Nikon discontinues last film scanner

Bruce wrote:
(Edward A. Falk) wrote:
In article ,
Bruce wrote:
Nikon has finally discontinued the Coolscan 9000ED.

How are we supposed to scan our negatives, short of buying a used one
on eBay?


Primefilm and especially Plustek make reasonably good quality 35mm
film scanners. There are several cheap Chinese junk models sold under
multiple brands.

As people finish scanning their slides and photos, good used ones will
continue to appear on eBay. K-M scanners are still showing up also, and they
have been out of business for several years.

On Wed, 22 Dec 2010 15:00:29 -0800, "Bill Graham"
wrote:

Bruce wrote:
(Edward A. Falk) wrote:
In article ,
Bruce wrote:
Nikon has finally discontinued the Coolscan 9000ED.

How are we supposed to scan our negatives, short of buying a used one
on eBay?


Primefilm and especially Plustek make reasonably good quality 35mm
film scanners. There are several cheap Chinese junk models sold under
multiple brands.

As people finish scanning their slides and photos, good used ones will
continue to appear on eBay. K-M scanners are still showing up also, and they
have been out of business for several years.

I have a Dimage Scan Elite dedicated slide scanner up on the closet
shelf. I meant to sell it after I completed scanning my slides, but
forgot about it.


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Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida

On 10-12-22 18:15 , tony cooper wrote:
On Wed, 22 Dec 2010 15:00:29 -0800, "Bill
wrote:

Bruce wrote:
(Edward A. Falk) wrote:
In ,
wrote:
Nikon has finally discontinued the Coolscan 9000ED.

How are we supposed to scan our negatives, short of buying a used one
on eBay?


Primefilm and especially Plustek make reasonably good quality 35mm
film scanners. There are several cheap Chinese junk models sold under
multiple brands.

As people finish scanning their slides and photos, good used ones will
continue to appear on eBay. K-M scanners are still showing up also, and they
have been out of business for several years.

I have a Dimage Scan Elite dedicated slide scanner up on the closet
shelf. I meant to sell it after I completed scanning my slides, but
forgot about it.

Are you sure it was slide only or could it do film strips as well (eg:
negatives in 4 frame strips).

Which model?

I had a DSE Scan Dual, sold it for about $200 and bought the DSE 5400.

Sold the DSE 5400 for $500 when I bought a MF scanner.

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On Thu, 23 Dec 2010 15:22:04 -0500, Alan Browne
wrote:

On 10-12-22 18:15 , tony cooper wrote:
On Wed, 22 Dec 2010 15:00:29 -0800, "Bill
wrote:

Bruce wrote:
(Edward A. Falk) wrote:
In ,
wrote:
Nikon has finally discontinued the Coolscan 9000ED.

How are we supposed to scan our negatives, short of buying a used one
on eBay?


Primefilm and especially Plustek make reasonably good quality 35mm
film scanners. There are several cheap Chinese junk models sold under
multiple brands.

As people finish scanning their slides and photos, good used ones will
continue to appear on eBay. K-M scanners are still showing up also, and they
have been out of business for several years.

I have a Dimage Scan Elite dedicated slide scanner up on the closet
shelf. I meant to sell it after I completed scanning my slides, but
forgot about it.

Are you sure it was slide only or could it do film strips as well (eg:
negatives in 4 frame strips).

It does both. The black holder holds 6 slides or a film strip with 6
images.

Which model?

F-2900 with ICE.

I had a DSE Scan Dual, sold it for about $200 and bought the DSE 5400.

Sold the DSE 5400 for $500 when I bought a MF scanner.

I really forget how I came to owning it. I was asking some questions
about slide scanning, recommended scanners, and the cost comparison of
self-scanning or sending out in some newsgroup or photo forum, and
someone offered me this unit for $70 plus shipping. As it turned out,
though, he lived about an hour-and-a-half's drive away, and I drove up
and picked it up. It was an all day trip since I stopped all along
the way and back taking photographs.

It did a great job on my slides. Time consuming, but that isn't a
problem for me.



--
Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida

Bruce wrote:
"Bill Graham" wrote:
Bruce wrote:
(Edward A. Falk) wrote:
In article ,
Bruce wrote:
Nikon has finally discontinued the Coolscan 9000ED.

How are we supposed to scan our negatives, short of buying a used
one on eBay?


Primefilm and especially Plustek make reasonably good quality 35mm
film scanners. There are several cheap Chinese junk models sold
under multiple brands.

As people finish scanning their slides and photos, good used ones
will continue to appear on eBay. K-M scanners are still showing up
also, and they have been out of business for several years.


Konica Minolta scanners are good when they work, but since the
takeover of K-M's (D)SLR division by Sony, the availability of spare
parts has varied from poor to non-existent. So buying a used one is a
bit of a leap in the dark. However, if you already have one, and it
is still working, it is definitely worth keeping.

Yes. Mine still works well, but I don't use it very much anymore. I have
scanned all of my important slides, and I am taking fewer all the time,
since I bought a D700. I wonder how long it will be before I tire of taking
digital pictures in the dark, at high ISO's and go back to real
photography....:^)

Alan Browne wrote:
On 10-12-22 18:15 , tony cooper wrote:
On Wed, 22 Dec 2010 15:00:29 -0800, "Bill
wrote:

Bruce wrote:
(Edward A. Falk) wrote:
In ,
wrote:
Nikon has finally discontinued the Coolscan 9000ED.

How are we supposed to scan our negatives, short of buying a used
one on eBay?


Primefilm and especially Plustek make reasonably good quality 35mm
film scanners. There are several cheap Chinese junk models sold
under multiple brands.

As people finish scanning their slides and photos, good used ones
will continue to appear on eBay. K-M scanners are still showing up
also, and they have been out of business for several years.

I have a Dimage Scan Elite dedicated slide scanner up on the closet
shelf. I meant to sell it after I completed scanning my slides, but
forgot about it.

Are you sure it was slide only or could it do film strips as well (eg:
negatives in 4 frame strips).

Which model?

I had a DSE Scan Dual, sold it for about $200 and bought the DSE 5400.

Sold the DSE 5400 for $500 when I bought a MF scanner.

My, "Dimage Scan Elete 5400 II" will scan either slides or film, color or
B&W. It came with two holders. Sony is supposed to support it for
maintenance, but I haven't had to try them yet.

Noons wrote:
On Dec 24, 3:16 pm, "Bill Graham" wrote:

Yes. Mine still works well, but I don't use it very much anymore. I
have scanned all of my important slides, and I am taking fewer all
the time, since I bought a D700. I wonder how long it will be before
I tire of taking digital pictures in the dark, at high ISO's and go
back to real photography....:^)

Hehehe! Get a m43 system and start enjoying it all over again!
90% of my digital shooting now is with an E-PL1. It's that good, and
heaps of fun.
The RAW converter from Oly is a POS, though. I've found Phase One
Express 6 to be heaps better.
I'm now a NX2 and Phase One convert, for Nikon and Oly digital.
But film is still my most used gear. That Mamiya 645 is awesome and a
Konica Hexar RF just joined the RF stable - and is amazing!

My son-in-Law, Charles Cole, used to take some awesome portraits with a
Mamiya 645. Now, He is into carving pipes, and just uses his camera for
photographing his pipes. He's got a website if you are into smoking
pipes.....

Bruce wrote:
"Bill Graham" wrote:
Bruce wrote:
Konica Minolta scanners are good when they work, but since the
takeover of K-M's (D)SLR division by Sony, the availability of spare
parts has varied from poor to non-existent. So buying a used one
is a bit of a leap in the dark. However, if you already have one,
and it is still working, it is definitely worth keeping.

Yes. Mine still works well, but I don't use it very much anymore. I
have scanned all of my important slides, and I am taking fewer all
the time, since I bought a D700. I wonder how long it will be before
I tire of taking digital pictures in the dark, at high ISO's and go
back to real photography....:^)


I know exactly what you mean. I gave away my D700 when I sold my
wedding photography business earlier this year - much of my equipment
went with it. Initially, I was lost without the D700 and I soon
replaced it with a well worn D3 which has the same sensor.

Recently I bid for a contract for a theatre management group. My
submission included a portfolio of images taken at several of the
theatres that the group manages, all of them taken with the D3 using
only available light.

They asked me to attend an interview this week to clarify my bid, but
the only questions they asked concerned how I managed to obtain such
noise-free images without using flash. I replied that I used only
equipment that was best suited to the job - Nikon DSLR cameras and no
lens slower than f/2.8. I came away with a three-year contract that I
probably could not have won with any other brand of equipment.

I think the Nikon D3 and D700 have redefined the term "real
photography" and there is nothing older that I want to go back to. I
certainly would not give up ultra-low noise Nikon DSLRs for anything
else that is currently available.

Yes. The convenience of no film, and changing ISO's from shot to shot is
hard to beat. Now, all we have to do is wait for denser sensing planes. I
see no reason why they won't be building them at a molecular level within
the next 10 years or so. They should keep up with the storage chips, you'd
think.

Bill Graham wrote,on my timestamp of 25/12/2010 5:42 PM:


Yes. The convenience of no film, and changing ISO's from shot to shot is hard to
beat. Now, all we have to do is wait for denser sensing planes. I see no reason
why they won't be building them at a molecular level within the next 10 years or
so. They should keep up with the storage chips, you'd think.

You lost me there. "denser sensing planes"?
Deeper colours?

Bill Graham wrote,on my timestamp of 25/12/2010 5:36 PM:

I'm now a NX2 and Phase One convert, for Nikon and Oly digital.
But film is still my most used gear. That Mamiya 645 is awesome and a
Konica Hexar RF just joined the RF stable - and is amazing!

My son-in-Law, Charles Cole, used to take some awesome portraits with a Mamiya
645. Now, He is into carving pipes, and just uses his camera for photographing
his pipes. He's got a website if you are into smoking pipes.....

Not into smoking, but I do wood carving.
Let me know the url - addie in header is true.