Uneven color cast in scans

[JohnMWright]

<p>Scans from my Canon FS4000 have an uneven color cast. The scans all (more than one) now have a large band of green. Since more than one negative and more than one software (Vuescan and the included Canon software) exhibits the problem, it must be the scanner. Does anyone recognize the problem and is it easy/cheap to fix? <br /> <img src="../photo/8569989" alt="" /><br>

http://www.photo.net/photo/8569989</p>

<p>I mostly use DSLRs now but I still have a few slides and negatives I'd like to scan, and I'm trying to decide if the cost of fixing it is worthwhile... or if I should just have the remaining images scanned for me.</p>

<p>thanks,<br /> John</p>

[Stock-Photos]

<p>John,</p>

<p>I see the green cast but not a definitive band of it. Does your scanner scan slides well? I suspect this is not a problem with your scanner hardware.<br /> I suggest resetting everything in the software to the default and trying again.</p>

<p>This might sound like a hair-brain suggestion but try changing the scanner-to-computer cord. Firewire? USB?<br /> Sometimes one broken wire inside a cable bundle can cause a variety of problems.</p>

[JohnMWright]

<p>Thanks for taking a look.</p>

<p>It's been awhile since I tried, but I think everything had this green band. My entire system (hardware + OS) has been replaced since that scan, so I'll try again and try a new cable. You are right, it could be something like that. It is USB and I have plenty of cables. I didn't think about it, I don't move things around so it didn't seem likely but certainly worth another look.</p>