In the last couple of months I've switched to scanning my 4x5's and digitally printing on a 7600. My LF scanner is a Microtek 2500F purchased new. It works very well and delivers excellent (and very large!) scans, as well as being a physically large scanner. When using the transparency scanning drawer (which is specifically for hi-res scans of film) the machine makes the scariest noises when first starting the scan. These can best be described as "thumps, bumps, clacks, snaps, and whizzes". The "thumps" and "clacks" are quite loud and sound like a large rodent or small person trying to hammer their way out of the casing. My cat usually snoozes on the shelf above the area on my desk where I placed the new scanner, and the first time I cranked the monster up she ran like the devil was after her. I nearly took off running myself. I was sure I had a defective scanner and that it was about to "throw a rod" right through the casing. However, it has worked flawlessly and produces beautiful scans. For those of you out there that use this scanner, does yours make these same noises when starting a scan? If this is common to these scanners, do you know what species of critter is shipped inside the thing?
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