{"modules":["unloadOptimization","bandwidthDetection"],"unloadOptimization":{"browsers":{"Firefox":true,"Chrome":true}},"bandwidthDetection":{"url":"https://ir.ebaystatic.com/cr/v/c1/thirtysevens.jpg","maxViews":4,"imgSize":37,"expiry":300000,"timeout":250}}. I didnt use the 35mm holders during my test. Retail price is around USD $3,000. This left the other shoe to drop. It is not a miracle machine in that it does not revive old negatives to get prints equivalent to the old darkroom prints, but it does get a good and usable result. still happy i got one just wish it would have been as durable as a tank since it weighs as much as one. Heard it was very good. At today's used price, the Coolscan LS-8000ED is more than hard to beat. If somebody orders a print, I can print from the scan without test printing first! One thing that helps is Nikon's website www.nikoncoolscan.com. photographyreview.com and the ConsumerReview Network are business units of Invenda Corporation. This is because the scanner has two motors one to roughly position the filmholder before the scan starts, and the other to do 4000 dpi stepping. Compared to the Imacon at USD $10,000 it is less than a third the price. Add-on glass holder is fabulous. It has a small amount of operating noise, but nothing too objectionable. Access to our community Buy and Sell pages; for members only. The above are the test scans. (I always take this spec with a large grain of salt, as there is no industry agreed-upon standard for how it is measured. The tray eject motor quit after a month of use. Even at its current used price of $1500-2000, you only have to do a few hundred scans to pay for it. However, the Nikon 8000 far surpasses the Epson when it comes to color. In terms of sharpness, resolution and contrast, rating the Imacon as a 10, I would rate the Nikon at 9.7. I get very occasional banding, which seems to only occur during very hot days. Digital ICE (Digital ICE cubed) technologies were developed by Applied Science Fiction Inc. Material Processing Solutions & Robot Vision, 4,000-dpi true optical-resolution scanning, 14-bit A/D converter incorporating 16-/8-bit output for vivid images, Multiple film format scanning (120/220, 35mm [135], 16mm, etc. The biggest one was that I was getting banding in scans. made the fatal mistake of touching the film tray and it jammed up and wont reset. Lousy lousy 120mm tray holder. Having tried the Hamrick Vuescan software, I have returned to the Nikon 3.1 scanning program. The scanner worked first time, and issues have been few. I also think I detected some softness at the edges - There could also be some truth in that the edges are also a touch soft. not that quick, fiddly med.format holder,Black and white film seems to be grainier . Digital ICE (Digital ICE cubed), Digital ICE, Digital ROC and Digital GEM are trademarks of Applied Science Fiction Inc. And when using the glass holder, the software remembers my previous settings! Regulars to this site will know that my reference scanner is theImacon Flextight Photo. At the beginning of this month Imacon announced that they had reduced the price of theImacon Flextight Phototo US$6,495 from its original price of $9,995. Please note that thats all these comments areinitial impressions. Don't expect fast scans. Epson Perfection 2450 (useless fuzzy junk). My first and really only negative comment about the Nikon 8000s mechanical design, is the film holders. I had expected it to be quite good being that its an ED lens. Otherwise, stitching software could be used instead to combine two seperate scans. There are optional glass carriers for all formats available as well. Overall, I''d say that if you''re tired of spending $25.00 or more per medium format scan and having to wait upwards of a week to have them done, then you''ll be happy with this scanner. This seemed to work quite well as no soft-focus areas were detected on several scans. I''ve yet to do a 6x7 with ICE and multi-sampling -- I think it will take an evening. If you are scanning low contrast items, do yourself a favor and test a scan a one pass, and another at 8 or 16 passes. I had no opportunity to explore this software in depth, but it looks competent. I like the digital ICE, it saves me hours in editing, trust me on that and don't believe the other reviews. Otherwise they have been scaled to the same resolution. But I havent heard the word Brownie used in photography for about 40 years. The other contender is, of course, thePolaroid PrintScan 120. Ive learned a lot. Hillers in southern Utah was taken in April, 2001 with aMamiya 7 IIand 65mm f/4 lens on Provia 100F. Now, maybe thats what its called in Japan. However, the holders will actually hold at least 612 (cant remember if 617 would fit). The film window for Medium Format is 200 mm long, but the scannerhardware is only capable of mechanically scanning a 90 mm long piece, starting at any point in the 200 m window. Please use your browser's BACK button to return to the page that brought you here. Mais attention : aucun (bon) vendeur amricain ne s'autorise baisser le prix de vente pour la douane ou dclarer l'article vendu comme un "gift". Get one before the price follows the 9000 into orbit. the most useful info i can tell you is that i have had $15 drum scans done for me of medium format and 3 out of 4 look great and are about 100mb. I have seen scanners with low DMax specs perform better than ones with high manufacturers claims. Michael passed away in May 2016. Frankly, if I were selecting a scanner today Id be tempted to choose the Nikon because of its significant price advantage. Both scans are with all software adjustments set to either neutral or automatic. It took 1 minute and 20 seconds to do a preview while the Imacon took 10 seconds! In the end it's about image quality; color, contrast and resolution along with a basis for beautiful output. Currently Im waiting for another LS-8000 which I hope works better than the first. It really wouldnt have been all that difficult to design a locking fitting. Many reviewers slam this product for the film holder, the lines in the dark areas, and no detail in the highlights, but they do not understand the principles of scanning and perhaps of photography in general. Frankly, the Nikon produces such high image quality that minor variances like what Im describing simply are near the limits of ones ability to detect. item 6 Nikon Super Coolscan 5000 ED USB Film Scanner w/ Slide and Film Strip Modules, item 7 Nikon Super Coolscan LS-8000 Film Scanner Lens (medium Format Micro/Macro), item 8 Nikon CoolScan V ED Photo, Slide & Film Scanner TESTED AND WORKING GREAT MANUAL, 4.8 out of 5 stars based on 63 product ratings, 4.8 out of 5 stars based on 33 product ratings, 4.8 out of 5 stars based on 19 product ratings, 4.3 out of 5 stars based on 3 product ratings, 4.7 out of 5 stars based on 18 product ratings. If you would like to see the German version of this test report, please, click at the German flag at the top of the page to open it. i have to scan all of my medium format and on location 35mm film. this thing is VERY sensitive so watch it. I had three choices. So, given its abilities, I''d have to say I do recommend this scanner to anyone who''s serious about being able to control every aspect of reproduction of their valuable slides and negs. My store in melbourne were great at first, no contact with Nikon. J'ai achet cet excellent scanner Nikon aux States un vendeur que je classe en premier parmi tous les vendeurs que j'ai frquents sur eBay. I can compare the 8000 to two other scanners: the Coolscan V, and the Epson V500. Warranty repair went well. I wont detail the units specifications here. If you are running a PC that does not have a Firewire card, you will have to install one. I will keep checking that, and will try to keep my room cool. jaw dropping detail, then next scan was off by half a frame. The 8000ED can save scans with a number of different profiles, including Adobe RGB and Bruce RGB. The Imacon on the other hand is tall rather than deep, so it fits on a desktop with a bit make alacrity. Pity about the Nikon''s ED lens which was less sharp than the Canon. The 8000 scans, even without ICE, produce less in the way of dust and scratches. This would produce a 28 X 40 print from the Nikon at a printer resolution of 240 DPI. Incidentally I scan 24x65 at 4000 dpi and the 6x7's at 2000 dpi because the Epson printer doesn't go higher than that realistically. Mt. My fine art prints are easily good enough for galleries, and I don't have to run an awkward wet darkroom anymore. It cost 2,400 UK pounds from Digital First in the UK. Hillers, Approaching Storm #2. This is a final colour corrected and sharpened scan from the Nikon. It has some flaws, as discussed above, but what product doesnt? Our membership model is simple, a Dollar-a-Month ($12.00 USD a year). I have compared my images scanned from the Canon FS4000 and the Nikon 8000 scanners; I find that while the canon was just a tad sharper ( with less shimmering around edges) it was also very contrasty at the highlights compared to the Nikon. file management and dozens of interviews and travel videos. One slide scanned with poor focus; a rescan solved it. Sometimes you have to work at it, just like getting a good neg in the first place, so dont slam something just because you dont know how to use it. C'est donc un produit que je recommande si vous avez confiance dans le vendeur et dans l'tat annonc de son produit. If you need detail in the dark areas, use 14 bit and 16x passover and you will get good detail. What a difference! After the better part of an afternoon testing the unit, here are my initial impressions. The Nikon is the winner in terms of scan speed. ICE, ROC, and GEM don''t work with black and white. Ive returned the SS120 because I felt the Nikon was very slightly sharper and, more importantly, Digital ICE really worked and I want it. If your film is so poorly exposed that you have a massive contrast between blacks and whites, you can always do 2 scans and layer them, one exposed for highlights, and one for shadows. Opening them was even worse, requiring real force. after execution of our test will not be maintained automatically. The 35 mm and slide holders work great, however I just couldn't live with the lousy 120mm film holder they supplied. I dont know at this time what Nikons plans are for Europe, Australia and elsewhere. What I know about the scanner, and my impressions of it, are contained on this page. If you are not already aware of it you might be interested in finding out about my latest publishing venture,The Luminous Landscape Video Journal, a quarterly video magazine on DVD, featuring travel stories, product review like this one, and tutorials and interviews with famous photographers. Donc attendez-vous une note suplmentaire "sale" de 20% environ payer la livraison en France. On the Canon, Anything that was white was just pure white with no details. Others have commented on this software on various forums around the Net and if youre interested a search will turn up lots of opinions, both pro and con. I had to find an older computer with firewire and XP. Any enlargement beyond this is empty and leads to pixelation. If I ever scan at higher res, it is to get some extra color or shade detail in a difficult negative. But as the latest generation, the 9000, climbs past $4000 and even $6000, expect the 8000's value to rise as well. I hope that youve find this report to be of interest. Our website contains over 5300 articles on almost every topic, camera, lens and printer you can imagine. Now, there was no holder for a 24x65mm Widelux neg either, so eventually I bought the $500 glass holder. I''m happy with the quality of scans (exclusively 4000dpi, 14bit) thus far. Clear, vivid scans. Digital ICE does not seem to take much longer, I don't know what people are talking about. Also, the Nikon color scans produce very little noise, while the Epson color scans are full of noise. Installing the Firewire card was straightforward, ditto for the software. Samples of my scans are on www.coreyrankin.com. Serious film photographers who want the best scans for the money, want to do it themselves, but for whom the 9000 is now out of range. Perhaps if people are not getting totally sharp scans, get it calibrated under warranty if you can. The gratification your film should engender as it moves to be seen in the digital world will come well within reach with the 8000ED.Read full review. It is in multiple languages. These are just some comments you might find useful. Nikon states that the banding occurs in these situations due to the way its tri-linear CCD scans. My concern is that in addition to appearing to be perilously close to requiring breaking force to open and close, eventually these fittings will wear and become less secure just the opposite problem. Unfortunately, the thing was riddled with bugs. What would the Nikon 8000 be like? I read your interesting review of the Nikon LS-8000, and thoughtyoud like to know that I just released VueScan 7.1.11 with support for the LS-8000. To refer to what essentially is a professional format film size as Brownie says something very curious indeed about Nikon, a company with pretensions of being international in their marketing. April, 2001. Youre Utah shot would have shown this perfectly in the sky if the sky were a bit lighter. Other Web Sites in the ConsumerReview Network: mtbr.com | Took awhile, but I would rather have it right than rushed. bit difficult to set up but got it working. The Nikon Super CoolScan 8000 ED (LS-8000 ED) was replaced by the successor Nikon Super Coolscan 9000ED in April 2004. The unit ships with holders for mounted 35mm slides, uncut 35mm film strips and Brownie (oopsmedium format) film. In the U.S. the scanner ships with the full version ofAltamiras Genuine Fractals 2.0. 35mm and slide holders work well. It took about 2.5 minutes for this particular scan while the Imacon took exactly 10 minutes. I have just been informed that Imacon is currently offering a limited-time US$1,500 mail-in rebate which effectively reduces the net cost to the end-user to $4,995. Not fast, not flashy but does the job. Straight out of the Nikon, both color negs and slides have excellent color and contrast, while the Epson produces very low-contrast files that only guess at the colors. It ships with three film holders; mounted 35mm, 35mm film strip and 120 roll film. 2) I had an LS-8000 and was probably one of the first people in the US to take delivery of one (#2 on the waiting list at cameraworld.com). Silverfast is expensive. Dont use shaprening, curves (unless absolutely necessary, or any other settings except ICE) This gives you a high quality raw file that you then use in photoshop to get the best detail from. It''s big and heavyhave plenty of room set aside for it. Easy to install and use; the Nikon software is easy to learn. it has taken me a whole day to figure out how to get it to scan my 35mm film. The most glaring issue with the documentation, which had me and everyone atVistekchuckling, is that the manual calls what we refer to in the English speaking world as medium format, as Browniefilm. Scans are normally very accurate, colorwise. Not super fast, esp. Before I bought this scanner, I had some of my multi-frame panoramas done on a drum. I decided to res-down the Nikon scans for my primary comparisons but I also referred to the original 4000 dpi scan when subjectively evaluating resolution. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. NB:This evaluation is based on a brief hands-on opportunity to test the 8000 at Vistek (for which I thank them). Overall, it's a great scanner, and a great investment. Bottom line? My issue though is with the 120 holder, though the 35mm holder had a somewhat similar design. I wouldn't be surprised to see the 8000's price climb above $2000 fairly soon. In mid-July 2001 my colleagueIan LyonsofComputer Darkroompublished a review of thePolaroid PrintScan 120scanner on his web site. Works great! item 1 Nikon Super CoolScan LS-8000 ED Dedicated Film Scanner 4000 dpi with 4 holders, item 2 Nikon Super CoolScan 9000 ED Photo, Slide & Film Scanner, item 3 Nikon Super Coolscan 8000 ED Film Scanner Model LS-8000, item 4 Nikon Super CoolScan 9000 ED Photo, Slide & Film Scanner (with film holders). Very occasional banding (due to hot room?) It took, from sticking the film in the scanner to saving it, roughly an hour-and-a-half to scan a 6x7 at 4000dpi, single pass, 8-bit color depth, with Digital ICE, ROC, and GEM turned on (just wish these things worked with black and whitethey''re supposed to, but trust me, they don''t). -Top-quality scans -dust and scratches less noticeable than flatbed -excellent color and contrast with a minimum of post-processing -professional build quality -firewire for speedy transfer -uses standard cables for power, firewire -MUCH cheaper than anything like it (but not for long). I have found that, contrary to the instructions and common wisdom, I get sharper scans with the emulsion side up in the supplied 120 holder. Copyright 1995-2022 eBay Inc. All Rights Reserved. Also, a number of people on the filmscanner list have had similar problems and one person has had the problem with two examples of the scanner. This is a very handy tool (just wish they''d implement a multi-channel curves tool for adjustment of each individual color channel, but Photoshop''s works fine too, so this isn''t a big deal). thanks fence companies lakeland FL, The variety of formats that can be used with it (pretty much anything you can mount to a holder and shove into the hole in the front of the scanner). I really need straight forward information from the start. My only concern with the Polaroid at this time (Summer 2001) is the state of health ofPolaroid Corporationitself. Since there are three separate CCD lines in the LS-8000 (theres only one on all other CoolScan scanners), any small difference in sensitivity between the Nth CCD pixel in each of the three CCD lines can cause streaking when the same calibration data is used for each of the three CCD lines.I solved this problem in VueScan by only using one CCD line. works fine. The 4000 dpi stepper motor only has 90 mm of travel, just likethe SprintScan 120. now i have to send it for service. (I''m sure the 4000 ED would offer the same results if all you do is 35mm or smaller) It IS rather slow to scan, especially on medium format with all options turned on. Changes in configuration, specification, hardware, software etc. The one weakness of using Nikon scanners in general (besides the possibility of no repair service) is the lack of reasonably-priced full-feature software. if any, its an older model, so parts and service may be hard to come by. Nice product so far! These appear to be cropped ever so slightly differently, but that should make no difference in the evaluation. 120 film is loaded into a channel that is secured on either side by folding gates. photographyreview.com It looks basic and not terribly detailed. 1) Currently the LS-8000 only scans up to 69. I am using a Gigabyte X399 Designaire EX computer with 32gb of ram running Windows 10 Pro.. My previous scanner is a Minolta Scan Dual III. Current slide {CURRENT_SLIDE} of {TOTAL_SLIDES}- Best Selling in Scanners, Current slide {CURRENT_SLIDE} of {TOTAL_SLIDES}- You may also like, With it's successor going for twice as much on the used market (when it can be found) and Nikon's shipping schedule as inconsistent as it can be just when you're looking to them for the newer LS-9000, the 8000ED becomes a real alternative, especially when, with a little research, you begin to realize that even though the 9000 solved the few problems the 8000 has, those problems are minor and always ready for a simple work around that can result in scans to be proud of even if the process might become somewhat lengthened. Common guys. If youre looking for a very high quality medium format scanner at a reasonable price and can live with a maximum 6X9cm film handling capability, the Nikon Super Coolscan 8000ED may well be the scanner for you. In conclusion, while the canon was sharper, I don''t think I could have lived with it losing details in the highlights, so I would have chosen the nikon for its greater tonal ranges. No problem. If you click on each of the pictures above you will see 10 wide versions, again uncorrected. This $12 gains you access to a wealth of information including all our past and future video tutorials on such topics as Lightroom, Capture One, Printing, There may be issues and subtleties that only arise after the unit has been used for some length of time, and possibly as well only after its been on the market for a while. This is my first scanner; I''ve wanted it ever since it was announced earlier this year, because it was the first scanner on the market which offered 35mm and 6x7 at high res. The Imacon isslightlysharper and hasslightlymore shadow detail.Slightly! The key points are that the scanner will handle film up to 6X9cm in size, including 35mm. Overall, I am beyond impressed with it. In regards to the banding that was mentioned in the readers comment, I have very seldom encountered this problem. I cropped the very bottom of the frame as it was uninteresting. The fit is so tight that I was really quite fearful that I was going to break them when closing. ThePolaroid Printscan 120and theNikon 8000have been eagerly awaited during the spring of 2001 as they both potentially represent the first high-quality yetaffordablemedium format film scanners to be made available to photographers. The result is that the scan takes 3 times longer, but the banding disappears. The variety of formats that can be used with it (pretty much anything you can mount to a holder and shove into the hole in the front of the scanner). this scanner blows them away !!! No sharpening or colour correction have been applied either in the scanning software or in Photoshop afterward. ICE works to remove scratches from film. With a Velvia slide, autodetect of media erroneously evaluated it as Color neg. For the film scanner Nikon LS-8000 (Super Coolscan 8000 ED) we have published a detailed test report. If an opportunity arises to do further evaluation or testing the results will be posted here and announced onWhats New. It just requires a little patience, which is far more affordable to most than the more costly drum scanners would be. June, 2010Panasonic GH1 with 14-140mm lens @ ISO 100____________________________________________________________________________________ Parking Ticket and Candy San. This is a solidly built unit that is giving me good results. Plenty sharp enough for gallery prints! Now all my scans are sharp!!! Nikon 8000 Imacon Flextight Photo. I''m using a 500MHz Pentium III, 768Mb RAM, 40Gb drive, Windows 2000. The software could use some revamping, but I''ve seen worse. Haven't tried the GEM yet, I should - some of my Widelux negs are grainy (possibly because I took them to poor out-of-town film labs on my photo trips).