Nikon Coolscan IV ED USB Film Scanner

Amazon.com Product Description
With instant installation via a USB connection, the Nikon Coolscan IV ED is just moments away from processing your film at an impressive rate of 42 seconds per image. It's able to handle slides or 35mm film rolls, and with the addition of a simple adapter, you can take on Advanced Photo System film just as easily. With a dynamic range of 3.6 and 42-bit images, the scanner guarantees clean images and vivid detail. It's compatible with Macintosh and PC, and it comes with a software package of Altamira Genuine Fractals, Photoshop LE, and Canto Cumulus.

Product Description:
Nikon offers thousands of products, ranging from its flagship digital and film cameras, lenses and accessories to its microscopes, measuring and inspection instruments, binoculars, surveying equipment, eyewear, scanners, underwater systems, ophthalmic instruments, semiconductor manufacturing systems, and more. Virtually its entire product line is based upon its hallmark - Nikon glass, from which its precision optical lenses are crafted.The Coolscan IV ED takes film scanning to a new level by offering sharp Scanner Nikkor ED optics, a highly accurate LED light source, and the versatile Nikon Scan software. This is the first scanner to offer Digital ICE Cubed, which removes surface defects, restores color, corrects exposure and reduces grain in your scans giving photographers, graphics professionals and others the ability to produce perfectly scanned images from a wide variety of film formats.

Nikon Coolscan IV ED USB Film Scanner

Average customer rating:

Nikon Coolscan IV ED - Film scanner (35 mm) - 1 in x 1.5 in - 2900 dpi x 2900 dpi - USB ProductGroup: CE Binding: Electronics Scanners | Office Electronics | Categories | Electronics | Flatbed | Handheld | Sheet-Fed | Slide & Photo Office Electronics | Refurbished & Used | Special Features | Electronics Features | Electronics ASIN: B00005LEOE

Product Description

Nikon offers thousands of products, ranging from its flagship digital and film cameras, lenses and accessories to its microscopes, measuring and inspection instruments, binoculars, surveying equipment, eyewear, scanners, underwater systems, ophthalmic instruments, semiconductor manufacturing systems, and more. Virtually its entire product line is based upon its hallmark - Nikon glass, from which its precision optical lenses are crafted.The Coolscan IV ED takes film scanning to a new level by offering sharp Scanner Nikkor ED optics, a highly accurate LED light source, and the versatile Nikon Scan software. This is the first scanner to offer Digital ICE Cubed, which removes surface defects, restores color, corrects exposure and reduces grain in your scans giving photographers, graphics professionals and others the ability to produce perfectly scanned images from a wide variety of film formats.

Average customer rating: great scanner Changed my opinion The best way to go for scanning negatives wonderful scanner It works with XP

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Amazon.com Product Description

With instant installation via a USB connection, the Nikon Coolscan IV ED is just moments away from processing your film at an impressive rate of 42 seconds per image. It's able to handle slides or 35mm film rolls, and with the addition of a simple adapter, you can take on Advanced Photo System film just as easily. With a dynamic range of 3.6 and 42-bit images, the scanner guarantees clean images and vivid detail. It's compatible with Macintosh and PC, and it comes with a software package of Altamira Genuine Fractals, Photoshop LE, and Canto Cumulus.

Product Description

Nikon offers thousands of products, ranging from its flagship digital and film cameras, lenses and accessories to its microscopes, measuring and inspection instruments, binoculars, surveying equipment, eyewear, scanners, underwater systems, ophthalmic instruments, semiconductor manufacturing systems, and more. Virtually its entire product line is based upon its hallmark - Nikon glass, from which its precision optical lenses are crafted.The Coolscan IV ED takes film scanning to a new level by offering sharp Scanner Nikkor ED optics, a highly accurate LED light source, and the versatile Nikon Scan software. This is the first scanner to offer Digital ICE Cubed, which removes surface defects, restores color, corrects exposure and reduces grain in your scans giving photographers, graphics professionals and others the ability to produce perfectly scanned images from a wide variety of film formats.

Customer Reviews:

great scanner.......2003-12-09

I've had this since it was first released and have found it to be a superb scanner.
As someone else has pointed out, there are occasional issues with slides, but from my experience that is a glitch in the NikonScan software and not the scanner itself. Using other scanning software (eg. Vuescan or Silverfast) has solved those issues for me.

Changed my opinion.......2003-12-08

Originally, I had very negative things to say about this product--namely problems with scanning chrome. Well, it took a couple of attempts over the past three years, but Nikon's support crew did a fantastic job once I convinced them of the problem, and they absorbed the entire cost of the repair (which was almost half the cost of the scanner).

In other words, Nikon stands behind its products. And you can't beat that. Buy it.

The best way to go for scanning negatives.......2003-11-05

The Coolscan IV is definitely worth the price for scanning negatives. I looked at flatbed scanners and cheaper film scanners previously, but in the end I bit the bullet and bought the Coolscan. I have no regrets about doing this. The resolution of the scanned negatives is amazing - I can see details that were not visible the original prints. What really makes the investment worthwhile is the Digital ICE technology, which "cleans up" dusty or imperfect negatives. I am in the process of converting my entire film library into digital images.

This brings me to the downsides of the scanner. It does not utilize USB 2.0, and the process of scanning negatives at high resolutions is very very slow. I basically have to devote 45 minutes to an hour to scan in a roll of film because I have turned on Digital ICE as well as the other touch-up features available on the scanner. However, this is by choice, so for people who don't want the highest resolutions, the process may be somewhat faster. The other problem is that the included software is very powerful but has a steep learning curve. I spent a lot of initial time tweaking the settings to find what produced the best images.

Overall, though, the gripes are minor since the quality of the images is so high. This has changed how I take pictures now. Since the resolution of the digital images is higher than any reasonably priced digital camera on the market, I am now shooting most pictures with a film camera and scanning the negatives. This provides the best of both worlds - a set of cheap prints as well as high-quality digital images. Now I just need to get another hard drive to hold all the images that I am scanning in...

wonderful scanner.......2003-07-07

I can't really add much to the reviews below, except to confirm what they all say. The money I spent on this scanner was very well spent. I'm having a great time going through my archives, scanning images, sending them to friends, printing them out for my walls and for gifts. I also highly recommend the Canon photo printers. Results are fantastic. Thank you Nikon, thank you Macintosh, thank you Adobe Photoshop. Canon, too.

It works with XP.......2003-05-18

It comes with XP software and manual contrary to specs on Amazon Web site. It works wonderfully - installs wonderfully and produces great scans. Thanks Nikon and Amazon.

Average customer rating:

Nikon Coolscan IV ED - Film scanner (35 mm) - 1 in x 1.5 in - 2900 dpi x 2900 dpi - USB Manufacturer: Nikon ProductGroup: CE Binding: Electronics Scanners | Office Electronics | Categories | Electronics | Flatbed | Handheld | Sheet-Fed | Slide & Photo Office Electronics | Refurbished & Used | Special Features | Electronics Features | Electronics Nikon | Brands | Electronics Features | Electronics ASIN: B0002LGPAQ

Product Description

Nikon offers thousands of products, ranging from its flagship digital and film cameras, lenses and accessories to its microscopes, measuring and inspection instruments, binoculars, surveying equipment, eyewear, scanners, underwater systems, ophthalmic instruments, semiconductor manufacturing systems, and more. Virtually its entire product line is based upon its hallmark - Nikon glass, from which its precision optical lenses are crafted.The Coolscan IV ED takes film scanning to a new level by offering sharp Scanner Nikkor ED optics, a highly accurate LED light source, and the versatile Nikon Scan software. This is the first scanner to offer Digital ICE Cubed, which removes surface defects, restores color, corrects exposure and reduces grain in your scans giving photographers, graphics professionals and others the ability to produce perfectly scanned images from a wide variety of film formats.

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