Born 1/15/1932, during the Hoover administration. Of course it is very important that no dirt gets on the rubber rolls. But that's all with the little Nikon. When scanning APS films the grain equalization GEM proved its worth so that I always turn it on by default.. But now back to the Nikon Coolscan V ED. That's really comfortable and in my opinion no other software handles this task better than NikonScan. A sophisticated mechanism locks the adaptor in the scanner. And who wants to apply filters to his scan afterwards, for example to sharpen the image, finds almost boundless possibilities here, too. In response to Allan Jones. I think it's a pitty, because with the serial strip film adaptor SA-21 it is impossible to scan a single negative which often remains when developing a film. Dedicate it to your project (which I assume is going to take a lot of time) and don't connect to the internet (safety from hacking). In October 2003 Nikon surprised the filmscanner community with the successor of the well proven Nikon Coolscan IV ED. Of course NikonScan has got some shortcomings too which I don't want to keep secret. The first scans of mounted slides were quickly done. The automatic feeder possibly doesn't draw these strips in or incorrectly transports them. I didn't realize I was the eldest. NikonScan is so good and extensive in the meantime that you can perfectly use it for comfortably producing very good scans. The 64-bit, paid VueScan appears to be the only purpose-built software left that can drive your Nikon film scanner without Nikon software or device drivers. When viewing a shot of the night sky you can clearly see that a lot fell by the wayside with the Nikon LS-5. . There are almost innumerable possibilities for colour enhancement - from a simple brightness slider up to the gradation curves tool there is virtually every nameable tool for processing colours available. Once you have made and saved your different settings you can quickly perform a scan or a series of same scans virtually at the push of a button. A few drawbacks have been improved, new features have been added. Another drawback of the NikonScan software is enormously annoying: when using the Nikon Coolscan V ED together with the slide feeder SF-210 the maximum number of slides you can set is 99. The automatic colour enhancement ROC somtimes works wonders. Allan Jones, Sep 3, 2020 10:19 AM in response to M_B_H, User profile for user: The little Nikon Coolscan V ED and the big Nikon Super Coolscan 5000 ED feature the same adaptor slot for inserting film adaptors. captured in an electronic forum and Apple can therefore provide no guarantee as to the efficacy of And last but not least the scan software delivers very good images and really makes the best out of the connected scanner. I actually can't explain how Nikon managed it that the LS-5000 is twice as fast as the LS-5. In my opinion it's rather a matter of personal prefernce which program you choose. But there are also a few issues you don't immediately think of which affect the scanning time: While scanning it stroke me first that the scanning times of the Nikon V are virtually not up to the resolution anymore. An image scanned with the Scan Image Enhancer in fact appears better than a standard scan, but this advantage is leveled out by the following image editing though. Apple may provide or recommend responses as a possible solution based on the information That folder contains no other files at present. You can get the optional FH-3 strip film holder. What counts for SLR cameras can also be transferred to film scanners to a certain amount: it's not the camera that takes the picture, it's the lens. All new scan image enhancerAll new scan image enhancer. SilverFast 8 supports Photoshop CS3 to CS6 and CC. But it's really comfortable to scan a whole APS film at once: if you make the desired settings after prescanning for example image #1, then you can assign these settings to all other images and scanning the whole film proceeds fully automatically in batch mode. So the big price cut Nikon made with the LS-50 compared to the LS-40 isn't that big at all when considering the changes in the scanner's standard equipment. There may be another file in addition to the cab and inf file. This function is a very recommendable feature of the NikonScan software, because it can notably improve a bigger part of the images. The medical slide holder FH-G1 for medical preparates is available as optional accessory for the Nikon LS-5000 and the Nikon Coolscan 5. Sep 3, 2020 10:19 AM in response to M_B_H Although a complete finescan with activated ICE takes much longer than with the Nikon 5000 the Nikon V is still front-runner among its direct competitors by far. , Question: While scanning it happens every now and then that the software totally crashes. So a film adaptor has to be attached to the Coolscan 5 ED at all times, even when not in use. Can the software be recommended? I am using the scanner to archive all my parents' slides (and then I'll do this for my own negatives). If you run NikonScan indirectly via an image editing software you'll get up to six windows with the image(s) for editing. It's been a bumpy ride for the last ten months or so, but I hope to stick around for a while. For me NikonScan still is the best film scanner manufacturer own scan software. The Nikon Coolscan V and Super Coolscan 5000 may be very similar, but considering scanning times the Coolscan 5000 puts its little brother through its paces. Nikon Authorized Dealers - Sport Optics (PDF). Thus GEM is not a function that you can always keep turned on without hesitation, but you should perform tests with every single film to find out if there is any annyoing grain effect or not. Off topic - Thanks! But quickly most of it turned out to be good for learning foreign languages only. With the strip film adaptor SA-21 you'll know the true promise of batch scans the first time. This site has been translated from German into English and serves for a better understanding for the English speaking visitors of our website. Does this mean poor image quality? You should in no case turn ROC on permanently though. As for the scanner itself, the fact that people are buying used ones at substantially more than the original list price is at least suggestive. Please re-enable javascript to access full functionality. The full version can load, process and save image files with 16 bit per colour channel. With Adobe Photoshop Elements you can do typical changes of the image ratio like cropping, enlarging and down scaling, rotation and fliping. What else distinguishes a Nikon scanner? So you can save for example all settings for mounted colour slides as "Slide4000jpgICE.set" and easily load these settings when scanning such film material. Via the scan software you can assign predetermined scan areas according to the APS formats Classic, HDTV and panorama to every single image. It seems as if it wouldn't matter where the .inf file is located - but I presume there is a "best practices" way to do this, and I don't want to create a mess out of ignorance. Thank you for your suggestions. Everybody who knows SilverFast appreciates its advantages and would accept an accordant extra charge. You're to be commended on such an arduous task! I have a somewhat older dedicated flatbed scanner, and the flatbed scanner in my Canon Pixma TS9120 printer. after execution of our test will not be maintained automatically. When looking at element 6.3, which complies with a resolution of 4100dpi, you can see that the horizontal lines can be easily distinguished while the vertical lines can not be clearly perceived anymore, just like with the Nikon 5000. 1986-2022, LaserSoft Imaging, Incorporated. Using those you can digitise single slides very quickly: simply insert the slide, make a prescan, adjust the settings and scan - fast and simple. The resolution of Kodachrome is of course legendary, and resolution is critical if you want to make crystal clear prints in 30 x 40 size, or even 16 x 20, or the "double letter" size of 17 x 22 which is the largest halfway affordable, archival quality printer Canon makes. it must be adjusted individually for every image, and it can be displaced by changing the gradaton curves. Conclusion of the last 5 paragraphs: The scan software of the Nikon V contains a great many algorithms for automatic image enhancement which positively affect the image qualitiy in a comfortable way. I need to scan those slides to the highest possible professional standard - with a view to producing salable salon quality prints. In the meantime computers have evolved, but the Nikon software has not. Refunds. Well, it's naturally hardly fair to compare the Nikon Coolscan 5 with the LS-5000, but I'd just like to show the differences. The famous SilverFast is not included in the purchase price of the Nikon Super Coolscan 5 any longer. We already know this programm for transferring our images from the camera to the computer, for viewing the images, sorting them, creating slide shows and so on. There are people who are so sworn in the leading scansoftware Silverfast, that they depreciate any other program as crab without looking at it any closer. In the slot area the object slide is secured by two assembling clips (springs) and at the bedstop another notch prevents movement of the slide. At the end of the software installation process the computer reboots automatically. VikingOSX, Sep 8, 2020 12:57 PM in response to M_B_H, User profile for user: any proposed solutions on the community forums. That applies to all film scanners. Nikon regrettably did not implement this feature in his small scanner. How do I download and what free software can I download onto my iMac so that I can scan negatives using my nikon super coolscan 5000 I remember Phil Katz and PKZIP, and LONG ago I could have stood up and given a complete explanation of the LZW compression algorithm No longer, alas , but it's not necessary, unZIPping is built into the operating system, and like everybody else I have 7Zip installed . I've already mentioned that Nikon does not ship its new models of film scanners with Silverfast anymore. Looks like no ones replied in a while. I hope this helps. All postings and use of the content on this site are subject to the. Please, feel free to visit our online shop - it's the only shop on the Internet which is fully specialized on film scanners and accessories! NikonScan provides the opportunity to save and load complete sets of settings. Right now the .zip file containing the driver is in my "Downloads" folder. Concerning image quality and scanning times the Nikon LS-50 is just like its predecessor in the vanguard of the price range between 500 Euros and 1000 Euros. The Nikon Coolscan V ED possesses a powerful autofocus tool. The Nikon V's practical (not theoretical on the spec sheet) density range can't keep up with the density range of its big brother, but it's notably wide, so that it can be marked as an excellent feature of the Coolscan V. One more word about the sharpness: The Nikon LS-5 notably gained resolution compared to its predecessor. So nothing shows in the left-hand "DEVICES" pane in Image Capture if you click the "Show" button that appears next to "SHARED" when you hover the mouse? LCD, Video and Photo Gallery images are for illustrative purposes only. The APS film adaptor IA-20(S) is available as optional accessory for the Nikon Coolscan V ED, which can be used for scanning whole APS films at once. Only resetting it by the Nikon servie helps, you can not do it by yourself. But the actually good image quality is not due to these comfort features, but it's due to the fact, that the Nikon Coolscan V has got a wide density range and a high resolution. In this case only restarting the scan software and rewinding the film by clicking the appropriate button helps. Also a much smaller number of medium format (6x6 cm) slides. We already know the automatic dust and scratches removal ICE, the Grain Equalization and Management GEM as well as the colour recreation tool ROC from the predecessor LS-40 ED. But I digressed. Both programs use the advanced hardware features of the CS 5000 and would be my first choices for you. You'll easily realize the importance of the scan software when using a cheap film scanner. For scanning such film material you can only use the strip film holder FH-3, which was supplied in shipment with the predecessors, but has to be purchased separately now. So let the scanning begin! Aside from your thread, I've been researching best practices for using the Nikon Scan software. to close it anyway, you can damage the APS adaptor. https://www.nikonimgsupport.com/eu/BV_article?articleNo=000042725&configured=1&lang=en_GB&sfdcIFrameOrigin=null, Sales and So how good is NikonScan really? Somebody must think they are worth it. The normal user actually has got exactly one film scanner on his desktop, but there is people like me too, who got five different Nikon film scanners standing side by side. Here problems with drawing in the film frequently occur - the adaptor crashes and you can't use it anymore! You can imagine how a tiny dust paricle can wreak havoc on a rubber roll over which moves a whole film strip. If you perform auto focus and auto exposure for every single image the scanning time sums up to 12-20 minutes - enough time leaving the computer workplace and doing something else. Digital images are too easy to duplicate. Due to its guides on all four sides you can insert and fix virtually any original with a height of up to 2mm and a width of up to 26mm. The scanner now ascended towards top class with its 4000dpi resolution. I don't want to put anybody on the spot, or violate any forum rules about promoting or criticizing specific products, so if this is a problem, I hope someone will tell me so. In this regard the differences between the small and the big Nikon are clearly visible. Who needs a feature like the "unsharp mask" in the scan software then? While the Coolscan 5000 converts the colour signals with 16Bit per channel and generates according output files the LS-5 is restricted to 14Bit per channel. Nikon removed this film holder as well - you can only purchase it as optional accessory. It definitely does not work, there is no possibility to scan whole film rolls with the Nikon Coolscan 5 at once. If the trial doesnt work were back to square one and well go from there. Bleepin' desert rat retiree in climes yet to fry brains (knock on cactus ), This is not recommended for shared computers, Activists use torrents to spread uncensored news to Russian pirates, Learn something new with this documentary streaming service deal, http://download3.vmware.com/eval_cd/ace/docs/GuestOS_guide.pdf, https://www.toptenreviews.com/best-photo-scanning-services, https://dpsdave.com/prices-ultra-high-res-slide-scanning/, Back to Graphics Design and Photo Editing. After this the scanner is ready for use, can be connected to the USB port of the computer and is automatically detected when turned on. New advanced image processing algorithm for color negative film. Several functions may not work. Image theft is rife on the Internet. Those who buy a Nikon film scanner for the first time naturally don't have this problem and the installation is easygoing. An additional infrared source identifies what doesn't belong to the image and sophisticated algorithms correct the corresponding spots with close pixels. Thus other criterions are decisive. The Coolscan 5 ED comes up with a set of image enhancement and correction techniques. There is no limitation in the length of the object slide, but the scan area is as big as the normal 35mm frames - about 23x35 mm. I already know what one can deduce from the advertising materials that appear online. That's really comfortable! When scanning negative film material the scanning times are noticably longer than for positive material. Even if the computer crashes the cover stays locked as long as the film wasn't rewind back into the cartridge. Let's try again tomorrow". Appendix 2016: The scan software NikonScan from Nikon does not run on actual operating systems any more. I know it's been a few months since the original post. The VueScan executable vuescan.exe is in a VueScan folder under Program Files. Furthermore you can switch the Scan Image Enhancer (automatic setting of brightness and contrast) on and off. But you can scan virtually all sorts of things with it. Rumors of every discription was spread. An essential improvement will catch the eye of those who still know and own respectively the predecessor Coolscan IV and fancy the new Coolscan V: the resolution increased from 2900 dpi to 4000 dpi. You can insert single mounted transparencies into the slide mount adaptor MA-21 and whole film strips into the strip film adaptor SA-21. I'm not sure, but think that might indicate either an LED failure or (more likely) a dirty mirror. When I get a chance to sit back down at the computer, I will surely use your advice. The field of application for the FH-G1 designated by Nikon actually is digitising medical preparates. Digital ICE4 Advanced TM(Digital ICE Quad Advanced). Will be grateful for further comment on this point. Its advanced color correction and the ability to batch process the scans is about the best in the industry. If you feel that your old scanner has bcome an ex old scanner, have a look at this review article -, https://wiki.ezvid.com/best-slide-scanners. I think of that as a "fall-back" position if I find I can't live with the more modern software - but maybe I'm not seeing that correctly. What to do if you have single loose negatives or positives as they often remain when developing the film in photographic labs? Suggestions? If there are no responses to my post for 3 days I remove it from my answer list. You won't see the difference with normal holiday snap shots, but you'll soon discover the class differences when viewing night shots, twilight shots, backlight shots or even underwater shots. Here's an older guide:http://download3.vmware.com/eval_cd/ace/docs/GuestOS_guide.pdf. And this you'll need, because the amount of data generated by the scanner is extensive (up to 110 Megabytes from a 35mm slide). DDE is part of the new Advanced ICE4 and performs exposure compensation. The scan area plays a decisive role. If you run NikonScan as stand-alone application the software saves the single images in up to six consecutively numbered files (for example Image_01.jpg, Image_02.jpg, Image_03.jpg, ) on your hard drive. When starting up, the external LED goes into fast-blink mode (indicating an error) at the end of the second (or third?) A scan of an underexposed image though will be too dark as well if scanned with the standard settings. I doubt I'll be going there; better to use a commercial lab. You need the cab file and inf file in the same folder. That has been discontinued for some time, but new ones are still on the market - for significantly more than the original list price. In my opinion a very reasonable feature - but scanning then takes a lot of time. I've always had Silverfast and NikonScan for my Nikon scanners, and I've always preferred NikonScan. Rating the speed of a film scanner is a very hard thing, because many factors play a decisive role, which you don't necessarily think of. The user interface is very clear and easy to use: there is a preview window, a little window showing the scan progress and a palette window containing all settings. In response to M_B_H. The only difference between the paid and trial that I know of is a watermark on the trial version. So what is this ICE4, DDE, Scan Image Enhancer - catchwords Nikon is advertising with, which are rushing through the scanner community like magic words? Inserting whole 35mm film rolls is reserved for the bigger brother Nikon Super Coolscan 5000 ED because the 35mm roll film adaptor SA-30 can't be connected to the Nikon Coolscan V. I'm pointing this out because I'm repeatedly getting asked if there is really no way to somehow attach the SA-30 to the small Nikon, because the LS-50 and the LS-5000 are so similar. Naturally I can't help to compare those scanners. That's great! GEM works very well with very coarse grained film material. In response to M_B_H, VueScan is a free trial. That of course applies for positive film strips too. Right after placing the film in the adaptor an automatic pulls the film out of the cartridge by itself. But it was a problem for me, that I was able to install the new scan software NikonScan 4 not until the old version 3.x was completely uninstalled. I was surprised that the smallest Nikon is as reliable as his bigger brother concerning resolution. You have nothing to lose. Its a bare bones piece of software and will be OK if you have only a few slides or negatives to scan. The adaptor is provided with data and power via this interface. The unit did stand for several years unused in a moderately dusty environment. Before you download anything, try Image Capture in your Macs Application folder. With the aid of the user guide or the quick start guide the installation is no problem even for beginners. Scanning IX240 films is very easy to handle with the Nikon Coolscan V ED. I have some thousands of 35mm slides, nearly all Kodachrome (K25 and K64). The back side of the Coolscan 5 incidentally differs from his big brother: the opening for the 35mm roll film adaptor, which can be used to digitise whole 35mm film rolls at once is missing here. Both of them claim to be an improvement on the original Nikon software (there are a few dissenting voices in the online discussions . The only problem is you have to somehow obtain a valid installation disc or iso of the OS you want to install. In response to den.thed. What I am asking for here is any comments on the use of either or both those products. And when performing a 42Bit scan instead of a 24Bit standard scan the file size doubles to about 110 MByte. After all Nikon was indisputably leading the market in all classes concerning quality and possibilities with the LS-40, Super Coolscan 4000 and the Super Coolscan 9000. In my opinion the DDE function is needless, because it's not generally useable, i.e. Part of the standard configuration are two film adaptors. Naturally the resolution and the settings of the scan software are important factors. If you have the system resources, creating a VM and installing the software + the device within it is an option. I found it very pleasant that the software installed the drivers for all current Nikon scanners at once. So far as I can tell, everyone agrees it is among the best available. You can not automatically take over the settings you made for instance for the first image to the remaining images. SF has a steeper learning curve, but the time saved when scanning and editing may make it worth the cost. Kodachrome - Special Profiles for Brilliant Results, SilverFast Multi-Exposure - for significantly better details, * Report of Institute of Image Engineering, Frechen, Multi-core processor with 64-bit support and 4 cores at least, on Mac: Intel and M1 processors are supported, 8 GB RAM main memory (16 GB RAM recommended), 4 GB free space on hard disk drive for the software file, Up to 20 GB free space on the main system hard disk drive for the cache, Latest firmware installed on scanner device, MySilverFast account (is automatically created with the purchase), Photoshop CC, CC 2014, CC 2015.X, CC 2017 - 2022, Photoshop CS4, Photoshop CS5, Photoshop CS5.5, Photoshop CS6, Photoshop Elements 13, Elements 14, Elements 15, Elements 2018 - 2022, 64-bit systems: Windows Vista, Windows from version 7, 2 GHz Processor or faster (Multi-core recommended), 4 GB RAM main memory (8 GB RAM recommended), 2 GB free space on hard disk drive for the software file. Or should we just assume the Nikon V scans normal snap shots perfectly and fade to discerning originals like night shots or back light shots? It's clear that you can't fix too much with the image editing software if already the first link of this chain is weak. Why doesn't the software perform an automatic update or doesn't automatically uninstall the old components? When scanning a single image it can of course happen that the whole film has to be winded first, what can take a lot of time if you want to scan frame #3 and then frame #37 for example. All rights reserved. You gently insert the film strip (positive or negative) into the strip film holder. Because both scanners are formally almost identical, some pictures on this page derive from my review of its big brother Nikon Super Coolscan 5000ED. You'll get 214 different shades of grey, which are 16384 nuances between black and white, from a black&white scan with 14Bit. https://www.hamrick.com/vuescan/nikon_coolscan_5000_ed.html#technical-information. The most striking modification compared to the predecessor attracted my attention on the front side of the scanner: the LS-40 had a sliding cover, which easily covered the interior of the scanner when no film adaptor was attached. Included in delivery of a Nikon LS-5 is the slide mount adaptor MA-21. The settings for a good scan can be adjusted easily and intuitively. In response to M_B_H. Nikon has archived the CoolScan 5000/9000 ED scanners, and no longer provides driver support, as far as I can determine. The separate quick start guide was much more useful to me though. I can't fault them for the watermark. The 35mm strip film holder SA-21 comes to its limits when scanning greatly curled or curved film strips. You get a manual with 70 pages per language which explain installation and operation of the scanner and the software detailed and understandable. For a full list of the technical specifications please refer to the product manual. The user interface looks virtually identical, the settings work as known. Some Mac useres won't like this change. You currently have javascript disabled. Instead you have to save the settings and apply them to the other images. After all the strip film holder not only has to carry the film material but also transport and correctly align it. It's clear that you can't put 100 slides into the feeder at once. omissions and conduct of any third parties in connection with or related to your use of the site. Apple disclaims any and all liability for the acts, In response to Jeff Donald. But the package becomes 100%-complete not until you puchase the optional strip film holder FH-3 because only with this accessory you can scan curled or curved film strips and single frames, too. With the old Nikon 4000 the strip film holder FH-3 was yet included in delivery. Actually this is not a big restriction, as long as the film scanner is placed on the desktop. This strip film holder was previously supplied with the Nikon 35mm film scanners LS-40ED / LS-4000ED but now it has to be purchased separately as optinal accessory for the new Coolscan 5 and Super Coolscan 5000. . Fortunately this is not only a value on the spec sheet but the scanner achieves effective 3500-3800dpi (Note: most film scanners do not achieve the resolution printed on their box). But as aforementioned this kind of function does not enhance image quality but only allows comfortable adjustment of image editing tools directly within the scan software. Where are the limits of Photoshop Elements? The leading candidates appear to be VueScan and SilverFast - the first affordable, the second decidedly pricey. The possibility of setting the image position manually is very useful and indispensible, but it costs a lot of time. The high resolution provides finest details while the wide density range provides a good gradation of colours. The subject matter includes exotic wildlife large and small, mostly from Africa and Arabia, ethnographic materials ditto, hunting and falconry subjects, coral reef biology under water, the spectacular and little known doings of army ants in the African rain forest, and much more. The new adaptor got a little darker in colour - an outstanding trend with Nikon: the once light grey of the adaptors is getting always darker. The adaptor receives power and instructions >from the scanner via a 35-pin interface. Although the FH-3 is an indispensible accessory for Nikon film scanners. Attention: only developed films can be placed in the adaptor, otherwise a mechanism prevents closing the front cover. and 3,2mm (0,13in.). The field of application seems to be very small for this optional accessory at first sight, but preparates are produced in many sciences and not only in medical science. I have ordered my Coolscan V and Super Coolscan 5000 the same day and I also received them at the same day. It just seems like my computer is not recognizing it even though I do have it connected with appropriate cable. The function of automatically finding the beginning of the film and the division of the film strip into single frames respectively don't work flawlessly. Bigger than that, the cost requires a major workflow to justify. Try restarting the scanner and the computer. ICE works perfectly with the Nikon V: dust, scratches, fingerprints, lint etc. To insert the strip film holder the scanner needn't be turned off. Jeff Donald, User profile for user: The Nikon LS-V can process single mounted slides or film strips with up to 6 frames. This function is very important with the new Nikon LS-5 because this scanner hasn't got a front cover anymore, which could be used to simply close the scanner when not in use. The cover of the APS adaptor is locked then and can not be opened any more. I received and tested the Nikon Coolscan V and the Nikon Super Coolscan 5000 at the same time. The second link of the chain is also very important - and often overlooked: the scan software.
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