Film scanner question

  • Thread starter Thread starter Barry Watzman
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Most of my shots were on ASA 200 print film, so I don't think grain will
be a problem.

If the unit needs cleaning, can I do this myself (I service and repair
PCs, including laptops, so I'm pretty good at taking things apart). Is
there a service manual for this anywhere that I could get hold of?
 
Most of my shots were on ASA 200 print film, so I don't think grain will
be a problem.
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Grain aliasing is hard to predict.
If the unit needs cleaning, can I do this myself (I service and repair
PCs, including laptops, so I'm pretty good at taking things apart). Is
there a service manual for this anywhere that I could get hold of?
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Someone made a nice manual for cleaning an LS-2000. The original seems to
have disappeared, so I put a copy at
<http://misc.hq.phicoh.net/ls2000-cleaning/>

In my experience, sensor cleaning tools work quite well for cleaning
the mirror.
 
Thank you very much. I had found that earlier ... not sure if it was
from your site or another copy ... and I saved it as a "web archive
single file" (*.mht) file. That should be all that I need.
 
FWIW, for better or worse, I bought a Nikon LS-2000 on E-Bay (have not
yet received it). It's not the greatest, but I think it will be
adequate and it didn't cost $1,000 or even $500 (in total, with all the
accessories and shipping, it's going to end up being a bit under $200
... these have gone for less, but this one has both transports and some
other accessories, and a guarantee that it's working).

I'll post back after I have it.

Anyone have any tips on the LS-2000? It's 2,700 dpi with digital ICE,
but it's not current "state of the art" by any means. I have downloaded
all of the drivers and documentation from the Nikon web site.
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The LS-2000 is SCSI, of course, while most newer scanners are either
Firewire or USB.

I bought a Nikon LS-2000 when they were still new and paid nearly
$1500 for it. Now I own the Nikon 5000 ED and paid about $1000. The
5000 is vastly superior to the 2000. So much better, in fact, that I
am rescanning many of my slides (at 16 bpc, 4x sampling, occasionally
at 16x sampling, ICE on, ROC/GEM off).

I don't use the LS-2000 anymore...

As for advice, check the archives of this newsgroup. There has been
plenty of discussion on the Nikon CoolScan scanners, the NikonScan
software, etc. And be glad that you aren't trying to scan Kodachrome
slides!

-db-
 
What's the issue with Kodachrome? [Other than I understand that Digital
Ice doesn't work ....]
 
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