Nov 06, 2019 nikon scan isnt great but at the end of the day it does the job fairly well imo. For mounted slides, you can batch scan if your scanner allows more than oneslide to be loaded into it at once. Over the years i had to repair modify many of my scanners. I bought a nikon coolscan 5000 to speed up the scanning process of my regular 35mm work. With vuescan im still able to scan all my kodachromes and 6x6 slides for years to come. Compared to my old epson 3200 flatbed and the nikon coolscan 5000 which the 9000 replace, the 9000 is slow and loud.
The super coolscan 9000 eds digital ice professional is compatible with kodachrome film. This scanner has an infrared lamp for scanning film. Vuescan is compatible with the nikon coolscan iv ed on windows x86, windows x64, windows rt, windows 10 arm, mac os x and linux. These tests were done on an early 2014 macbook air with 10. Digital roc reconstruction of color recreates and restores faded color values for vivid, faithfully rendered images.
How to downgrade mac mini os to run nikon coolscan 9000 original. A highperformance dedicated film scanner designed for imaging professionals, the super coolscan 9000 ed offers highquality scanning of 35mm slides, 35mm film strips, mediumformat film, mediumformat slides with optional 120220 mounted film holder fh869m, glass slides for microscopes with optional medical slide holder fh8g1, and 16mm film with optional 16mm film holder fh816. May 24, 2017 im trying to use vuescan with our nikon super coolscan 4000 ed. Nikon imaging products product archive super coolscan. Silverfast or vuescan for nikon coolscan 9000 ed ice. The typical symptom is that scanner passes powerup initialization fine no fast blinking, but is not recognized by a computer in windows device manager does not see it, the. Compared to my old epson 3200 flatbed and the nikon coolscan 5000 which the 9000. And, to my surprise, none of the software that i originally purchased for the 9000 works on windows 10. Ive used it on a coolscan 9000 and its ok but i didnt feel like it was significantly easier to get good scans.
Vuescan makes the users able to use their exiting scanner and start scanning the as many pages as they want. Possible to connect a coolscan 9000 to a macbook pro. Color negative is scanned in vuescan but output as a raw. I have a nikon coolscan v slide scanner that i am trying to set up.
Previous versions of digital ice would mistake eye lashes and other fine lines such as power lines, or patterns as scratches and. Nikon scan is nikons own proprietary software for film scanners but it only supported computer operating. Silverfast will charge you 340 for a licence for your coolscan 9000, but if you add a coolscan 5000, then you have to pay them 340 again. It shows that the thunderbolt is connected to a device but when using vuescan it only recognizes the network printer. Im trying to use vuescan with our nikon super coolscan 4000. Flickr is almost certainly the best online photo management and sharing application in the world. Thats good news for mac users, because some scanners dont include drivers for mac and vuescan can make your scanner work on. Tech support scams are an industrywide issue where scammers trick you into paying for unnecessary technical support services. Nikon scan, silverfast or vuescan for coolscan 5000 photrio. Vuescan is the best way to get your epson gt 9000 working on windows 10, windows 8, windows 7, macos catalina, and more. Thats good news for mac users, because some scanners dont include drivers for mac and vuescan can make your scanner work on your macintosh. It could also be that there is some other kind of unexpected behavior due to the modified holder.
However, neither computer seems to recognize the scanner. We scan negatives and slides with the nikon super coolscan 9000 ed. Primefilm 1800 primefilm 1800i primefilm 1800u primefilm 1800afl primefilm 1800lab primefilm 3600pro. Im using vuescan to run my coolscan and another flatbed scanner. The unthinkable switching from vuescan to silverfast. The most popular versions among the application users are 9. I will be using software suite nikon scan 4, and will go over the settings i use for scanning with the nikon super coolscan 4000 ed hereafter ls4000. Hi, i have a nikon coolscan 9000 and i was wondering if anyone could walk me through using a 35mm it8 calibration target which i got from silverfast to calibrate vuescan for this scanner. Nikon scan, silverfast or vuescan for coolscan 5000 discussion in. Nikon scan isnt great but at the end of the day it does the job fairly well imo. My coolscan 9000 and my hasselblad had been lying around for years collecting dust. Coolscan 8000 ls8000 coolscan 9000 ls9000 ax110 ax210 ax1200 pacific image electronics pie these scanners are supported on windows and mac os x, and you first need to install cyberview x before running vuescan. This works when all of the frames you want to scan are on the same strip of film.
For transparency scans i take the result straight out of nikon scan vuescan as tiff file. The nikon coolscan ls 9000 film scanner makes use of a firewire ieee94 cable to help connect the scanner to your mac or pc. Dec 03, 2006 my coolscan 9000 and my hasselblad had been lying around for years collecting dust. Nikon scan, silverfast or vuescan for coolscan 5000. Users found a way to generate a 64 bit driver that works with windows. Vuescans filter infrared clean option can be used to remove dust spots from film scans. You can help protect yourself from scammers by verifying that the contact is a microsoft agent or microsoft employee and that the phone number is an official microsoft global customer service number. Vuescan s filter infrared clean option can be used to remove dust spots from film scans. Got my coolscan 5000 when it was first released and the 9000 not long. Why is plustek opticfilm 8200i ai better than nikon coolscan v ed. Im trying to use vuescan with our nikon super coolscan. Furthermore, the super coolscan 9000 ed features industryleading scanning speeds and scans a 35mm image in an astounding 20 seconds.
May 17, 2012 optimal workflow with vuescan and lightroom using coolscan 5000 jh4wvu cds media solutions cincinnati, oh registered users posts. As an alternative we recommend you our scanservice. The unthinkable switching from vuescan to silverfast film. Vuescan reverseengineered over 6,000 scanner drivers to add. Nikon coolscan ls8000 ed ls9000 ed service and repair notes. We have 3 nikon super coolscan 9000 ed manuals available for free pdf download. The scan area of the actual 896s is slightly smaller than the 35mm holder so i would not expect any issues there. If it wasnt for vuescan my nikon super coolscan 4000 and 9000 would be junk. Nikon has not released any software updates for the super coolscan 9000 film scanner since vista. If you need to upgrade the software possibly because of some random update to your computer os they will often charge you the full price for each and every one of your unnecessarily locked copies. As you can see on our film scanner ranking list the nikon ls9000 ed is the top model among all film scanners ever built. Nikon coolscan ls8000 ed ls9000 ed service and repair. If vuescan isnt working with the firewire cable, try a different firewire port or a different firewire cable.
Setup the ls 9000 comes with power cables, firewire cable, and a firewire card in case your pc doesnt have one. I bought this scanner for my new macpro end 20, i install two system in my macpro, mac x 10. Vuescan is compatible with the nikon coolscan v ed on windows x86, windows x64, windows rt, windows 10 arm, mac os x and linux. Since the nikon scan software is not supported by the newer generation apple computers, i dont know what is best. The nikon ls 9000 scanner has a very low scan time and supports various file formats that will help you to improve productivity. Im trying to learn vuescan software on a coolscan 9000. Show off your favorite photos and videos to the world, securely and privately show content to your friends and family, or blog the photos and videos you take with a cameraphone. Using nikon coolscan with windows 10 windows 10 forums. Which of the latest versions of vuescan or silverfast ai is better. Anyone using the nikon super coolscan 9000 film scanner with windows 10.
Nikon coolscan ls8000 ed ls 9000 ed service and repair notes my own considerations for optimization of the performance of nikon scanners when running nikon scan software. Super coolscan ls9000ed super coolscan ls8000ed super coolscan ls5000ed super coolscan ls4000ed coolscan v ed ls50 coolscan iv. This article will be most of interest to anyone using nikon scan 3 or 4 with any of the nikon coolscan film scanners. Nikon super coolscan 4000 ed scanner compatible with windows 7. I have a slow imacon 343 that i will keep for scanning mf. Scanning film with nikon super coolscan 4000 jip van kuijk.
Nikon scan uses nikon super coolscan in a separate always on top window to do the actual scanning. For scanning film, vuescan has a batch scanning mode that allows you to scan multiple images at once. Vuescan is a scanning program that works with most highquality flatbed and film scanners to produce scans that have excellent color fidelity and. Software for discontinued film scanners nikon support. It is plugged into a thunderbolt port via a firewire adapter. As an alternative we recommend you our scan service. Evaluation of resolution of nikon coolscan scanners. I understand that the nikon scan sw does not support the new osx, so i downloaded vuescan.
Vuescan is compatible with the nikon ls9000 on windows x86, windows x64, mac os x and linux. As you can see on our film scanner ranking list the nikon ls 9000 ed is the top model among all film scanners ever built. The actual developer of this software for mac is hamrick software. Buy scanner software for nikon better scan results with silverfast. Vuescan is the best way to get your nikon coolscan 9000 ed working on windows 10, windows 8, windows 7, macos catalina, and more. Possible to connect a coolscan 9000 to a macbook pro retina. Vuescan is compatible with the nikon coolscan 9000 ed on windows x86, windows x64, mac os x and linux. Aug 26, 2015 this procedure assumes that your scanner was working with the windows 7 driver created with the help of windows sevenforum getting your nikon coolscan to work on w7 x64 windows 7 help forums and you still have access to the win 7 driver previously used. Im trying to use vuescan with our nikon super coolscan 4000 ed. As a film shooter i scan a lot and currently use a coolscan 9000.
Thats what i do to run nikonscan 4 on an uptodate imac with a coolscan 9000. This is similar to and we think better than the ice and fare algorithms. Optimal workflow with vuescan and lightroom using coolscan. Pc and mac compatible, the super coolscan 9000 ed also comes backed with a oneyear limited warranty. Coolscan 9000 ed windows x86, windows x64, mac os x. However i can not see any obvious reason for the issue.
The nikon ls9000 scanner has a very low scan time and supports various file formats that will help you to improve productivity. The advanced tools of vuescan will allow you to scan the automatic document feeders, scan to. I bought a used nikon super coolscan 9000 which i hooked up to an. Previous versions of digital ice would mistake eye lashes and other fine lines such as power lines, or patterns as scratches and thus remove them from the image erroneously. Vuescan is an excellent alternative for those users who need a program to control the scanner, because this lite program is compatible with more than 500 models.
The scanner provides an extremely good image quality at 4000 dpi resolution. Nikon coolscan 9000 for sale in uk view 25 bargains. The nikon coolscan ls9000 film scanner makes use of a firewire ieee94 cable to help connect the scanner to your mac or pc. The nikon super coolscan 9000 ed is the best film scanner ever built. It is the pack of all those tools that you need for your scanner. The original computer i used for the 9000 ran windows vista. Nikons super coolscan 9000 ed film scanner offers 4,000 dpi true optical resolution and ad conversion at 16 bits, for superiorquality digital images. This procedure assumes that your scanner was working with the windows 7 driver created with the help of windows sevenforum getting your nikon coolscan to work on w7 x64 windows 7 help forums and you still have access to the win 7 driver previously used. If you want to run nikon scan on a mac, i think you need a ppc. Sep 29, 2014 as a film shooter i scan a lot and currently use a coolscan 9000. Nikon coolscan iv ed driver vuescan scanner software for.
Afaik, versions of vuescan that work in macos mojave will run any. The version of digital ice that is installed on the nikon 9000 allows us to scan pretty much every type of slide with the benefits of digital ice. To select what negative to scan, you must click a unmarked vertical bar to open a small box showing numbers from 1 to 6 by default. The scan went through and i simply got a black scan. Apr 29, 2020 for transparency scans i take the result straight out of nikon scan vuescan as tiff file. Vuescan is compatible with the nikon ls 9000 on windows x86, windows x64, mac os x and linux. Jun 18, 2016 the scan went through and i simply got a black scan. Nikon coolscan 9000 and scan software on intel mac platform. Nikon doesnt support these excellent film scanners anymore, which is a damn shame as they are some of the best scanners ever produced. Vuescan reverseengineered over 6,000 scanner drivers to. But, now, im using an asus rog with tons of ram and a 1tb ssd which runs windows 10. This mac download was scanned by our antivirus and was rated as malware free.
Click the start button lower left corner, then select settings. Apr 07, 2017 vuescan is a scanning program that works with most highquality flatbed and film scanners to produce scans that have excellent color fidelity and color balance. Nikon coolscan 9000 ed driver vuescan scanner software. Optimal workflow with vuescan and lightroom using coolscan 5000 jh4wvu cds media solutions cincinnati, oh registered users posts. Nikon super coolscan 9000 ed scanner microsoft community. Replacing the ieee 94 firewire controller ic in nikon super coolscan ls8000 and ls 9000 scanners this seems to be a relatively common failure of ls8000 scanners.
Ive had both the software and the scanner for about a week, and im not too happy with either at this point. Nikon releases scanning software for mac os x macworld. With vuescan or silverfast scaning software you can use a nikon coolscan v ed ls50 scanner on macs with os x sierra. See why over 10 million people have downloaded vuescan to get the most out of their scanner. The windows 7 compatibility center does not list the coolscan 4000 ed, but it does report noncompatibility for the 5000 ed and 9000 ed. Nikon coolscan v ed driver vuescan scanner software for. I had heard that there were issues with nikon scanware 4.
How to downgrade mac mini os to run nikon coolscan 9000. Some features and options will vary per scanner but most will be the same. The super coolscan 9000 is a awardwinning medium format scanner which accepts virtually any format up to 6x9cm. These pages are dedicated to use, service and repair of nikon coolsan scanners, in particular the iv, 4000, v, 5000, 8000 and 9000 models. Theres a thunderboltfirewire adapter but it only gives fw800, not 400 which the coolscan uses. Although nikon officially stopped supporting the coolscan products, there have been several workarounds found that apparently work well in most cases. Jun 06, 2018 with vuescan or silverfast scaning software you can use a nikon coolscan v ed ls50 scanner on macs with os x sierra. I have a nikon coolscan v slide scanner that i am trying. This scanner is connected to an imac with an eizo graphic screen.
I looked to see if it was an option on the printerscanner system list and it does not appear. Coolscan 8000 ls8000 coolscan 9000 ls 9000 ax110 ax210 ax1200 pacific image electronics pie these scanners are supported on windows and mac os x, and you first need to install cyberview x before running vuescan. No manufacturer has ever brought a device on the market which was nearly equal to the nikon ls 9000. But how would i connect the scanner to my macbook pro retina which only has thunderbolt and usb. Nikon ls 9000ed firewire small silverfast 8 icon silverfast 8 supported. Nikon super coolscan 4000 ed scanner compatible with. Nikon coolscan 9000 ed driver for windows 10, macos. Replacing the ieee 94 firewire controller ic in nikon super coolscan ls8000 and ls9000 scanners this seems to be a relatively common failure of ls8000 scanners.
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