No More Nikon Scanners?

[Dektol Dan]

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.

 

[BillBingham2]

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 (;->

 

[Dogman]

Too bad.

So what's available now in the same price/quality range of the Cool Scans?

 

[M. Valdemar]

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.

 

[Ronald_H]

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...

 

[PaulDalex]

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

 

[JTK]

Without comparison to Nikon 5000, no review is even pretending to honesty.

 

[R2-D2]

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.

No, it doesn't. Even the manual says so...

 

[M. Valdemar]

It absolutely does. And it's highly effective. Have you ever tried it?

No, it doesn't. Even the manual says so...

 

[R2-D2]

It absolutely does. And it's highly effective.

It's introducing artifacts. Everyone says that it doesn't work, even the manufacturer. If it would, they'd market it.

Have you ever tried it?

Yes.

 

[jonmanjiro]

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.

 

[M. Valdemar]

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.

It's introducing artifacts. Everyone says that it doesn't work, even the manufacturer. If it would, they'd market it.


Yes.

 

[R2-D2]

I don't believe you've actually tried it.

Believe what you want...

You've made numerous posts concerning things that are obvious you don't own the equipment that you criticize.

WHAT? To which post you're referring to?

Would you mind showing some examples? I will do so tomorrow...

 

[shimo-kitasnap]

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]

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

 

[trev2401]

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

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]

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.

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]

yep same here... took around 10 mins per scan at 5400 with ICE. Sold it and got the 5000. Not sure about the 5400II.

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).

 

[furcafe]

True, I know that was the case w/scanner accessories as well (e.g., the bulk roll feeder for the Coolscan 5000, which was in short supply in the U.S. last year for about 6 months).

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.

 

[R2-D2]

Whole frame, no ICE, ICE.

Well, there are a lot of "experts" out there. Some even know more about a product than the manufacturer...