Nikon Coolscan 9000... now with actual scans :-)

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Started a new job a couple of months back working for a publisher and discovered they have one of these hooked up to a new 27-inch iMac... Having never used one before, I asked if I could jump on it on weekends when it isn't being used and was advised it wouldn't be a problem, but I'd have to figure out how to use the thing for myself...

Would appreciate any tips from anyone who has used one before - I plan on re-scanning all my best frames over the next few weekends :cool:
 
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Depends on what software it is using

If it is Silverfast then good luck its a great bit of software very powerful but a pig to use

If its Nikons own then it is not to bad and not very hard to get your head around check out there website as I think you can get hold of user manuals

Vuescan most people think it is great and is not to difficult to use, I found the demo to be good but for me limited on its black and white film profiles.

Other than that if it has a glass carrier then make sure if it clinically clean before using it.

Lucky beggar :lol:
 
Yes, what scanning software. And does it have the FH-869G glass carrier?

You don't necessarily need a profile for BW and VueScan. You can sample the film base and lock the exposure on it and use that.
 
Didn't get a chance to look today as it was being used from the time I arrived until the time I left. Thanks for the tips, it sounds pretty advanced.

In the meantime I've been sorting out my film - digging way back in the archive and wondering how many underexposed slides can now be resurrected... some of them look great on the lightbox but when I used my flatbed scanner, the limitations of this level of scanning soon became apparent.
 
The 9000ED comes with a slide film carrier. You clip them onto it. You can scan up to 4000dpi and it is reportedly near optically true at 4000dpi.
 
I would think that you should be able to rescue a fair few under exposed slides with a little tweaking in photo shop after scanning.

The Nikon will probably knock the socks off the flat bed as dedicated film scanners can a lot more out of negs and images.

Oh if your scanning medium format slides or negs at 48bit colour and 4000dpi be prepared for big files.

You'll have to lets us know how you got on with it.
 
Nothing constructive here - but you absolute lucky...

:D

I'm sure you'll be able to rescue a fair few, although it might take a bit of time in PS.
 
Well, if I ever get a chance to hop on the darn thing I'll let you all know :)

It's crazy here at the moment as they're busy putting together our latest magazine and deadline is fast approaching!
 
Update - just been given a tutorial on how to use the machine by one of the designers. It's the normal trays without the glass - really solid looking though. He showed me how to load film into the trays and the trays into the scanner... they have Vuescan set up on the iMac and it looks fairly complex with a hell of a lot of options to get the scans perfect (bit confused about scanning at 4000dpi and setting the output at 300pdi 'for print', which apparently will give me the best scans?)

There's also options for uploading curves profiles for B&W. He recommended I do some research about scanning B&W in the blue channel as this will render top notch stuff. Anyway - I'm up on Saturday for a session of scanning - can't wait!
 
The reason for the 300dpi is because pretty much every digital photo printer in the world has a 300 dpi output so by saving at 4000dpi your just increasing the file size with pixels that no usual photo labs printer can print so the resolution remains the same as the 4000 dpi scan but saves space by only saving only 300dpi. Of course you can always just save it at 4000 dpi and resave at 300 dpi for when printing.
 
... putting scans in the Photos from Film forum..
 
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