Some questions about the Nikon 5000 ED scanner.

[clayne]

I have a v700, 5000, and 9000. The 5000 is massively ahead of the v700 when it comes to 135. The 9000 is significantly ahead of the v700 when it comes to medium format (and also massively ahead when it comes to 135). I prefer the 9000 over the 5000 because I can use a glass holder for everything. The 5000 is faster but, as mentioned by others, slightly prone to minor banding on the edges when encountering high density. The 9000 also has a more diffuse light source than the 5000. I only use the v700 for scanning prints and, if negative only, 4x5.

Don't even think twice. The v700 is in no way doing your 35mm justice. A 5000ED will.

 

[Keith]

I have a v700, 5000, and 9000. The 5000 is massively ahead of the v700 when it comes to 135. The 9000 is significantly ahead of the v700 when it comes to medium format (and also massively ahead when it comes to 135). I prefer the 9000 over the 5000 because I can use a glass holder for everything. The 5000 is faster but, as mentioned by others, slightly prone to minor banding on the edges when encountering high density. The 9000 also has a more diffuse light source than the 5000. I only use the v700 for scanning prints and, if negative only, 4x5.

Don't even think twice. The v700 is in no way doing your 35mm justice. A 5000ED will.

A have to admit my V700, although not without it's shortcomings, has served me well.

If I get the 5000 ED it will be very nice to start using some of that 135 in the freezer ... a lot of it Efke!

 

[btgc]

I just bumped into her husband at the local shops and had a coffee with him ... like most husbands he doesn't have a clue what she's up to! 😀

Husbands can be little misinformed in this regard but they have a healthy clue about prices so be prepared for a possible turn 😀

 

[Keith]

Husbands can be little misinformed in this regard but they have a healthy clue about prices so be prepared for a possible turn 😀

I've known Loz (Lawrie) a long time and always got on well with him ... he'll be on my side price wise.

However ... 'she who must be obeyed' has always been a little hard to get along with! 😛

 

[henri klein]

Traditionally one would make contact prints and select. Then make work prints and edit again. Going through them again a couple of times will dramatically reduced the number of keepers. In the end you will have a handful of darkroom prints. Scanning does NOT shorten the process.

 

[Keith]

Traditionally one would make contact prints and select. Then make work prints and edit again. Going through them again a couple of times will dramatically reduced the number of keepers. In the end you will have a handful of darkroom prints. Scanning does NOT shorten the process.

The people contributing to this thread, in a forum specifically dedicated to scanning, are photographers who have moved away from wet darkrooms for various reasons.

I don't really get your post sorry! 🙂

 

[clayne]

The people contributing to this thread, in a forum specifically dedicated to scanning, are photographers who have moved away from wet darkrooms for various reasons.

I don't really get your post sorry! 🙂

Not actually true Keith. I'm a darkroom printer by desire but use scanning for color and presently for black and white as well (as my darkroom hasn't been set back up yet after moving houses). Knowing both sides of the coin I can state that it is faster to make a contact sheet than it is to scan an entire roll. Atleast for the selection/self-editing part of things. Now making work prints for all the kept shots on said roll will of course take longer but that's a different debate.

Anyways back to the original issue: while the v700 is "acceptable" for 35mm the use of a proper film scanner is really the only way to scan. If your only frame of reference for your own 35mm stuff has been the flatbed then you will most definitely be irreversibly enlightened if you get the Nikon.

 

[Keith]

Not actually true Keith. I'm a darkroom printer by desire but use scanning for color and presently for black and white as well (as my darkroom hasn't been set back up yet after moving houses). Knowing both sides of the coin I can state that it is faster to make a contact sheet than it is to scan an entire roll. Atleast for the selection/self-editing part of things. Now making work prints for all the kept shots on said roll will of course take longer but that's a different debate.

Anyways back to the original issue: while the v700 is "acceptable" for 35mm the use of a proper film scanner is really the only way to scan. If your only frame of reference for your own 35mm stuff has been the flatbed then you will most definitely be irreversibly enlightened if you get the Nikon.

I'd like to do conventional darkroom printing ... I'm sure I'd enjoy it but space and being in a rented house don't really allow it. I don't discount the possibility of it happening in the future though!

I wasn't really disputing Henri's claim about the contact sheet etc ... it just seemed a little like jumping into the thread purely to contradict a previous post. 😛