Originally posted by LesDMess At $700 and in fully working condition (with film holders?) I would say that is more than a steal of a deal.
I have scanned over 45,000 frames of various films on my Coolscan 5000 & 9000 and I can tell you with no reservation that there is no comparing workflow and results with these Coolscans and everything else that I've tried. I still maintain two Windows Vista PCs to run Nikonscan 4.
BTW, what kinds of films are you looking at?
No film holders. Can't check condition, as it's being sold on local classifieds 3/4th of the way across the continent. But the guy is a professional photographer (has Canadian photographer of the year) in his signature, and says the scanner works and has been professionally used. He is also willing to ship, which doesn't often happen with local classifieds.
As for film, I usually shoot Portra 400, Ektar 100, Across 100, Bergger, Velvia 50 and 100. I could survive with those. Haven't expanded much beyond, although I have tried TMax once (and liked it). That's recent. There's also history of shooting Svema as a kid...
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Originally posted by tuco My 9000ED came with a carrier that holds 12 small format negatives and a carrier that holds 5 slides. So that is the most you can batch scan with it.
Thanks! Won't help me with scanning my grandfather's archive then. But as Steve mentioned, it might be worth getting it just for MF.
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Originally posted by stevebrot Steve, I run Windows 10 on my computer right now. Would I be able to plug in the 9000 into my computer and use that driver, or would I have to use a dedicated computer (someone mentioned one earlier in the thread).
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Originally posted by Alex645 Yes, the Nikon Coolscan 9000 and the Minolta Dimage Scan Multi Pro are both excellent scanners (I use the Minolta) for both 35mm and MF, but won't batch scan an entire roll. We use this scanner in my lab at school and out of fear of OS incompatibility and age, I am planning on getting a Plustek OpticFilm 120 next year ($1700). I've heard mixed reviews with the Plustek, but it's new, does both 35mm and 120, and I shouldn't have to worry about repairs or driver concerns.
IF you go this route, you'd need patience in cutting your grandfather's film into strips of six, and putting them into glacines or a PrintFile page and then stacking them with weight on top for awhile until they lose their curl and are relatively flat.
The Braun MULTIMAG SlideScan 6000 is an $1800 film scanner that will do batches of up to 50 35mm slides. The Pacific Image PowerSlide X does the same for about $1000, but again, only 35mm slides; not negs or 120.
The best scanner that does up to 40 frames of 35mm negs (that is in the consumer price range, unlike Noritsu) is the Pacific Image Prime Film XA for around $400. It does 35mm slides, but only one at a time and no MF.
those other scanners are definitely out of my budget...
The problem is that I still need to get a scanner to scan my grandfather's archive - which is the problem I set out to solve in the first place