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Summary: Outstanding quality at an affordable price
Review: I use this to scan 35mm slides for digital prints up to 13x19" so I use the full 4000 ppi capability. I've found it to be easy to use and the final scanned quality to be excellent. Compared to the HP PhotoSmart scanner I was previously using, it's outstanding. The dust removal feature is awesome. The automatic color adjustment works well for some of my older, faded slides, but I wouldn't recommend it for general use. I use 2X averaging to improve noise, although it's probably not necessary. The scanner has other advanced image correction capability but I prefer to do this in PhotoShop where I have better control. Scanning speed at 4000 ppi is less than 1 minute. The final scans are definitely of publishable quality. This scanner has actually allowed me to delay my conversion to a digital SLR, although I'm sure I will eventually succumb.
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Summary: WORKS ON XP HOME! Great stuff...
Review: There are older comments listed here that say this scanner does not work on XP. There are new files on the Nikon site that will allow it to work just fine - mine does! I had mine out of the box and scanning in less than 10 minutes. The ICE features are worth the scanners weight in gold. Anyone who has ever "cleaned" scans digitally before will appreciate having scratches and dust removed for you, as well as fading and color correction - all in just a few short minutes. I am using this with Ed Hamrick's Vuescan software and just LOVE it!
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Summary: Great Scanner
Review: This is the perfect scanner to scan, restore, and archive all of your most valuable pictures.
Easy to set up and use.
The best.
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Summary: Windows XP Users Beware
Review: This may be a great scanner - I don't know yet. As a Windows XP user, I've been trying to get this scanner operational for 2 weeks. Nikon only has a download for this scanner that is compatible with Windows XP. Downloading it is a pain and if you don't have Winzip, you have to purchase it... Next, the download instructions are difficult to follow, so if you have to call tech support - good luck. After waiting for over an hour four separate times to speak to technicians, I've found that they're not helpful, and in fact, very rude. I'm sure that once I get the scanner running, I'll love it. It's just been a very disappointing experience so far.
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Summary: This is false advertising
Review: This product does NOT support APS. You must purchase a separate adapter, which Amazon does not even sell. The power button on this shoddy piece of equipment broke after only two presses, to boot. Caveat Emptor.
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Summary: Ineffecient and Demanding...better luck next time...
Review: this scanner turned out to be a ... paper weight because of its enormous time consumption for very simple projects.1. this was not at all compatible with Win 98 or Win xp home/pro 2. the quality of the slide scans were great but took 2-3 mins at a time plus the processing time of the computer. people with a pentium 3 or lower should stay away. 3. there is no option (at least that i noticed) to scan at lower resolutions, types, or bit depths so i ended up with 300 x 200 pixel images sizing up at 6.6 mb. 4. i also purchased the auto slide feeder which had frequent problems with jamming (grabbing too many slides at once). using the hp scanjet 5470c with the film adapter was much quicker and more affordable yielding the same results as the nikion scanner. the nikion super coolscan 4000 is not the choice when it comes to time constraints, computer compatiblity, presentations, and web use.
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Summary: Ineffecient and Demanding...better luck next time...
Review: this scanner turned out to be a [price] paper weight because of its enormous time consumption for very simple projects. 1. this was not at all compatible with Win 98 or Win xp home/pro 2. the quality of the slide scans were great but took 2-3 mins at a time plus the processing time of the computer. people with a pentium 3 or lower should stay away. 3. there is no option (at least that i noticed) to scan at lower resolutions, types, or bit depths so i ended up with 300 x 200 pixel images sizing up at 6.6 mb. 4. i also purchased the auto slide feeder which had frequent problems with jamming (grabbing too many slides at once). using the hp scanjet 5470c with the film adapter was much quicker and more affordable yielding the same results as the nikion scanner. the nikion super coolscan 4000 is not the choice when it comes to time constraints, computer compatiblity, presentations, and web use.
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Summary: Unsharp at edges
Review: Unfortunately there is a problem with the Super Coolscan 4000 in that it does not produce an image that is sharp to the edges from film placed in a glassless slide mount (paper, plastic, etc.) This appears to be a lack of depth-of-field within the optical system. Using the selective focus feature doesn't help as some part of the image will be always out of focus. The Coolscan may produce a 4000 dpi scan, but it will not be sharp center-to-edge unless the film is absolutely flat -rarely the case. This problem offsets any advantage of using high-quality optics on your camera. This is a situation where the (excellent) specifications do not give the true indication of the results.
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Summary: Unsharp at edges
Review: Unfortunately there is a problem with the Super Coolscan 4000 in that seems unable to produce an image that is sharp to the edges from film placed in a glassless slide mount (standard paper, plastic, etc.) This appears to be a lack of depth-of-field within the optical system. Using the selective focus feature doesn't help as some part of the image will be always out of focus. The Coolscan may produce a 4000 dpi scan, but it will not be sharp center-to-edge unless the film is absolutely flat -rarely the case. This problem offsets any advantage of using high-quality optics on your camera. This is a situation where the (excellent)specifications do not give the true indication of the results.
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Summary: Perfection!
Review: Very easy to use. Beautiful scans. I was extremely tired of labs developing my print film. They would hardly ever get the correct exposure. Now I've gone solely to 35mm slide film. I get perfect scans, and the only time the exposure is bad is if I mess up. The Digital ICE totally gets rid of dust spots and scratches. Then I can just print the good pics on my little Sony dye-sublimation printer. I have had only one problem. Nikon tech was very helpful, and it turned out that it was just that my computer had too many applications running in the background. Nikon also has a great website with software updates and other useful info. I recommend the Nikon Coolscan 4000 as the only way to scan.
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