Tom Dunne
Well-Known Member
Last night my scanner (Canoscan 9000F) would not detect my caffenol processed colour film. A few days ago it did, with a similar film, and I posted some results on the forum. I rebooted everything, uninstalled the software and reinstalled. Still the same problem.
The message I get is this
"The film could not be detected. Please check if the Select Source is correct or confirm if the film is set correctly and execute preview again. Otherwise please switch off the thumbnails view mode."
I have done all this and have tried all the selections available in Select Source.
Out of curiosity I scanned and old lab processed B/W neg and it previewed and scanned with no problem at all.
Now I'm beginning to wonder if the scanner is confused by the caffenol film (as it neither looks like a colour or b/w neg; well, just looks like coffee) but surely this cannot be the case. You would imagine it should at least carry out the routine of scanning, whatever the look of the negative.
Has anyone experienced this?
Would really appreciate any assistance anyone can offer. many thanks
The message I get is this
"The film could not be detected. Please check if the Select Source is correct or confirm if the film is set correctly and execute preview again. Otherwise please switch off the thumbnails view mode."
I have done all this and have tried all the selections available in Select Source.
Out of curiosity I scanned and old lab processed B/W neg and it previewed and scanned with no problem at all.
Now I'm beginning to wonder if the scanner is confused by the caffenol film (as it neither looks like a colour or b/w neg; well, just looks like coffee) but surely this cannot be the case. You would imagine it should at least carry out the routine of scanning, whatever the look of the negative.
Has anyone experienced this?
Would really appreciate any assistance anyone can offer. many thanks
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