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Dear All,

 

I am having issues with my Canon MG8150 all-in-one scanner. As you can see, there are visible (and annoying) stains at the center of the image. I cleaned thoroughly the scanner glass and checked the negative (clean) but to no avail. Any suggestion would be much appreciated!

 

thank you

 

Carlo

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The ones to the left look almost like the kind of moiré one can see on an LCD screen. However, judging by the shape of the marks the middle-right they are marks from the development liquids which haven't been properly removed. They ought to be visible on the neg, possibly with a loupe.

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Looks like Newton's rings. Does the negative have direct contact to a glas surface?

 

P.S. Just saw it's an all-in-one scanner - so glas! Not much you can do I fear. Anti-newton-glas would be the solution, but not applicable here I suppose?

 

P.P.S Found some tips here: http://www.lomography.com/magazine/tipster/2012/02/22/how-to-avoid-newton-rings-while-scanning-your-negatives

 

Mike

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Looks like Newton's rings. Does the negative have direct contact to a glas surface?

 

P.S. Just saw it's an all-in-one scanner - so glas! Not much you can do I fear. Anti-newton-glas would be the solution, but not applicable here I suppose?

 

P.P.S Found some tips here: How to Avoid Newton Rings While Scanning Your Negatives - Lomography

 

Mike

 

Thank you Mike - I have made a little research and I agree they're Newton's rings. The trouble is that to scan the negative I have to use the supplied adapter and if the negative is curved it will touch the glass. The alternative I can imagine would be to reverse the negative but then I lose some resolution. I will try the trick suggested by the site and report back.

 

Thank you for your help

 

Carlo

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Easiest, Carlo, would be to buy a decent negative-scanner. They are not so expensive after all and spare you a lot of hassle.

 

Otherwise - maybe you could flatten the negative between silk paper and heavy books overnight? Or is there a way to subsitute the adapter by a newton-glasplate?

 

Hope you find a solution.

 

Mike

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