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Matus,
it could be a lot of different things causing banding. I have heard people who found such simple solutions as replacing a bad cable. If you have a return warranty however, I would seriously...

Possibly you can scan something reflective uniform looking at high resolution and see what happens. Any lines? If not it may indicate a problem with the transparency lamp although I wouldn't take it...

I used a scanmate ccd with precisely the same symptom. It would be clearly visible in color negative scans, especially in uniform areas like skies and less visible or not detectable in slide film...

Matus,

I have a Canon 8800f which I think is a slightly less capable scanner than your Microtek but in terms of shadow performance they shouldn't be too far apart. I have scanned E100G with my...

One word of caution to all of you. If you haven't already noticed it, the excellent anti newton acrylic gets scratched very very easily even by kinetronics anti statics gloves. Camel hair brush works...

Hi Tyler,
Welcome to the forum! I am a quite new user of the ft-s5000 so be aware that my experience is limited. I do scan quite much color negative though so I might be able to give you some...

Thank you Peter, you are most kind! Such a holder would make life a lot easier for me! The wet mount holder I am using works well but it lets me scan only one frame at a time.

Bob, I have shot...

Here's a tutorial:

http://www.neilsnape.com/color/scan_neg_film/index.html

Its for linoscan but the idea is the same. Scroll to page 4 to see how to do this in photoshop. I am scanning on a...

Peter,
I found a good solution to the masking issue. I removed the lid from the 6x7 wet mount holder. Its not a lid really but a frame with rubber pads which will hold a mylar sheet on top of the...

I have now calibrated my monitor. The old Mitsubishi was impossible to calibrate as I could only get a luminance value of 30 when I was aiming for 100. So now I'm using my old crt which I calibrated...

I agree, Ektar is a nice film thats easy to scan. It does easily block up the shadows though if it's not exposed enough. Another film I can recommend is Fuji Pro160S which has incredible dynamic...

I've seen those tips and screenshots on your blog Peter, they're are very useful! Especially where you say:

"Click “Scan”, and proceed to the fridge to get a beverage. And maybe a sandwich. And...

Bob, are you referring to HD/SD (Highlight density/Shadow density) numbers in the Manual fine adjustment window? I can set those numbers, but only when scanning slide film, not with color negative...

Bob and Peter,

I have finally taken the plunge and ordered the monitor calibration kit. Thankyou both for your very useful recommendations.





Bob, that's a great tip, but how does the...

I did some testing with the dpi discussion we had a while ago in mind. Scanning pro400H 120-film at 4300 dpi seems to give nothing but more noise in shadow areas compared to 4000 dpi. At 4000 dpi it...

Hi Bob and Peter
Thank you for your recommendations! Will it really make sense though to buy one of these calibration tools for such an old monitor? Will they be able to properly calibrate the...

Peter and Bob,
I would just like to know if my monitor looks reasonably well calibrated judging by the scans I linked to? My concern is if they're too bright/washed out? My monitor is an old...

I will link to a few of my first scans with the Cezanne. Scroll with the arrows. I am not color managed so colors may be off. The color negative presets in Color Genius are pretty good after all, but...

If there are any differences I am sure they are insignificant for the final result!

I noticed that the software CD contains a few updates of ColorGenius to 1.0.4 I believe. I am running 1.0.1 and...

Bob, I haven't noticed the light table going out. I don't keep the lid open for long though so I am not sure. The light table is kind of useful to spot those dust specks that I missed when putting...

I use the resin holder where I put the negative emulsion side facing down, which means I have to mirror the image in ps. Does it matter which side is up or down?

When I scan 6x7 it seems like the...

Bob,

that's good to know that you don't see a reason to wet mount. I do have a dust problem in my home but I am not keen on wet mounting either. I am not familiar with the Nikon scanners. I have...

Mysteriously my G3 setup started working very well this morning. I used your settings Bob which I believe were the ones I used originally when the hi-resolution scans failed. A 4000 dpi 550 MB scan...

Thank you Bob!

Chris

Peter, thank you for your very kind offer to send me the memory. My G3 has 1GB installed so I believe it's maxed out already. I may well follow your advice and get a G4 and if it won't have enough...

Bob,

I use a free converter called "Super". It converts pretty much everything I think. I used it to extract audio from video files and it works very well.

http://www.erightsoft.com/SUPER.html...

Thank you Bob

So if I understand you correctly I turn off RAM disk altogether and then I set the preferences in ColorGeniusServer to:

Scratch: Harddrive
Scratch disk (for prescanning):...

Peter and Bob, I hope both of you are having a great weekend. Mine is turning out fine although I am spending nearly all my time awake with Cezanne. Fortunately I am not married yet..

I am...

Peter and Bob,

I suspect you are both right about my computer and too little memory. Color Quartet v.5 probably requires a lot less memory than ColorGenius. ColorGenius seems to be more powerful...

Bob, I am pretty much a novice with Macs but I have managed to check "about this computer"

it says: built in memory 384MB
virtual memory: off
largest free block: 188,7MB

below it says:...

Actually it doesn't complete the setup process now...
Error message:

***Error***
4007
A data transmission time-out error occurred during communication between Client and Server.

Bob, that's what I think as well!

I have now managed a few scans with the Cezanne! At 800 dpi the "setup" process after a scan is quick but after having tried a few scans at 2000 dpi I am puzzled....

Peter,
Thanks a lot! You saved my day! I thought the left cover was the one where the lamps are located but now I realize its the large wing. I disengaged it a few times before I found the right...

Thank you Peter for your prompt reply! The questionmark red light doesn't go off although I have waited for 20 minutes so is there a problem with the white calibration? I remember seeing a photo here...

An update:

When I try to start the ColorGenius server application I get the following Error message:

"The initialization of Server application failed. Server can't start.

<Scanner...

I am just starting up the Screen Cezanne for the first time... I have a few questions.. I am on a G3 with OS 9.2. I have installed Color Genius 1.0, both client and server on the same computer. I...

Problem solved

The problem is that the flap extends too far out to enable my hands to reach the carrying handles and effectively carry the scanner with another person carrying using the handles on the opposite side...

Hi,

I have been fortunate to find an old Screen Cezanne. The scanner comes with a Mac with the software and lots of mounting frames for different sizes of originals. There is no operating or...

oh..! Sorry about that! It's a Scanview and the model is F10. I believe it's identical to the Howtek F10.