Nikon scanners no more??

[astroman]

I was in my local camera store today and one of the salesman told me that the Nikon rep was in last week
and said that whatever they had in stock was it and there would be no more shipped.
He said it wasnt official yet but.
Is this true?😱

 

[kid_a]

I was told this by my rep as well. He said Nikon scanners are as good as gone.

 

[BillBingham2]

10 YEARS!!! Sounds like the sky is falling!

Everybody to get from street, E M E R G E N C Y, everybody to get from street!

B2 (;->

 

[ferider]

No stress, guys. In a couple of years, you can scan your negative prints using a full-frame M9 with BOOWU or Visoflex and MacroElmar.

🙂

 

[BillBingham2]

Do the same thing now with a D3X too!

B2 (;->

 

[ferider]

That wouldn't be the same 🙂 🙂

 

[photogdave]

I have to keep an old G4 tower running just to operate my Minolta Scan Multi with its SCSI interface.
It's worth it.

 

[popeye]

No stress, guys. In a couple of years, you can scan your negative prints using a full-frame M9 with BOOWU or Visoflex and MacroElmar.

🙂

But can I feed a whole roll no muss, no fuss?

 

[joachim]

If Nikon really leaves the scanner market, one can only hope Epson continues to get better. The Epson 750 is said to be pretty close to the Nikons.

 

[jonmanjiro]

Not discontinued yet

Not discontinued yet

The Coolscan V is listed on Nikon's discontinued digital products page here.

But the Coolscan 5000 and 9000 are still listed on their own page on Nikon's website here.

 

[bambamphoto]

I own an Epson V750. It sucks.

This is bad news. I better buy a Nikon. Hell I better buy two!

Jay

 

[dfoo]

I own an Epson v700. In comparison to the coolscan 5000 for 35mm it isn't very good.

 

[jonmanjiro]

A thread from a few months back...

Nikon Coolscan V ED is Officially Discontinued

 

[neelin]

Everybody to get from street, E M E R G E N C Y, everybody to get from street!

ROFLMAO

haven't heard that in 30? years, still cracks me up, Russian accent and all from "the Russians are Coming" comedy movie. not good at all, but a totally classic line delivered with a hilariously unbelieveable accent.
E-MERE-JEN-CEE
robert

 

[g12]

Just for this decision... I hope Nikon go bankrupt. Morons.

 

[joachim]

I own an Epson V750. It sucks.

This is bad news. I better buy a Nikon. Hell I better buy two!

Jay

Jay,

what do you dislike about it? Anything you like to show?

Ta
J.

 

[shadowfox]

Y'know, Nikon is not the only company who knows how to make film scanners.

I think considering the future, Fuji would be one candidate who may still have the motivation and resources to produce a good film scanner.

They make excellent lenses, and they can partner with one of the electronic giants for the sensor, motors and electronics. Panasonic may be a good choice.

 

[sooner]

I just got an Epson V700 and like it a lot, actually. The quality was better or at least as good as my Minolta Scan Elite II, and the batch function works great. I'm prepared to believe the Nikons are better yet, but to say the Epson "sucks" seems a little harsh. And though "film is dead" Bill Maddox would say I was just deluding myself, I can see Epson filling the void or some other company producing scanners in the future, when they realize there are still millions of "niche" users of film out there wanting one. Besides, I can't afford the Nikons, so it's no loss to me!

 

[dfoo]

The epson doesn't suck, especially for medium format. However, for 35mm I don't think it is very good compared with a nikon for a whole variety of reasons. a) workflow. I have to handle the negatives much more meaning more prints, dust and scratches b) I can scan a whole roll of negs with the nikon, not so with the epson. c) scan quality. The scan quality with the nikon is much sharper.

 

[wray]

Perhaps I am not discriminating enough but I am more than happy with my new Epson V700! At least Epson continues to make scanners and update their software.