurbished scanner if it gets on the film when you scan! I'd recommend against just randomly spraying compressed air into the scanner, but it should be fairly easy to remove the outer casing of the scanner, and that should be enough to

[filmscanners] Re: cleaning a dusty Nikon LS4000

2004-04-16 Thread Ed Lusby
Hi Paul, I came across a great tutorial for cleaning the new LS-5000 here: http://www.pearsonimaging.com/ls5000cleaning.html It comes complete with a lot of photos to guide you. It also says the method works on a 4000. Ed Lusby

[filmscanners] RE: cleaning a dusty Nikon LS4000

2004-04-14 Thread Paul D. DeRocco
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I got a refurbished LS4000 via Nikon USA after my initial one died at 13 months. The refurbished model been under a dust cover since I got it. The scanning operations seem fine on this one, but it coats every negative with EXTENSIVE dust. Much more than the first