Dektol Dan
Well-known
There's a thread on the Nikon 9000 Forum that reports that 9000s are still available (there must be some left) but Nikon has reported that they are now no longer being manufactured and haven't been for some time.
When I bought mine this January I was told the last orders were filled last November, but I was lucky enough to land one from a no show customer.
Nikon still promises Nikon Scan for Mac Pros and Leopard, but has only delivered for Vista. The status has gone from 'we're working on it and it will be out by the end of January (passed already)' to 'we still intend to, but haven't even begun to address...' (my words).
No word yet on the fate of the 5000 models.
I was not financially in a good position to buy the 9000 I have, but at the time I started to shop around just to find if there were any available and the best deal I could find because I didn't want to miss opportunity that I lost when Sony kiaboshed Minolta Konica.
Turns out my hunch was right this January and I did the right thing. I'm still eating beans and rice, however.
When I bought mine this January I was told the last orders were filled last November, but I was lucky enough to land one from a no show customer.
Nikon still promises Nikon Scan for Mac Pros and Leopard, but has only delivered for Vista. The status has gone from 'we're working on it and it will be out by the end of January (passed already)' to 'we still intend to, but haven't even begun to address...' (my words).
No word yet on the fate of the 5000 models.
I was not financially in a good position to buy the 9000 I have, but at the time I started to shop around just to find if there were any available and the best deal I could find because I didn't want to miss opportunity that I lost when Sony kiaboshed Minolta Konica.
Turns out my hunch was right this January and I did the right thing. I'm still eating beans and rice, however.
BillBingham2
Registered User
That sucks. I'm wondering about using a old slide duplicating setup on a DSLR as an alternative. I bet the market is trying up if it's not already gone. Perhaps the 2nd tier folks will come out with something.
B2 (;->
B2 (;->
Dogman
Veteran
Too bad.
So what's available now in the same price/quality range of the Cool Scans?
So what's available now in the same price/quality range of the Cool Scans?
M. Valdemar
Well-known
I have the Konica Minolta 5400 II. Holy cow, that is the best Kodachrome scanner I ever used. Even the digital ice works fine on Kodachromes.
The Prime scanners are pretty good, from what I hear.
The Prime scanners are pretty good, from what I hear.
Ronald_H
Don't call me Ron
Just bought a Coolscan V last year. It sees quite a lot of use.
Hesitated in buying a neg scanner in this day and age, but my old Minolta Scan Dual II was completely worn out.
Too bad...
Hesitated in buying a neg scanner in this day and age, but my old Minolta Scan Dual II was completely worn out.
Too bad...
PaulDalex
Dilettante artist
I am extremely interested to this issue.
I was planning to buy the Nikon 9000 Ed, the one for both 35 and MF.
Is it out of production too?
Sitemistic that new on the Prime 7200 is very important!
Are there reviews?
Is there an MF model from the same brand (or in the making)?
Could you please elaborate and give us poor film dependent mortals more details?
Cheers
Paul
I was planning to buy the Nikon 9000 Ed, the one for both 35 and MF.
Is it out of production too?
Sitemistic that new on the Prime 7200 is very important!
Are there reviews?
Is there an MF model from the same brand (or in the making)?
Could you please elaborate and give us poor film dependent mortals more details?
Cheers
Paul
JTK
Established
Without comparison to Nikon 5000, no review is even pretending to honesty.
R2-D2
Established
No, it doesn't. Even the manual says so...M. Valdemar said:
M. Valdemar
Well-known
It absolutely does. And it's highly effective. Have you ever tried it?
R2-D2 said:
R2-D2
Established
It's introducing artifacts. Everyone says that it doesn't work, even the manufacturer. If it would, they'd market it.M. Valdemar said:
Yes.
None of the three current Nikon film scanners (V, 5000, 9000) appear in Nikon Japan's list of discontinued items (link), so its not discontinued yet.
Nikon may well have not manufactured any for a while, but that is not the same thing as stopping production all together. Nikon manufactures in batches, and if there's sufficient demand will no doubt make more batches.
Nikon may well have not manufactured any for a while, but that is not the same thing as stopping production all together. Nikon manufactures in batches, and if there's sufficient demand will no doubt make more batches.
M. Valdemar
Well-known
I don't believe you've actually tried it. You've made numerous posts concerning things that are obvious you don't own the equipment that you criticize.
R2-D2 said:
R2-D2
Established
Believe what you want...M. Valdemar said:
WHAT? To which post you're referring to?
Would you mind showing some examples? I will do so tomorrow...
shimo-kitasnap
everything is temporary..
Hey has annyone tried the Plustek scanners? I saw the 7200i on amazon it's about $200 and is capable of scanning up to 7200 dpi at 48-bits. Dunno what that means, i've only used coolscan V's in a college photo course I took, I like em but we never scanned anything above 300dpi.
Tuolumne
Veteran
I have the Konica Minolta 5400 and find that ICE has a bigger problem - slow as molasses running uphill in winter. So slow, in fact, that I prefer to remove spots in post processing. Does anyone else find this the case?
/T
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trev2401
Long Live Film!!!
Tuolumne said:
yep same here... took around 10 mins per scan at 5400 with ICE. Sold it and got the 5000. Not sure about the 5400II.
infrequent
Well-known
shimo-kitasnap said:
i am looking into buying one of those plustek 7200. seems very good value for money. there is a plustek 7200 group on flickr if you wanna judge yourself.
R2-D2
Established
The 5400 II is faster. But it hasn't the 5400 I's integrated diffusion plate (the so-called "Grain Dissolver") and a different light source. The 5400 II has a LED light source which is similar to the Nikon's (V ED, 5000 ED) light source. The 5400 I is good for scanning B/W negs and Kodachromes, but Digital ICE isn't supposed to work. Even less so with the 5400 II and the Nikon (V ED, 5000 ED).trev2401 said:
