Nikon CoolScan V ED Film Scanner
NIKON Coolscan V ED -- An economical, user friendly, high performance film scanner, the Coolscan V ED is simple to operate, even for first-time scanner users. True optical resolution of 4,000 dpi and 14-bit A/D input conversion allow the scanner to produce scans at a level of quality previously only available with higher priced models. Plug-and-play USB 2.0 interface facilitates rapid, accurate image transfer Media - Accepts 35m slides & film strips & APS (IX240) film OS Compatibility - Windows 98SE, ME, 2000, XP; Mac OS 9.0-9.2, Mac OS X (10.1.3+) Dimensions - 6.8H x 3.8W x 12.4D; weighs 6.6 pounds
A high-performance dedicated film scanner from Nikon, the CoolScan V ED offers high-quality scanning of 35mm slides, 35mm film strips, APS film (with optional IX240 film adapter), and prepared slides (with optional medical slide holder). The Scanner-Nikkor ED glass lens offers a 4,000 dpi optical resolution, while the 3,964-pixel linear CCD image sensor and 14-bit A/D input (8-/16-bit output) provide true-to-life, brilliant results. Nikon's own LED illumination technology ensures accurate color with no warm-up time or risk of heat damage. Scan times are as fast as 38 seconds including image transfer to display, and as fast as 14 seconds in preview mode. Automatic color/contrast compensation helps you achieve accurate results, while the ICE4 advanced digital image correction suite of technologies helps to restore old slides to their original glory. Additionally, the included Nikon Scan 4 software provides a comprehensive and easy-to-use interface for managing your scans. The CoolScan V ED has a convenient plug-and-play USB interface, while one-touch scan and preview buttons will have you scanning film in no time. PC and Mac compatible, the CoolScan V ED also comes backed with a one year limited warranty. What's in the Box
Scanner, CD-ROM, strip film adapter SA-21, slide feeder MA-21, instructions
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Nikon CoolScan V ED Film Scanner Reviews
Easy to install and setup. Scanning strips is done in auto mode and is a great convenience. Had it working within ten minutes after it came out of the box. Noise level is minor. Very satisfied with scanned images and operation of this film scanner. A strip of four negatives utilizing ICE software takes about five minutes to scan. Instruction manual easy to understand and it came with a quick start guide.
Tracking resale prices on E-bay makes spending more to get the 16 bit scanner seem worth the price differential. Hope this helps. The scans of some of my older slides are just simply breathtaking. I may still opt for the 5000 and return my V that is en route. Not such a bad deal. Actual review to follow.
You can still get them from Bestbuy for MSRP, plus tax and $6.00 shipping. UPDATE: Returned this scanner and got the 5000 with the F-210 batch scanner. As such, they are getting hard to find and the price seems to be going up (ie Adorama). Any thoughts. The coolscan V ED has been discontinued with no evident replacement in sight. So far, so good.
The scanned slides still required a lot of cleanup with Photoshop. I've just used this item briefly, however the slide scanning function is simple and easy. As i understand it this item is supposed to correct for dirt, spots, scatches etc however I have not been able to see that as yet. Small, functional and yeilds much better results than my flatbed scanner.
There were only two issues. The quality of the scans is outstanding. These 2 issues aside, I was quite pleased with the quality of the scans and the ease of setup. It is possible that the software was not optimized for Mac in general (it looks like a ported PC program) or that it was not optimized for the latest operating system (OS 10.5). I recommend this product (and a good book to read between scans).
Similar to a past Nikon digital camera, this scanner tends to exaggerate the red colors, which I had to tone down in Photoshop (but could be done with the scanning software). I shoot a late model DSLR, and was surprised to see that this Nikon scanner produced nearly equivalent quality photos from my older film negatives (at least the good quality ones). The digital ice, grain reduction and light leveling software were reasons for the excellent results (along with excellent optics). I expected that scanning at 4000 dpi and using the digital ice and grain reduction would increase the time of the scan, but was surprised that saving the photo to the hard disk also took a long time. I was using a brand new 2.66 duo core IMAC with 4GB of RAM, and it took nearly 5 minutes per negative to scan and save the photo.
The software was intuitive and easy to set up. The scanner is also quite slow when scanning negatives.
The Digital ICE4 Advanced suite of image correction is just wonderful. I would not buy/use any scanner that would not have this. We are enjoying our old slides that have been collecting dust, now that they are on the computer. Scanning takes time, especially as you need to scan single slide at a time, but worth it. I really like the scanner.
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