I use the Nikon 8000 at work, which is virtually the same scanner as the
9000. Even uses the same film holders
This scanner is excellent.
The MF film holder is close to useless - you need the glass holder which
incidentally cost a fortune and must be the most profitable item in the
history of manufactured goods.
The glass holder is useful for some things, like scanning 110 or other
out-of-date sized films, but I actually prefer the regular MF holder for
normal 120/220 film. The glass holder can get dust inside it, which is a
pain, can be scratched easily, and is seriously hard to clean.
The main problem: Grain removal function (digital GEM) do not work with
Medium Format (work well with 35mm). I get an error message when using
this function when scanning (preview works) saying "There was an error
performing a post processing" (sounds like a software problem). Is this
normal (theres nothing in the manual saying it doesn't work with MF)?
I only get this error when trying to use ICE/GEM/ROC/DEE with black & white
film. Those functions only work with slides and C41 negatives. I have no
idea why, but I haven't seen anything that can do those sorts of functions
with traditional black & white film (C41 black & white film works fine with
ICE, etc).
John Celio
(I'd buy two 9000s if I could afford it)
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