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Nikon Super Coolscan 5000 ED Scanner
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Product Description
Designed for use by imaging professionals, the SUPER COOLSCAN 5000 ED offers 135/IX240 film scanning at an amazing 20 seconds per image (including image transfer to display) - at 4, 000 dpi true optical resolution. Highly accurate color reproduction and representation of detail are made possible by the 16-bit A/D converter and 16-bit output channel.The SUPER COOLSCAN 5000 ED targets primarily business users such as professional photographers and photo finishers, who require superb image quality and high-speed scanning capability. Private users of 135/IX240 format cameras - advanced amateur SLR photographers, for example - will welcome the scanner's speed and image quality. Users who deal with numerous slide mounts and uncut film rolls will appreciate the increased ease of use and productivity afforded by optional accessories like the SLIDE FEEDER SF-210 and ROLL FILM ADAPTER SA-30. The SUPER COOLSCAN 5000 ED offers the performance and efficiency to make it the ideal digital archiving solution. With fast, easy image transfer thanks to the USB 2.0 interface, the SUPER COOLSCAN 5000 ED is an extremely powerful, extremely fast, extremely efficient desktop film scanner that will augment your productivity and give you scanned images that will take your breath away.
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Average User Rating:
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Number of Ratings:
1
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User Reviews for
Nikon Super Coolscan 5000 ED Scanner
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Scanner good. Feeder bad.
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Reviewed
February 26 2004 6:23:01 AM
15
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Ratings:
4
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Pros:
4000dpi, fairly fast, GEM |
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Cons:
bad, bad slide feeder On a dual processor G4 Mac with 384MB of RAM, I'm not getting the 20 second scan speeds that Nikon claims, but I do get complete scans in 34-40 seconds, which is still not too bad. The GEM post-processing seems to revitalize my old slides pretty well in terms of bringing out the colors. The "ICE" infra-red dust & scratch removal does do a good job at removing dust & scratches, but also tends to blur the entire image bad enough that I have decided not to use it. Plus it raises scan times from 40 seconds to 160 seconds (i.e., it adds 2 minutes per scan).
The biggest disappointment was the optional SF-210 slide feeder. I had hoped that it wouldn't jam as often as its predecessor, but alas, after about 10 attempts, the record number of successful scans in a row still stands at 2. Yes, the "50-slide feeder" can only do about 2 slides before it jams, which makes it completely worthless. I feared as much. Obviously Nikon needs to give up on their current slide feeders and go for a carosel attachment that would be jam-free. Their current feeders just don't work. Rats.
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