Nikon Super CoolScan 9000 ED Film Scanner
NIKON Super Coolscan 9000 ED -- Engineered to meet the exacting standards of imaging professionals, this advanced scanner handles a broad range of film formats such as 35mm, 120/220, 16mm, 6 x 7, 6 x 9, electron microscope and more. True 4,000 dpi optical resolution, 16-bit A/D input signal conversion and 16-bit output combine to deliver brilliant, color-true images. Digital ICE4 Advanced suite include - Digital ICE -- removes surface dust & scratches Digital ICE Professional -- automatically rebuilds & restores deteriorated color values Digital GEM -- reduces effects of film grain, revealing hidden details FireWire ( IEEE-1394 ) interface Dimensions - 19.6H x 9.8W x 8.0D; weighs 19.8 pounds
A high-performance dedicated film scanner designed for imaging professionals, the Super Coolscan 9000 ED offers high-quality scanning of 35mm slides, 35mm film strips, medium-format film, medium-format slides (with optional 120/220 mounted film holder FH-869M), glass slides for microscopes (with optional Medical Slide Holder FH-8G1), and 16mm film (with optional 16mm film holder FH-816). The Scanner-Nikkor ED glass lens offers a 4,000 dpi optical resolution, while the 10,000-pixel, three-line monochrome linear CCD image sensor and 16-bit per color A/D input (8-/16-bit output) provide true-to-life, brilliant results. Nikon's own LED illumination technology ensures accurate color separation with no warm-up time or risk of heat damage. Scan times are as fast as 40 seconds including image transfer to display, and as fast as 13 seconds in preview mode. Automatic color/contrast compensation helps you achieve accurate results, while the ICE4 advanced digital image correction suite of technologies, including digital ICE, digital ROC, digital GEM, and digital DEE, 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 Super Coolscan 9000 ED has an IEEE 1394 (FireWire) interface, while one-touch scan and preview buttons will have you scanning film in no time. PC and Mac compatible, the Super Coolscan 9000 ED also comes backed with a one-year limited warranty. What's in the Box
Scanner, CD-ROM, interface card for Mac OS and Windows, strip film holder FH-835S, slide holder FH-835M, 129/220 strip film holder FH-869S
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Nikon Super CoolScan 9000 ED Film Scanner Reviews
I also have used it with 35MM negatives, which work beautifully, and with both 4.5cm x 4.5cm negatives and 110 negatives, which require that I jury-rig a special mask for the glass-covered medium format carriage (FH-869GR, not included). The quality of the images I get from this scanner, with negatives from a basic 1970-vintage twin lens camera, trounces the images I get with a Canon 5D SLR. For the price, I would have preferred if they had included the glass-covered, rotating 120 unit as well. My only regret is that there is no equivalent to Digital ICE for black and white. The 9000ED comes with a 35MM carriage, 35MM slide carriage, and basic MF carriage. I was astonished at what this scanner could do, in terms of preserving the gentle tones of my black and white negatives. That problem is not unique to this scanner, of course.
I am very pleased. The device has worked exactly as I had hoped allowing me to archieve hundreds of old negatives that would have been lost or cost much more than what I paid for it.
The 6x6 color slides are as much as 50 years old, with some mounted in glass which was a bad idea, as those slides have had exceptionally severe color shifts and many have been partially eaten by fungus trapped behind the glass. BTW, scanning 6x6 slides requires an optional adapter. The 35mm slides are better exposed, newer, and in better condition; the worst of them was handled very well by this scanner. I haven't yet tried scanning the B&W negatives.
The scanner's digital ICE and ROC were downright magical (GEM less so, and DEE was sometimes great but touchy to adjust for some slides). The only other defect observed was that interference rings were highly visible on 3 out of about 50 glass-mounted slides. it's a pitty that the adapter doesn't hold at least three 6x6 slides at once and it does take a little time to put a new slide in, but that time was hidden by the processing time using my 1.6GHz Turion laptop. With just a few exceptions, even gross over and under exposed slides still yielded usable images.
Infected slides that I could barely see through came out perfect except for little pink splotches where the fungus was particularly nasty. which I suspect was due to the slides having been overheated years ago when they were viewed by projection. Some non-glass mounted slides had significant heat warp damage, but I didn't see serious problems in their scans. I bought one of these units primarily to digitally archive hundreds of old photos shot and mounted as 6x6 and 35mm slides, as well as lots of B&W 35mm negatives.
Still, it definitely gives you professional results. Sometimes the tray does go off track, but it's sporadic and so far nothing that can't be fixed with a reboot. A true value for your money - paying to have your negs and slides scanned would cost much more than buying this unit. The only drawbacks are that you have to scan bw negatives without Digital Ice (so you'll have a lot of manual cleanup to do) and the fact that there are no trays to scan 110 and 126 negative film (you could conceivably rig the existing trays to accomplish this). The quality of this scanner is amazing. The detail that it picks up from slides and negatives is incredible.
The scanner itself is excellent. The low ratings for this scanner are due to availability problems.
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