Hi, Thursday, March 18, 2004, 9:45:13 AM, Shel wrote:
> I'm working on a long term project to scan years worth of > B&W negatives and also plan to use the scanner for E6 > transparencies, and, to a lesser extent, color neg. I also > intend to make larger than 8x10 prints and feel that the > largest pixel count is important. > I'm very close to deciding on a Nikon 4000ppi model (I can > never recall the model number <sigh>). Why did those of you > who bought one, decide it was the way to go? And for those > who bought something else, why that, or why not the Nikon? > My choice of the Nikon is based on it being the only scanner > I've used and that's affordable at this time, and that I've > heard some questionable comments about other scanners. I have a Nikon Coolscan 4000 ED, which I think is the same as the one you're considering. I chose it because I wanted that resolution and this appeared to be the best option at the time I bought it. I found few if any negative comments about it while I was researching it. It was chosen by a lot of labs and other people who depended on it to generate money, which was a significant factor in my choice. I haven't used it as much as I expected to, largely because I'm lazy and I haven't fully got to grips with the technicalities of colour management. However, it is easy to use and produces results I'm satisfied with so far. One word of advice I can offer is to use lint-free gloves when you put a strip of film into the holder. It's rather a fiddly operation getting it lined up properly and you run the risk of getting paw-prints on the film unless you wear gloves. I have an IT-8 slide which I use to set up the scanner profile. It was difficult to find sensible information about how to do this with VueScan, but I found a web-page in French with the information. I intend to translate it into English and post it on my site sometime. If you're interested I could get on with that. -- Cheers, Bob
