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Nikon Announces New Film Scanner Line-up
Nikon UK Press Release 28/10/03
Nikon has announced three new film scanners to replace the current range. The Coolscan V ED and the Coolscan 5000 ED, replacements for the Coolscan IV and 4000 respectively, will go on sale at the beginning of November 2003, whilst the Coolscan 9000, the successor to the Coolscan 8000, will become available in the Spring of 2004.
Nikon has an enviable reputation in the film scanner market and these new introductions feature improvements on the current models such as enhanced scanning speed and image quality.
The Coolscan V ED will have a rrp of £549.99 and the Coolscan 5000 ED will be £1099.99. Price for the Coolscan 9000 is to be confirmed.
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#1 Fazal Majid
I have a Nikon Coolscan IVED, which I selected over the higher-resolution Canon FS4000 because of its excellent low electronic noise levels (meaning more shadow detail). The VED basically looks like a LS-4000 without the more advanced film loader options to batch-scan slides or scan an entire 35mm strip in one go.
I started Medium Format last week, and the new LS-9000ED has me drooling (I am using a lowly Epson 3170 for MF for now). Unfortunately, it does not seem like they have found a way to get Digital ICE to work with black and white film yet.
11:59 pm - Tuesday, October 28, 2003
#2 Mark Goldstein
I have that scanner too
- the Coolscan IV - although it isn't getting much use at the moment...It's main drawback is the 2900dpi resolution. If I was upgrading, I'd porbably go for the Minolta 5400dpi model, which costs just over £500 in the UK.
I read in a review somewhere that Digital Ice has problems with b&w because it gets confused by the silver halide grain that forms the film.
What's that flatbed scanner like for medium-format?
12:14 am - Wednesday, October 29, 2003
#3 Mark Goldstein
I'm still hanging onto my Nikon film scanner, even though the announcement of the new V ED model has probably just put a big dent in it's resale value :-(
10:21 am - Wednesday, October 29, 2003
#4 Jon Read
I always thought that the reason dust & scratch removal won't work with b&w film is that it uses an IR pass to sense the imperfections - and the b&w film base is opaque to IR light.
I have a Canon FS4000U that is probably about to go on ebay - I don't see myself using much film from now on.
Cheers,
J
3:08 pm - Wednesday, October 29, 2003