Re: filmscanners: horribly dirty negatives from SS4000

2000-11-19 Thread Robert Kehl
Frank, Do you use a dry towel. Or is it moistened with something? Bob - Original Message - From: Frank Paris [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 10, 2000 7:14 PM Subject: RE: filmscanners: horribly dirty negatives from SS4000 One thing I have always

Re: filmscanners: horribly dirty negatives from SS4000

2000-11-19 Thread Robert Kehl
- Original Message - From: Johnny Deadman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Filmscanners [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 10, 2000 7:59 PM Subject: Re: filmscanners: horribly dirty negatives from SS4000 on 9/11/00 8:05 pm, Robert Kehl at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The Artix4000t

Re: filmscanners: horribly dirty negatives from SS4000

2000-11-14 Thread Rob Geraghty
Geoff wrote: I'm not sure how labs manage to scratch negs so badly! Ever watched how they throw them around before they sleeve them? Rob

Re: filmscanners: horribly dirty negatives from SS4000

2000-11-14 Thread Arthur Entlich
Rob Geraghty wrote: Geoff wrote: I'm not sure how labs manage to scratch negs so badly! Ever watched how they throw them around before they sleeve them? Rob Many labs have a very bad policy with film handling. The majority of people do not order reprints, and since the film is

Re: filmscanners: horribly dirty negatives from SS4000

2000-11-14 Thread Arthur Entlich
Rob Geraghty wrote: Geoff wrote: I'm not sure how labs manage to scratch negs so badly! Ever watched how they throw them around before they sleeve them? Rob Many labs have a very bad policy with film handling. The majority of people do not order reprints, and since the film is

Film handling was Re: filmscanners: horribly dirty negatives from SS4000

2000-11-14 Thread Rob Geraghty
Art wrote: Many labs have a very bad policy with film handling. The majority of people do not order reprints, and since the film is usually printed before it is cut and sleeved, a lot of the scratches are put on after the printer is done with them, or by the automated film gate (again, after the

RE: filmscanners: horribly dirty negatives from SS4000

2000-11-12 Thread MortenE
PROTECTED] Subject: RE: filmscanners: horribly dirty negatives from SS4000 One thing I have always noticed is that slides seem to be much easier to keep clean than negatives. Negatives seem to attract dust like a magnet. When using the HP PhotoSmart my rule of thumb is, get it right the first time

Re: filmscanners: horribly dirty negatives from SS4000

2000-11-10 Thread Arthur Entlich
Frank Paris wrote: Has anyone had trouble with their SS4000 producing horribly dusty and scratchy negatives? I can't believe how filthy my negatives are and how much time I have to spend cleaning them up. I never had this problem with my HP PhotoSmart. Things seem to be getting worse,

RE: filmscanners: horribly dirty negatives from SS4000

2000-11-10 Thread Frank Paris
://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumList?u=62684 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Arthur Entlich Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2000 3:49 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: filmscanners: horribly dirty negatives from SS4000 Frank Paris wrote

Re: filmscanners: horribly dirty negatives from SS4000

2000-11-10 Thread Robert Kehl
- Original Message - From: Frank Paris [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2000 12:04 AM Subject: filmscanners: horribly dirty negatives from SS4000 Has anyone had trouble with their SS4000 producing horribly dusty and scratchy negatives? I can't

Re: filmscanners: horribly dirty negatives from SS4000

2000-11-10 Thread Johnny Deadman
on 9/11/00 8:05 pm, Robert Kehl at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The Artix4000t definately gives me sharper higher resolution prints from y Epson 2000P especially at 13"x19". But the time I spend cleaning and spotting is a high price to pay. My conclusion? I am using the Nikon for my first

RE: filmscanners: horribly dirty negatives from SS4000

2000-11-10 Thread Frank Paris
://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumList?u=62684 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Robert Kehl Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2000 5:05 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: filmscanners: horribly dirty negatives from SS4000 - Original

Re: filmscanners: horribly dirty negatives from SS4000

2000-11-10 Thread Bill Ross
The dust problems are almost certainly to do with your scanning environment and your general treatment of the negs. I have absolutely NO dust problems with my SS4000... to the point that I literally spot only one or two dots and then only on some negatives.

filmscanners: horribly dirty negatives from SS4000

2000-11-08 Thread Frank Paris
Has anyone had trouble with their SS4000 producing horribly dusty and scratchy negatives? I can't believe how filthy my negatives are and how much time I have to spend cleaning them up. I never had this problem with my HP PhotoSmart. Things seem to be getting worse, too. I just got through