Nikon CoolScan V ED Film Scanner

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SKU: 9239

Sales Rank: 4511

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Product Description

A high-performance dedicated film scanner from Nikon, the CoolScan V ED offers high-quality scanning of 35mm slides, 35mm film strips, APS film (with optional IX240 film adapter), and prepared slides (with optional medical slide holder). The Scanner-Nikkor ED glass lens offers a 4,000 dpi optical resolution, while the 3,964-pixel linear CCD image sensor and 14-bit A/D input (8-/16-bit output) provide true-to-life, brilliant results.

Nikon's own LED illumination technology ensures accurate color with no warm-up time or risk of heat damage. Scan times are as fast as 38 seconds including image transfer to display, and as fast as 14 seconds in preview mode. Automatic color/contrast compensation helps you achieve accurate results, while the ICE4 advanced digital image correction suite of technologies helps to restore old slides to their original glory. Additionally, the included Nikon Scan 4 software provides a comprehensive and easy-to-use interface for managing your scans.

The CoolScan V ED has a convenient plug-and-play USB interface, while one-touch scan and preview buttons will have you scanning film in no time. PC and Mac compatible, the CoolScan V ED also comes backed with a one year limited warranty.

What's in the Box
Scanner, CD-ROM, strip film adapter SA-21, slide feeder MA-21, instructions

Product Specification

Binding:: Electronics
Brand:: Nikon
EAN:: 0018208900879
Feature:: 4,000 dpi optical resolution, 4.2 density
14-bit A/D conversion, 8 or 16-bit output
Scan speeds as fast as 38 seconds
Digital ICE4 Advanced suite of image correction technologies
USB interface, PC and Mac compatible
Label:: Nikon
Manufacturer:: Nikon
Model:: 9239
ProductGroup:: CE
Publisher:: Nikon
Studio:: Nikon
Title:: Nikon CoolScan V ED Film Scanner
UPC:: 018208092390
MPN:: 9239

Customer Reviews

Excellent Slide Scanner

This is an excellent slide scanner and does exactly what it is supposed to do very well.Yes, it is somewhat slow, but only in comparison to regular flatbed scanners.I have the slides scan at maximum resolution, but have the final image resized to about 20%.This keeps the file size manageable (about 5 MB per scan) and still provides an image that fills the screen.With the digital corrections on (which does make a huge difference on old family slides), and some minor post-processing, it has been taking...

10/13/2006 12:00 AM | All Customer Reviews

Bob King

Slow but professional quality.Not simple.Huge learning curve.Scanning is an art and craft.You don't learn it overnight or even after many weeks.For the money, this is an outstanding choice.Remember, this is only good for slides and negative............not prints...

9/6/2006 12:00 AM | All Customer Reviews

If the software is bad, it doesnt matter how good the hardware is

I am not a techie but I have installed enough hardware of all kinds to know what it involves.I am also pretty handy with Photoshop and photography.This scanner may scan reasonably well, but the software kills off its usability.There are two pieces of software (one to view,one to scan) with overlapping functions ( eg resolution) and they do not seem to communicate well with each other.....no problem, I changed the settings on both pieces of software.I try scanning at maximum resolution and the file...

8/25/2006 12:00 AM | All Customer Reviews

Good results

It takes a lot of time to scan each slide and then improve the old dark ones in PhotoShop Elements (much better than the picture editing software that comes with the scanner) but the results are worth it. I get some reading done while doing the scanning, then run all the images through Photoshop. It's great that I can set the scanner to output in almost any format--.tiff, .jpg, etc. The "ICE" works great at removing the dust and age marks. I'm digitizing a huge collection of family photos, some...

7/25/2006 12:00 AM | All Customer Reviews

Nikon Coolscan V

I purchased this scanner to do a few lingering slide projects. I veered away from the 5000 model because I could not justify the extra $800 to get a 50 slide hopper. In the reviews, people complained that the pricy hopper was cheap, and prone to jams, or failure. As it turns out, Nikon has included some useful manipulation software. I just preview scanned then tightened up the histogram. On the final scan, when the photo is larger, you can play with the curves adjustment and RGB levels. No real...

6/29/2006 12:00 AM | All Customer Reviews