A couple days ago I finished keywording all the digital photos I had. That was a momentous occasion celebrated with some barley pop. Now it was time to start scanning more of the family photos. I had already scanned 42 rolls of film, but I have a mountain of film yet to go. So I went and fired up the Nikon 9000 and gave it a go. Well, the damn thing was misaligning the frames again, just as it had done each time it had failed in the past (3 times).
The saga is long and sad, but it has already been back to Nikon 3 times. So I called Nikon customer service and started crying on their shoulder. The last time it was in was last November, and it had set on the desk since then. Well, they agreed to pay the postage to have it sent in yet another time. So, I thought to myself, "this sucks!" Then my brain turned on and I said to myself that I ought to set it up on another computer and see what happens. I downloaded the Nikon Scan software and installed it. I loaded a tray of negatives and pushed the button. It worked! It kept on working. So as I write this I am working on another roll of film. Keeping my fingers crossed. As John might say, it is just scanning tickety boo.
I guess the lesson in the whole thing is that computers and other gadgets are getting so complex now days that interactions with peripherals might be unpredictable. Kind of reminds of the good old days of trying all the positions of the dip switches on a modem to see if it will work. Remember the 8088?
Probably the same goes with putting the scanner on books and not having them properly aligned with the case. Monk demonstrates that insanity comes from monkeying around with entropy.
