Nikon coolscan ls8000 ed ls 9000 ed service and repair notes. Getting your nikon coolscan to work on w7 x64 windows 7. May 17, 2012 optimal workflow with vuescan and lightroom using coolscan 5000 jh4wvu cds media solutions cincinnati, oh registered users posts. Though nikon super coolscan 9000 ed can be necessary for your computers balanced functioning, its in no way the sole driver your computer is dependent on. Compared to my old epson 3200 flatbed and the nikon coolscan 5000 which the 9000. Ive had both the software and the scanner for about a week, and im not too happy with either at this point. Scanning film with nikon super coolscan 4000 jip van kuijk. You are welcome to use them, but with following disclaimers. I have used vuescan for scanning works on paper and it works great, but i dont mind spending the extra money on silverfast 6 if the software. Nikon coolscan 9000 ed driver vuescan scanner software for. The good news that the ic itself is cheap and readily available from. Software recommendation for nikon coolscan v ed jan 22, 2012 i am contemplating buying a 2nd hand nikon coolscan v ed to scan a whole load of colour negatives. Nikon coolscan 9000 for sale in uk view 23 bargains.
Additionally, the included nikon scan 4 software provides a comprehensive and easytouse interface for managing your scans. Optimal workflow with vuescan and lightroom using coolscan 5000 jh4wvu cds media solutions cincinnati, oh registered users posts. The icefeature is great and rocgem is a sending from god, when dealing. I have a nikon coolscan 9000 and use nikon scan software on a windows 7 professional 64 bit computer. Click the start button lower left corner, then select settings. This procedure assumes that your scanner was working with the windows 7 driver created with the help of windows sevenforum getting your nikon coolscan to work on w7 x64 windows 7 help forums and you still have access to the win 7 driver previously used. Nikon super coolscan 9000 ed 35mm and medium forma. Nikon super coolscan 9000 ed scanner microsoft community. Nikon scanner also has firewire connection for which i. Silverfast or vuescan for nikon coolscan 9000 ed ice. Vuescan drivers for nikon scanners cant find a driver for your nikon scanner.
I am running xp which nikon does not support, used vue scan and then loaded silverfast ai5 and it worked fine as a plug in for pagemaker 6. Super coolscan ls9000 ed film scanners nikon australia. The 8000 and 9000 should scan up to 4000 dpi on mf, at the same level of detail that the v5000 does 35mm, so you should see a significant increase in quality over the v700. Vuescan pro is completely user configurable, which also mean completely user screwerupable. In addition, it retrieves the full bit depth of data from scanners, process and manages to get a good picture out of the. Reading the vuescan bible is a help, but it wont teach one how to scan, just the settings to use initially for different applications. Now i learned that the nikon scan software is not supported anymore by the newer generation apple computers and i dont know what is. Nikon super coolscan 9000 ed driver software found 22. Using nikon coolscan with windows 10 windows 10 forums. Show off your favorite photos and videos to the world, securely and privately show content to your friends and family, or blog the photos and videos you take with a cameraphone.
We scan negatives and slides with the nikon super coolscan 9000 ed. I use a nikon ls8000ed scanner with vuescan software. I just want some opinions from users of silverfast. I have a slow imacon 343 that i will keep for scanning mf. This scanner is connected to an imac with an eizo graphic screen. Various events interrupted that process, and now i need to resume it, not least to make salable some of the remarkable images i was able to capture in africa, the middle east and elsewhere. The super coolscan 9000 is a awardwinning medium format scanner which accepts virtually any format up to 6x9cm. Vuescan is the best way to get your nikon coolscan 9000 ed working on windows 10, windows 8, windows 7, macos catalina, and more. The scanner provides an extremely good image quality at 4000 dpi resolution. Nikon coolscan 9000 ed driver vuescan scanner software. Since the nikon scan software is not supported by the newer. In most cases vuescan doesnt need a driver from nikon. A nikon coolscan v ed with slide scanner insert only.
Hotfix firewire scanner to 64bit win 7 for vuescan. Jun 07, 2012 and, i lamented the fact that i would have to purchase new software to use my coolscan 9000 scanner. The nikon super coolscan 9000 ed is a real alternative for very expensive drum scanners. It also does batch scanning, auto focus, multiscanning. If modified driver does not work then vuescan should. The 8000 and 9000 should scan up to 4000 dpi on mf, at the same level of. I have both the nikon software and vuescan pro running under w7 64 bit driving that scanner.
I have a slow imacon 343 that i keep using for scanning mf and connected this scanner to an imac with a eizo graphic screen. The nikon super coolscan 9000 ed is the best film scanner ever built. Anyway, the nikon 9000 is the best nondrum scanner i have ever used. I use vuescan, rather than nikons scanner software, because nikon stopped supporting nikon scan. My old nikon 9000 coolscan scanner worked with vista and was supported.
Ever since the launch of windows 7 using a driver scanner to keep your drivers up to par, is actually standard practice. Since a few years i also shoot medium format, and now scan on a nikon coolscan 9000 using vuescan. This article contains links to the latest version of nikon scan software produced for each film scanner, please follow the links for detailed compatibility information. This scanner has an infrared lamp for scanning film. Vuescan provides complete control of the scanner, adds some new features that were never in the nikon software a calibration scan, for example, and it behaves well in all of the conditions i have tried.
The unthinkable switching from vuescan to silverfast film. Q about nikon coolscan 9000 what software with epson 3590. Nikon scan, silverfast or vuescan for coolscan 5000 photrio. We have 3 nikon super coolscan 9000 ed manuals available for free pdf download. Vuescan is here to help dont you hate how nikon stop releasing drivers whenever a new operating system comes out. As an alternative we recommend you our scan service. This pro version provides a more robust technology that is designed to work with kodachrome film types. As an alternative we recommend you our scanservice. Im still learing how to use it altho it is similar to my coolscan 4000, in fact uses the same software nikon scan 4. The information that i give below should work perfectly for any nikon scanner, and should be pretty close with other film scanners. Nikon scanner drivers vuescan scanner software for.
By making as many as 16 passes, it ensures faithful reproduction with smoother gradation. Nikon coolscan ls8000 ed ls9000 ed service and repair. Apr 14, 2017 christopher crawford demonstrates how to scan color slides with vuescan software. Evaluation of resolution of nikon coolscan scanners. Vuescan is an image scan utility freeware for windowsbased pcs, developed by hamrick software. Hi, i have a nikon coolscan 9000 and i was wondering if anyone could walk me through using a 35mm it8 calibration target which i got from silverfast to calibrate vuescan for this scanner. Disassembly is fairly modest, but the ic repair is elaborate. One thing that is misunderstood by many is on what systems the nikon scan software works with and which it does not. Vuescan is compatible with the nikon coolscan 9000 ed on windows x86, windows x64, mac os x and linux. It has accurate color correction from color negatives. See why over 10 million people have downloaded vuescan to get the most out of their scanner. If vuescan isnt working with the firewire cable, try a different firewire port or a different firewire cable.
Software for discontinued film scanners nikon support. The unthinkable switching from vuescan to silverfast. The application supports all types of scanners and special hardware. Were now using the nikon super coolscan 9000 exclusively for 35mm slide scanning. Optimal workflow with vuescan and lightroom using coolscan. Furthermore, the super coolscan 9000 ed features industryleading scanning speeds and scans a 35mm image in an astounding 20 seconds. If you want to use the nikon scan software, i suggest using an older laptop. Nikon super coolscan 4000 ed scanner compatible with.
I will be using software suite nikon scan 4, and will go over the settings i use for scanning with the nikon super coolscan 4000 ed hereafter ls4000. Nikon super coolscan 4000 ed scanner compatible with windows 7. Getting nikon super coolscan scanners work under windows 7 including x64, 8, and 10. But, now, im using an asus rog with tons of ram and a 1tb ssd which runs windows 10. And, i lamented the fact that i would have to purchase new software to use my coolscan 9000 scanner. The nikon coolscan 9000 comes with an upgraded version of kodaks digital ice technology not available on the nikon 5000. In this article i will go over my workflow for photos taken on film rather than digital. The fact is that nikon no longer has software support for the scanner, so depending on your computer and op sys, you may have to use a third party software such as vue scan or silverfast. You can run both nikon scanners, the super coolscan 5000 and the super coolscan 9000 as well, on windows 10 64 bit. Nikon coolscan ls8000 ed ls 9000 ed service and repair notes my own considerations for optimization of the performance of nikon scanners when running nikon scan software. However, note that the colors may will be more accurate if you use an it8 camera target like the one produced by wolf faust and if you use vuescans profileprofile scanner command to create an icc file for your camera. You can help protect yourself from scammers by verifying that the contact is a microsoft agent or microsoft employee and that the phone number is an official microsoft global customer service number. Silverfast or vuescan for nikon coolscan 9000 ed iceimage cleanup.
Nikon software can work, but you need to hack around your operating system or have an old machine i managed to get it to work on windows. The original computer i used for the 9000 ran windows vista. I have a nikon super coolscan 9000 ed on a powermac g5 running 10. My scanning and postprocessing workflow philip dygeus. Hotfix firewire scanner to 64 bit win 7 for vuescan. Scan software nikon scan 4 in english, german, french, spanish.
No manufacturer has ever brought a device on the market which was nearly equal to the nikon ls 9000. Although nikon officially stopped supporting the coolscan products, there have been several workarounds found that apparently work well in most cases. Nikons super coolscan 9000 ed film scanner offers 4,000 dpi true optical resolution and ad conversion at 16 bits, for superiorquality digital images. Nikon scan, silverfast or vuescan for coolscan 5000. Software for nikon super coolscan 5000 ed slidefilm. Epson 4490 and vuescan epson 3490 better than minolta dual. Removes virtually all the noise that can appear after only one scan and helps produce rich, noisefree images. Nikon imaging products product archive super coolscan. Tech support scams are an industrywide issue where scammers trick you into paying for unnecessary technical support services.
He uses the nikon ls8000ed scanner, but the settings he show you in this tutorial should work fine with most. Nikon scan is nikons own proprietary software for film scanners but it only supported computer operating. I would need to use silverfast 6, as this is the last version that supports powermac10. The negative carriers are a pain in the neck compared to the 5000, in which one simply feeds negatives. I have played with the stock nikon scan 4, but the scans arent yielding a.
If using a mac, the nikon site states the nikon software will not work with mac osx above version 10. Nikon coolscan ls8000 ed ls9000 ed service and repair notes. In this video, i go over my film scanning workflow using vuescan software and an epson v500 and then compare the results with epson scan. I began that process years ago, using a nikon super coolscan 5000 ed slide film scanner and the nikon scan software that went with it. Im trying to learn vuescan software on a coolscan 9000. I bought a nikon coolscan 5000 to speed up the scanning process of my regular 35mm work. And, here i am to proclaim that i really like that software and find it to be a refreshing tool for acquiring digital images from film. Got my coolscan 5000 when it was first released and the 9000 not long after.
Vuescan drivers for nikon scanners vuescan scanner software. My coolscan 9000 and my hasselblad had been lying around for years collecting dust. A highperformance dedicated film scanner designed for imaging professionals, the super coolscan 9000 ed offers highquality scanning of 35mm slides, 35mm film strips, mediumformat film, mediumformat slides with optional 120220 mounted film holder fh869m, glass slides for microscopes with optional medical slide holder fh8g1, and 16mm film with optional 16mm film. Nikon super coolscan 4000 ed scanner compatible with windows. Im not sure on what the other differences are between the 8000 and the 9000. If you want to use this scanner to work on newer computers, you will have to use lasersoft or vue scan. Aug 26, 2010 flickr is almost certainly the best online photo management and sharing application in the world.
Nikon software can work, but you need to hack around your operating system or have an old machine i managed to get it to work on windows 7 installed on 2012 macbook for my coolscan 9000. Nikon coolscan ls8000 ed ls9000 ed service and repair notes my own considerations for optimization of the performance of nikon scanners when running nikon scan software. Compared to my old epson 3200 flatbed and the nikon coolscan 5000 which the 9000 replace, the 9000 is slow and loud. No manufacturer has ever brought a device on the market which was nearly equal to the nikon ls9000. Christopher crawford demonstrates how to scan color slides with vuescan software. Nikon super coolscan 9000 ed manuals manuals and user guides for nikon super coolscan 9000 ed.
Moving to new windows 7 computer, i found nikon is no longer supporting the scanner and vuescan software is an alternative. Discussing what computer to run a nikon coolscan iv. Placed here are some of the compilations of modifications, service and repair procedures i found over the years on internet as well as those i developed myself. Since the nikon scan software is not supported by the newer generation apple computers, i dont know what is best.
Silverfast or vuescan for nikon coolscan 9000 ed iceimage. But one scenario in particular exposes a problem i keep having trying to export totally flat, l. If your 9000 scanner worked with the windows 7 driver, i dont see any reason why it shouldnt work with windows 10 after. The windows 7 compatibility center does not list the coolscan 4000 ed, but it does report noncompatibility for the 5000 ed and 9000 ed. As for vuescan, i havent figured out how to make quick thumbnails of all the frames in the negatives which is easily done in the nikon scanning software. I am brand new to archiving film and will be scanning a collection of approx.
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