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Nikon Super CoolScan 5000 ED Film Scanner

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  • It has 4,000 dpi optical resolution, 4.8 density
  • It has 16-bit A/D conversion, 8 or 16-bit output
  • Preview scans in 11 seconds, full scans as fast as 20 seconds
  • Digital ICE4 Advanced suite of image correction technologies
  • Its USB interface, PC and Mac compatible
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Price$539.00-28% $399.99
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List:$199.99
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List:$599.99
$349.00
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Customer Ratings
Easy to use
4.0
4.4
4.3
4.4
3.5
Value for money
4.2
4.3
4.0
3.3
Picture quality
4.1
4.2
4.3
Tech Support
4.0
4.1
3.7
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scanner type
Film
Film
Document, Receipt
Film
Photo, Document
Document
sheet capacity
50
1
10
paper size
2 x 2, 5 x 7, 8.5 x 11, 8.5 x 14.17, 11 x 17
Legal
Letter
connectivity tech
USB
USB
USB, Wi-Fi
USB, HDMI
Wi-Fi
USB
optical sensor tech
CCD
CCD
CIS
CMOS
CCD
media type
Slide
Slide
Paper, Business Card, Photo, Receipt, Post Card
Negatives, Slide
Photo, Post Card
Slide, Negatives
resolution
4000
7200
600
22 Megapixels
1200
7200

Product Description

Product Description

A high-performance dedicated film scanner designed for imaging professionals, the Super Coolscan 5000 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, two-line linear CCD image sensor and 16-bit per color A/D input (8-/16-bit output) provide true-to-life, brilliant results.

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Amazon.com Product Description A high-performance dedicated film scanner designed for imaging professionals, the Super Coolscan 5000 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, two-line linear CCD image sensor and 16-bit per color A/D input (8-/16-bit output) provide true-to-life, brilliant results.

Nikon's own LED illumination technology ensures accurate color separation with no warm-up time or risk of heat damage. Scan times are as fast as 20 seconds including image transfer to display, and as fast as 11 seconds in preview mode. Automatic color/contrast compensation helps you achieve accurate results, while the ICE4 advanced digital image correction suite of technologies--including digital ICE, digital ROC, digital GEM, and digital DEE--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 Super Coolscan 5000 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 Super Coolscan 5000 ED also comes backed with a one-year limited warranty.

More Features:

Scan Image Enhancer Nikkor ED glass lens Scan Image Enhancer provides one-touch image correction. Automatic brightness and color saturation adjustments with no complicated control settings make it easy to produce images with optimal contrast. Scanner Nikkor ED glass lens greatly reduces chromatic aberration and image distortion, and delivers sharp images.

What's in the Box
Scanner, power cord, USB cable, MA-21 slide mount adapter, SA-21 strip film adapter, software CD-ROM (Nikonview, Nikon Scan 4), Nikon User's Guide, one-year Nikon U.S.A. limited warranty information

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Customer reviews

3 out of 5 stars
3 out of 5
61 global ratings

Customers say

Customers like the scanning quality and performance of the scanner. They say it works pretty well and produces good results. However, some customers have reported issues with the software and speed. They mention that the scanner is slow and the results are not as good as professional drum scans. Customers also dislike the ease of use and disagree on quality.

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12 customers mention12 positive0 negative

Customers are satisfied with the scanning quality of the product. They mention that the controls are mastered, the scans are quite nice, and the quality of scan is clearly there. The machine is outstanding and a pleasure to use, it delivers good quality, high resolution scans, and handles individual scans and bulk scans with ease.

"...The scanner is fast and does produce wonderful wonderful detailed scans, easily demonstrating the grain in the transparancies at 3000 and 4000 dpi...." Read more

"...This is all sad as the quality of scan is clearly there, just the ergonomics of using this unit and the ridiculously produced software are a..." Read more

"...it's all bad, after the unorthodox controls are mastered the scans are quite nice...." Read more

"...For my fine art 35mm b+w negatives it delivers good quality, high resolution scans...." Read more

11 customers mention11 positive0 negative

Customers are satisfied with the performance of the scanner. They mention that it works well, produces good results, and has a consistent work flow. Some say that the included Nikon software works fantastic.

"...The included Nikon software worked fantastic for me...." Read more

"...It makes the typical noises that scanners make and produces nice results--the problem is the software...." Read more

"...It seems crazy but it works pretty well. Sure it's inconvenient but after all the crashing in OSX I just gave up...." Read more

"...Machine scans good and sometimes perfect and before i bought it i thought it was my only need...." Read more

12 customers mention7 positive5 negative

Customers are mixed about the quality of the scanner. Some mention it's built very solid, and is built like a tank. They're happy with the quality and quantity of scans they've gotten out of it. Others say that it'll crash after about the second or third scan of a negative. The scanned images are okay but not great, and the software does cause their computer to crash occasionally.

"...For my fine art 35mm b+w negatives it delivers good quality, high resolution scans...." Read more

"...work on Kodachrome slides as well, but I found that the results were unpredictable and that I could achieve better results myself in Photoshop far..." Read more

"...However, I have to say I've been really happy with the quality of the scans I've gotten out of the CoolScan 5000...." Read more

"...This machine is heavy and is built like a tank. Quality of the scans is also unbeatable...." Read more

4 customers mention2 positive2 negative

Customers are mixed about the value of the scanner. Some mention that it's well worth the effort, and the best value for the money. Others say that it is disappointing and not worth the money

"...A daunting project! But honestly well worth the effort.Most of my father's slides are Kodachrome...." Read more

"...For such an expensive machine it is barely worth it. Certainly not if you don't have much time to fiddle...." Read more

"...bit of research when I purchased it and felt that it was the best value for the money at the time...." Read more

"...with poor software and therefore only amounts to a mediocre product not worth the money...." Read more

5 customers mention0 positive5 negative

Customers are dissatisfied with the software that comes with the scanner. They mention that it's poorly structured, unorganized, and buggy. Some customers also report that the software doesn't acknowledge its existence.

"...there, just the ergonomics of using this unit and the ridiculously produced software are a typical Japanese pain in the neck...." Read more

"...after a strip of 4 negatives is inserted, the software doesn't acknowledge it's existence...." Read more

"...disappointed to discover that this grand heavy hardware comes with poor software and therefore only amounts to a mediocre product not worth the money..." Read more

"...But the scanning machine has to have a suitable software. The software they gave with the machine is really old and not user friendly...." Read more

5 customers mention0 positive5 negative

Customers are dissatisfied with the speed of the scanner. They mention that it's slow as can be, and the results are not worth the additional scanning time.

"...The results, for me, were not worth the additional scanning time. So I never used these features...." Read more

"...The scanner is slow as can be and making pre-scan adjustments with the software tedious and time consuming. Much faster with Photoshop!..." Read more

"...The results are good with all of them. The scans are not as good as professional drum scans, but from a cost-per-scan standpoint this is the way..." Read more

"...Yep, the Nikon Coolscan was made during the last millennium - It's slow, but it's still the absolute best 35 mm slide scanner ever made...." Read more

4 customers mention0 positive4 negative

Customers find the scanner difficult to use. They mention that it's slow, tedious, and not user-friendly. They also say that the software is time consuming and the GEM ROC and DEE features take too long. Overall, customers are disappointed with the ease of use and recommend looking for a different scanner.

"...The GEM ROC and DEE features simply took too long and slowed down the scanning unacceptably...." Read more

"...be and making pre-scan adjustments with the software tedious and time consuming. Much faster with Photoshop!..." Read more

"...It seems crazy but it works pretty well. Sure it's inconvenient but after all the crashing in OSX I just gave up...." Read more

"...The software they gave with the machine is really old and not user friendly...." Read more

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