Nikon Super CoolScan 9000 ED Film Scanner ...- User Rating: 
Summary for Nikon Super CoolScan 9000 ED Film Scanner ...- For medium format negatives, easily better than my local pro lab
Notes on Nikon Super CoolScan 9000 ED Film Scanner ...- I was astonished at what this scanner could do, in terms of preserving the gentle tones of my black and white negatives. My only regret is that there is no equivalent to Digital ICE for black and white. That problem is not unique to this scanner, of course.
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. 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 9000ED comes with a 35MM carriage, 35MM slide carriage, and basic MF carriage. For the price, I would have preferred if they had included the glass-covered, rotating 120 unit as well.
Nikon Super CoolScan 9000 ED Film Scanner ...- User Rating: Summary for Nikon Super CoolScan 9000 ED Film Scanner ...- Best solution for what I needed
Notes on Nikon Super CoolScan 9000 ED Film Scanner ...- 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. I am very pleased.
Nikon Super CoolScan 9000 ED Film Scanner ...- User Rating: Summary for Nikon Super CoolScan 9000 ED Film Scanner ...- Amazing scans of seriously degraded film
Notes on Nikon Super CoolScan 9000 ED Film Scanner ...- 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. 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. 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). 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. The only other defect observed was that interference rings were highly visible on 3 out of about 50 glass-mounted slides... 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. BTW, scanning 6x6 slides requires an optional adapter... 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.
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.
Nikon Super CoolScan 9000 ED Film Scanner ...- User Rating: Summary for Nikon Super CoolScan 9000 ED Film Scanner ...- Fantastic
Notes on Nikon Super CoolScan 9000 ED Film Scanner ...- The quality of this scanner is amazing. The detail that it picks up from slides and negatives is incredible. 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). 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.
Nikon Super CoolScan 9000 ED Film Scanner ...- User Rating: Summary for Nikon Super CoolScan 9000 ED Film Scanner ...- Distorted Ratings
Notes on Nikon Super CoolScan 9000 ED Film Scanner ...- The low ratings for this scanner are due to availability problems. The scanner itself is excellent!
