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Introduction
The Nikon LS-2000 film scanner is a high resolution & dynamic range scanner
for 35mm film. It has attachments for 35mm film strips, 35mm slides, and
bulk(50) loading of 35mm slides. The LS-2000 is attached to
the windows system, Lumiere, which
is located in the library - room 586. The manuals that were distributed
with the scanner are shared on the Windows network from Lumiere.
Scanner software options:
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Max 2700 dpi optical resolution (1350 dpi standard)
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Output data can be either 8 or 12 bits. Note that not all
applications can read the 12/16 bit files.
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Multi-pass scanning is for noise reduction. Scanning 16x
@ 12 bits with noise reduction
will approach scanning @16 bits without noise reduction (multiple
scans).
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Set CleanImage to normal. This option removes dust and imperfections
in the original without adding any apparent artifacts,
except for the case of
black & white line drawings, when this option should be disabled.
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Additional on-line documentation is available on the PC-GROUP domain at
\\LUMIERE\Nikon_LS2000_docs.
TIPS:
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There are hardware attachments for feeding bulk slides, single slides, and film
strips. There is also an attachment for film strips that may be curling. This
attachment is used with the single slide feeder. If an attachment is not
on top of the desk, then it should be in a drawer.
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Slides may stick together when used in the bulk loader especially if
different types of slide mounts are mixed (i.e. paper & plastic). Restart
wherever the problem occurred. The software driver adds a prefix in order
not to overwrite existing files.
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Scanning PowerPoint files with lots of blue has worked better with
the bulk loader and using the automated feed, rather than the single slide feed.
Single scanned files sometimes have a bad focus. It can also happen in
a random manner. Rescan the slide.
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The LS-2000 is available as a standalone application or as a TWAIN driver.
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The software user interface is cumbersome.
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There is no APS film attachment.
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For Powerpoint slides slides, it is recommended that single pass scanning,
with CleanImage set to normal,
and resolution set to 1350 dpi is appropriate.
It is assumed that slides these will be shown at computer screen resolutions
with PowerPoint.
Approximate scanning times include writing to a network drive.
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1x, 2.5 min, ~12.5MB, 1350 dpi
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16x, 8.5 min, ~12.5MB, 1350 dpi
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1x, 4.5 min, ~50MB, 2700 dpi
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16x, ~11 min estimate, ~50MB, 2700 dpi
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