I found a NEW Nikon Coolscan 9000 Film Scanner - Unboxing & First Scans

[@WillemVerb]

I wish products made in 2020 still had words likes "super cool 9000" in the name.

[@ferencbodor]

Ronin SC= Super Cool

[@KNURKonesur]

I would be very happy if there were new 6x7 cameras... Or a digital 645 mirrorless... That would be super cool over 9000.

[@PhilKnall]

Maybe even OVER 9000

[@Being_Joe]

You could name your next project the "Willbeeck 5000"

[@Ohheymynameisgavinandimakefilm]

Willem leaves his mark on the film community yet again... Thank you!

[@riccoferraro2995]

Amazing! So cool to see these getting used! 30 years ago yesterday, my dad (and his business partner) sold their invention, what would later be branded the cool scan, to Nikon in Tokyo. It was a pivotal moment for my dad and also for our family. Cheers!

[@KyleMcDougall]

No way, that's really cool!

[@Julien.Lacombe]

Could you tell us a little bit more ? Sounds very interesting.

[@riccoferraro2995]

@@Julien.Lacombe what would you like to know? For several years back in 1990 or so my dad (an electrical engineer who worked in image processing and computer graphics for years) focused on building a scanner which could achieve high image quality with far fewer parts (and lights) internally than conventional designs had required. Once this technology was proven via iterations of various prototypes, they filed their patent and sold the rights to Nikon who then designed a product around it and branded it as the coolscan.

[@vc6218]

@@riccoferraro2995 thats incredible!!! Did you or your dad ever buy one?

[@RobertLeeAtYT]

If you shoot 135 much, pick up also its little brother the CS5000. There's a simple mod you can make for the roll film feeder that removes the 6 exposure limit. It'll let it scan an entire 40 frame roll unattended. That's how I use mine. I bought both the CS5000 and CS9000 new many years ago. Still have the pair. I've scanned thousands of frames with both.

[@morghanm2774]

i found one of these in storage at my job!! my boss said i could have it and i'm super excited to use it!

[@KyleMcDougall]

Amazing find!

Thats so unfair 😅

[@Fjalll]

It makes so much sense to scan at home. Having a lab do it for you all the time adds up quickly.

[@diegovergesPhoto]

Your reactions once you see the positive image is priceless, pure joy from your heart :)

[@sinerehber]

We had one of these beasts in our pc-lab in the university when I was a student. I absolutely have no clue why they even bought it. I was the only one using it and scanned my whole film archive. It was a dream for a poor student to have free acces all the time to such a beast of a machine.

[@user-ny3zf5go6c]

I go to photography school and we actually have this scanner

[@jordanlaine7412]

I can see the excitement in your eyes, I used one of these in the mid 2000s at a studio I worked at; shopping out Newton rings used to be the worst. I'm now mirrorless scanning my film with a a7riv and a 2:1 macro and I can't be happier.

[@mathieurabary]

Love how excited you get from the results you are getting haha. Very interesting video, my lab owns 4 scanners and the Cool Scan 9000 is one of them. I've never bothered to try since they have the Hasselblad Flextight X5 but I'll try it out just to see!

[@BraeHunziker]

Man, those scans look so good. I’ve tried scanning on my school’s Epson V750 and could never get results I was happy with. Having that extra resolution would be so nice to work with. Congrats on the purchase!

[@KyleMcDougall]

Thanks man. Super happy with this setup!

[@congeeSTAR]

Do you have a link to the article you mentioned regarding how to load film into the film holder?

[@DanielJamesBird]

The quality of those scans is awesome! And I love the soft tones. Can't wait to see some images from when you've really got used to the workflow.

[@KyleMcDougall]

Really excited about this one!

[@DanielJamesBird]

Kyle McDougall You bringing it back to the UK? ... and then taking orders? hah.

[@aarons6532]

I was able to pick up a Coolscan V recently after I became sick of the Epson V600's soft results. The workflow with Negative Lab Pro is so pain-free, which is about the best thing you can say about any home scanning workflow really. And you really can't beat the feeling of getting such wonderful colours right out of the conversion. A serious game changer when it comes to home processing

[@KyleMcDougall]

I agree! This changes a lot for me as well.

[@ceritat625]

Love, love your excitement, as I would be too :). Great scans, and isn't NLP just the thing, love that plug-in, nothing like it. Thanks for a great video, those scans look amazing.

[@TheEulerID]

I bought a Coolscan 4000 ED when they first came out, along with the automatic slide feeder. It has been leant out several times to friends who, like many, have thousands of slides. It still works perfectly after all these years. However, the file sizes on 35mm are already enormous, so a full MF raw scan must be simply enormous. It's not even like a Bayer array raw. With this beast you get full colour sampling at each pixel.

[@PatrickDKing]

If it's just sitting there collecting dust... ::wink wink:: haha.

[@hanswi336]

Congratulation - you're the lucky one to get this beast !!! Right in time for Canada Day... I enjoy my Coolscan V ED for 12 years now and I'm still happy with it for 35mm and slides, thanks to Nikon (then...)

[@tertiusdejager5990]

I have bought a Nikon Coolscan V ED a few years ago and has done around 3 000 slides and black and white strips, with good quality.

[@derekkonigsberg2047]

I bought one of these used about 10 years ago via a lucky eBay find (and it was quite pricey even then), due to my extreme disappointment with the quality of medium format lab scans at the time. I've been extremely happy with it overall, and still use it to this day. I actually do also have the glass holder, and I honestly don't like it very much. The results aren't quite as sharp, and I constantly get Newton rings (despite it technically having ANR glass). I really only use it when trying to scan film that's too warped to get flat in the glassless medium format holder.

[@KyleMcDougall]

Interesting to hear about your experience with the glass holder. I really thought it was a must. But maybe I'll work on perfecting my use of the stock holders first.

[@derekkonigsberg2047]

There's also someone who makes/sells 3D printed holders that are supposedly really good. kzbin.info/door/8xfhR6kI9IzuyBN2GUW8Mg They're modular, so you can use them as a glassless or glass holder for any format. I haven't tried them yet with glass. With glassless, my main issue is that they can only mask a single frame at a time, so "scan the whole roll" would be way too tedious for me to even want to try.

I also have the glass holder, and I don’t use them because the newton rings and it’s a lot more work if you try to use film masks. I follow this workflow and works great themachineplanet.wordpress.com/2018/02/24/maximizing-your-nikon-fh-869s/

[@charlesdonaldson954]

I also have the glass holder and agree with the newton rings, so i just use the FH-8695 as mentioned above

[@SinaFarhat]

Congrats on the scanner! These scanners have a legendary status and when you learn the tricks for the negative holder you have a great friend there! Keep up the good work!

[@KyleMcDougall]

Thank you. Excited to use it more!

[@FlipBerk]

Love this scanner Kyle , great results and excellent overview !

[@KyleMcDougall]

Cheers!

[@labradorhund7769]

It's fun to see how excited you are about this! Seems to work really great. Congrats on the purchase!

[@KyleMcDougall]

Thank you.

[@brucemacneil]

That scanner rocks - the Coolscan 5000 with the auto slide feeder is magic.

[@emg9823]

We had those nikon-scanners in photography school between 00-03. Never thought they'd just stop making them. Sorely want one now.

[@emg9823]

@Pete Melon you are right! Think we got it just before grad in 03. Might have been an older model, although we had pretty dope equipment like a whole hall of g3s, which was pretty dope at the time for a school to possess, let just one program in one 😂 didn’t realise how spoiled we were until after.

[@terryclark8745]

I had a 9000 for many years, right up until my house caught fire. Sadly, the scanner didn't survive. Thankfully, all my negs were fine. Man, that's a GREAT find. The scans you will get out of that machine are bested only by an Imacon or a drum scanner.

[@joeschlicht]

Nice. I have the same scanner I bought 2nd hand a few years ago. It was mint from a person who took care of it, but it still was substantially expensive. A bonus he had the glass holder so that was part of the package.

[@Kentiapalme]

So now, how big is the gap (in terms of sharpness/detail) between a Coolscan and a Hasselblad or Noritsu scanner?

[@KyleMcDougall]

Can’t comment unfortunately as I’ve never done a direct comparison. Sorry!

[@jumptactic]

I love the actual excitement here - I'm genuinely happy for you!

[@KyleMcDougall]

Thank you!

[@jaimeduncan6167]

Congratulations, you just got yourself a legend

[@staha]

Wow, what a great find! You look super excited and I don't blame ya, i'd be too. Enjoy it! and looking forward to seeing some scans. I use a Dimage Scan Elite 5400 II and found that using it Vuescan software gave me better results than the stock software (20 years old?). I now use Vuescan to output RAW TIFF and convert using NLP for the best of both worlds: high resolution + accurate colors.

[@KyleMcDougall]

I’ve heard great things about the Minolta 5400!

[@mmatiasautio]

I have Minolta DiMAGE Scan Dual II (which I believe is quite similar to the Elite) which I got for 120€ on eBay. It's really good and easy to use with Vuescan (have to factor the price of the software in of course). Highly recommended as an affordable alternative. It only scans 35mm though.

[@ChristopherVisser]

Luckyyyyy duckyyyyy. Great results, dude!

[@jessicajones154]

Sometimes with images I am really curious the aperture used as well as the focus point in the image itself. A lot of photographers don’t share this but I am so curious as to what the person’s eye is actually shooting for to get the desired image. Secondly, LOVE the Neg Lab Pro plugin. I am glad to see others using it as well!

[@KyleMcDougall]

Something I'll keep in mind for a future video!

[@blazerbarrel2]

Nice , have been wanting one for years . Makes really deep scans for every purpose .

[@supergrendel]

I have one of these scanners. It's been a workhorse for many years. The weak point in these is the obvious compatibility of the Nikon Scan 4 software and it's compatibility with current operating systems, and the holder motor gear teeth will eventually strip and make it so the scans are out of alignment with the lens.

[@doringoian6331]

Wow, one of the best investments for a film photographer, congrats!

[@KyleMcDougall]

Thank you.

[@matthewpaquette]

This blew my mind! I didn't know you could scan film so well! I agree with you, I would love to see some new film scanning tech!

[@KyleMcDougall]

🙌

[@inkaststudio]

Very nice find 👏🏽 and impressive results!👌🏽

[@KyleMcDougall]

Thank you.

[@BartRos1980]

Epic. Found one on ebay and googled it and saw you video. Does this give more quality than DSLR scanning? Flatbeds suck balzz. For now I have a lab do it. But the DPI is limited. And a friend of mine used his A7RV for it.

[@PhilKnall]

I felt NLP got SO much better with version 2. Very happy with it now.

[@eyesonly4451]

The banding issue was only on the 4000/8000 series scanners. NIkon fixed the problem on the 5000/9000 scanners. So the 9000ED can scan three pixel rows at a time with no banding, which is obviously 3x faster. The VueScan _Fine Mode_ forces the Coolscan to read only a single pixel row before advancing the film. While _Fine Mode_ was a must-use feature on my old 8000, I've never used is on my 9000.

[@tubecorr]

The Nikon Scan software is actually pretty good if you can get it working. I find that it's very good at correcting colours in expired film. The digital ice works much better than in vuescan too.

[@KyleMcDougall]

I’ve heard good things about it. Originally I was going to try and find an older iMac to use it with, but I’m happy with this workflow and results for now.

[@nathandewey1801]

This got me to upgrade my scanner. Nothing near the price or quality. But went from a canon canoscan 8800f to a plustek 7200. Also got me to find negative lab pro. It seriously made all my work better along with the increase in speed and resolution of my new scanner.

[@billpatterson1357]

On my Win10 1909 system, the final version of Nikon Scan actually installed and ran properly with results very similar to Vuescan. Thanks for your initial look at this outstanding product.

[@KyleMcDougall]

Thanks, Bill.

[@lukeparkour3712]

You look so happy opening the box

[@RedStarRogue]

My local used camera shop got a 9000 in recently in good condition. Over 4 grand CDN though!

[@KyleMcDougall]

Yeah, they're not cheap! Never have been.

[@julienlecocq9545]

Thanks a lot for sharing, Kyle. This is really amazing.

[@KyleMcDougall]

Thank you, Julien!

[@n.moustache6708]

This is great! Is is possible to list the article you referenced about things to know when using the default holders?

[@KyleMcDougall]

www.dantestella.com/technical/nikonholder.html

[@ikaros4203]

@@KyleMcDougall that is such a good website, ty

[@PatrickDKing]

I'd love to get one of these but you are right, the prices are sooooo high. You'd almost have to turn it into a business or be able to sell the machine when you were done with it.

[@KNURKonesur]

OMG I'm drooling just after reading the title!

[@TimFitzwater]

Since film is just a hobby for me I have always just scanned with my flatbed Canoscan 9000. There is a Nikon 8000 here though from the photographer I bought the building from. I remember him saying it stopped working. Now I want to explore it after seeing this. I wonder if anyone can fix them?

[@KyleMcDougall]

Yep, there's a guy still servicing them, I believe his name is Frank. www.nikonscanners.com

[@TimFitzwater]

@@KyleMcDougall Awesome - thanks! Watching how giddy you were was just too motivating!

[@stfnbstl9379]

Haha, that smile, like a child in a candy store :D

[@anthonymoreno894]

Yeah, he was almost breathless in the beginning. Can’t say that I blame him.

[@KyleMcDougall]

😁

[@Thr3-Words]

16:50 Real to life or not, in my opinion this looks so much more compelling than the version you end up with after editing it.

[@mmatiasautio]

I agree!

[@bendroege]

Home scanning really is something else 🥵

[@ayenoppa4717]

Thanks for the vid! Looking forward to see real samples for the next time you do the review it’s a little hard to know the quality from the KZbin screen but I can sense your excitement so it must be very good. Cheers

[@TheFireThief84]

Damn it... just when I thought I had quit film photography for good this time (it’s just getting too expensive), videos like this pull me back in. I gotta find a CoolScan...

[@KyleMcDougall]

😁

[@thomask1424]

You *look* excited, like a kid with a new bike.

[@surreallife777]

I own a Nikon cool scan 5000. From what I understand you can’t beat a drum scan for doing large prints from 35 mm. How does the Nikon cool scan 9000 compared to a drum scan or Professional high quality digital scanner?

[@KyleMcDougall]

The 9000 and 5000 are very comparable from what I’ve heard, for 35mm film.

[@surreallife777]

Kyle McDougall : The Lab that I use uses a high-end Hasselblad scanner. I’m not sure how much they cost but I heard that could cost as much as $20,000. It be interesting to see a comparison between the drum scan, the Hasselblad scanner and the Nikon cool scan 5000 or 9000 and see what prints look like from 16 by 20 inch and larger prints. I don’t think anybody has done that so far. From what someone told me you used to use the Nikon cool scan 5000, he said he wouldn’t recommend going to 16 x 20“ prints with a Nikon cool scan 5000. He thought optimum quality would be just slightly over 11-14 inches. What are your views on this?

[@KyleMcDougall]

When it comes to the 5000 and max print size, a lot of that will be personal preference. I’m quite happy with the results that I can get from 35mm scanned on the 9000, and I’d be fine printing at 16x24, or even a bit larger.

[@surreallife777]

Kyle McDougall: Thanks for all the advice. Look forward to seeing more stuff on the coolscan. Now I have to learn how to use it.

That last photo of the truck is one of my favorites! Looks muuch better to me than the epson

[@moisie13]

Everytime i scan 6x7 ektar on 9000 first i keep staring at the result, theres nothing like it in digital, and i've tried just everything.

[@moisie13]

@Pete Melon Nope. Size of the film/sensor and lenses for bigger film/sensor change the look dramaticaly. You dont have same depth with small 35mm size senzor and 6×4.5 or even smaller fuji gr50 sensor.You can put as much as you want pixels in small senzor but its still 35mm...6x7 or 6x9 and bigger canot be compared with anything digital.

[@moisie13]

@Pete Melon Resolution? 6x7 on 9000ed is 9000×11000. Noise? Print anything bigger then 1 meter in height and you will learn that digital file canot go over that size. And I dont want to mention color. I use for non printing jobs a7rII, cant even compare to 6×4.5 mamiya...color is shit.

[@moisie13]

@Pete Melon thank you for opening my eyes, I will now sell my leaf aptus and buy nikon d800, 9000ed is just an old 4000$ piece of equip for film hipsters.if only jeff wall could hear you, he would also transfer to mirrorless dslr.

[@moisie13]

@Pete Melon "I don't know who Jeff Wall is, nor do I need to to know that outside of the example I gave with 8x10 large format" Dude...game over.

[@v-g-z3689]

Man, that´s so cool! That machine is pretty rare anyway, even more in unused condition. The best thing about that scanner is that I belive it´s the only one that can read the IX-Data from APS Film properly. Labs struggle a lot with that nowerdays because either their modern machines can´t handle the magnetic strip or the people at the lab can´t handle their equipment. Very annoying when you go into a lab and tell them you want the title of your APS film printed on the front, not on the back, and they look at you with that blank expression... then they say no text is printed onto the paper anyway... just annoying. Really glad you got hold of this awesome piece!

[@KyleMcDougall]

Thank you. It definitely hasn't disappointed!

[@v-g-z3689]

@@KyleMcDougall Good to know :)

[@MKWHD]

What is that glass tray that you are talking about?

[@martinhensonphotography]

Remove the film tensioners on the standard holder, buy some ANR glass that's the same length as the film opening and as wide but a tad smaller, put neg in holder then lay the glass on top of the neg, makes a big improvement to edge sharpness.

[@KyleMcDougall]

That's the plan. Going to try that today. I have some ANR glass from an Epson Better Scanning holder. Width of it is perfect, but it's a little long, but looks like it'll fit if I remove the screw from one of the tensioners.

[@martinhensonphotography]

@@KyleMcDougall, Yea I used the same, width prefect a little long, so cut it too size, works a treat.

[@kevintrinh3440]

Just scooped up one of these on ebay for $1400! Thank you for mentioning what cables you used. I can confirm Firewire to USB cable doesnt work lol. Fingers crossed!

[@KyleMcDougall]

Nice deal! Enjoy!

[@kevintrinh3440]

@@KyleMcDougall Hey Kyle! What Macbook are ya using? I bought the same cables/adapters but Vuescan isn't seein it :-/ But I'm using the Macbook M1..

[@tom3056]

I use a coolscan iii. It's really good, I wish they still made these!

[@j.q.b.9119]

can see genuine joy here :) at least you didn't mention the price like couple of $. it would kill me with envy in a sec.

[@TheRealHarrypm]

Could you do a comparison to the Plustek OpticFilm 120 pro scanner? as that's the most modern ''equivalent scanner'' on the market currently aside from the Pacific Image PF120 Pro.

[@KyleMcDougall]

I'd love to, if I could get my hands on one.

[@TheRealHarrypm]

@@KyleMcDougall There is very little propaganda and/or content for that matter currently out on the product given your at the 50k mark I’d request for review unit but they are available for purchase in the US currently from what iv seen.

[@drunacres]

As a long term Coolscan 9000 ED user - on a Mac - I can tell you it takes some learning to get the best out of it, but the best is amazing. The best scanner south of an Imacon or a drum scanner. Enjoy.

[@KyleMcDougall]

Thanks David! Loving it so far.

[@drunacres]

@@KyleMcDougall your biggest issue will be keeping film flat. I have a 3D printed "universal" film mount that I got from a guy in Germany - does all MF and even XPan formats and holds film completely flat. My 6x7's look amazing with that.

[@andrewapperley]

I just picked up a Coolscan 5000 for $300 CAD yesterday. Wicked deal in my opinion. I tried it with Vuescan and I was quickly reminded why I hate it. So I went the route of using a VM running Windows XP. As clunky as XP is the Nikon Scan software is a much more pleasant experience than Vuescan and the Nikon software does a lot of the heavy lifting. I did a test by simply clicking the scan button in Nikon Scan and compared it to a lab scan. I was hard pressed to find any major differences beyond sight hue differences between the two.

[@FotoPirata]

Wow! Super cool find (no pun intended) I used to use one of those like 10 years ago when I worked at a photographic archive... I had forgotten how massive it was. I remember that it took a while to scan a film strip, but the colors were amazing, specially for slide film. I had been wondering what it could do in combination with NLP so thanks for sharing!

[@MSV94]

Really great results! Seems like a very enjoyable process, wish I had that kind of money. I use epson v600 with silverfast, makes colorscanning a lot better, but still not as smooth as this process.

[@TwoHugeDudes]

I've had the 9000 for 5 years now and it's still serving me great! For medium format, this thing can't be beat. For 35mm, I find it a little too slow and tedious but the quality is still amazing. I definitely recommend the glass holder if you can find one for a decent price. I don't think it's a requirement, especially if you have good scanning technique, but having the glass holder just makes loading film faster and easier. It especially helps with curved or bent negatives.

[@KyleMcDougall]

Yeah, it could definitely be a bit of a slow process so 36 frames. I’m willing wait though for the quality!

[@neftaligonzalez2274]

@@KyleMcDougall In my case, using its little brother (Coolscan 8000), scanning a strip of 12 35mm negatives at 4000 dpi takes me almost 2 hours: a whole roll, 6 hours. The quality is absolutely good, but it takes time.

[@Pembers357]

Really helpful video - thanks. Like you, I hope the resurgence in home scanning of medium format negatives gives rise to new, high-quality scanners. There’s a real gap in the market. Be great if Nikon re-engineered its 9000 with a modern USB-C interface...and better film holders. For now, I’ve just pressed ‘buy’ on an 8000 which will be with me in a few weeks’ time. Looking forward to seeing the results using your suggested workflow.

[@KyleMcDougall]

I'm sure you'll love it, Andrew. And yes, I agree, hopefully we'll see something new in the future.

[@Pembers357]

Kyle McDougall Have you seen these new 120 format negative holders? kzbin.info/www/bejne/jZi9i6ZjZ9Z_irc

[@Apprendre-Photo]

Does it work with Silverfast ? I tried it quickly when I tested a flatbed and thought the software was pretty efficient.

[@derekkonigsberg2047]

It does, but the process is pretty annoying. First, you have to make sure none of the Nikon drivers are installed when installing SilverFast or it won't load its own drivers correctly. Second, every single time you want to eject/insert the film holder SilverFast needs to be restarted.

[@Being_Joe]

A full license of Silverfast for this scanner is over $400 (probably $300 if you upgrade). Silverfast is nice software but the license is too much. I have SF Ai for a PrimeFilm XA, and Epson 4490. I recently found a great deal on a v700. Had I cross graded to SF Ai (which you will need if you want RAW scans and other advanced features) it would have been a bit over $200. I opted for Vuescan Professional and ColorPerfect. VS is about $100 and CP about $70. SF licenses are specific to the type of scanner and VS works on every scanner you have. Both Silverfast and ColorPerfect render very similar colors. SF if you want to go straight from negative to a color corrected scan, VS+CP if you want to scan a HQ RAW file and convert in post. You can also scan RAW files with SF but VS has a few advantages (you can do multiple samples to improve you scan and you can also use infrared dust and scratch removal on your RAW files [so modified RAW] which SF8 removed as a feature). Since I do have SF for my 35mm scanner I will use it for making batch proofs of my film then I will make high resolution scans of select frames with VS. Scanning is a slow process.

[@drivingcroooner]

The Firewire cards are a common point of failure across the whole coolscan line. To be absolutely safe I would suggest picking up an old machine with a firewire connection rather than running through multiple adapters. Maybe it’s overkill but that what I do with my coolscan. Also make sure to join the facebook group Nikon Coolscan users, tons of good knowledge there.

[@KyleMcDougall]

Thanks Alexander. Already a part of the group as well!

[@jpegdotjpg2993]

Can you link to the article about the trays? Love your work.

[@neftaligonzalez2274]

Two weeks ago I was extremely lucky to get my hands on a brand new Coolscan 8000, until then I was scanning with an Epson V850: the experience of opening one of these high-class scanners for the first time has been absolutely satisfying (you only have to look at the holders and you quickly realise that the quality of this line of scanners was far superior to current flatbeds) But if I took the step to update my Epson, it was because of the quality of the results: in medium format it's much better than the V850 (in my case 80% 6x6, 20% 6x7), in 35mm the comparison is absolutely unfavorable for the Epson.

[@MKWHD]

Do you have a link to that article about the nikon film holders?

[@frstesiste7670]

I've never used a LS9000, but use the LS5000. IMO it's so much easier to get good results from a CoolScan compared to a Epson flatbed, even if a Epson flatbed also can get pretty good results. You can get Nikon Scan to run on Windows 10. Not sure about Mac. I use Nikon Scan with the LS5000 as it works with the slide feeder. Maybe not as important with a LS9000, but I've never been a fan of VueScan. Maybe I should try it again for the RAW option.

[@Being_Joe]

Happy for you. That is probably one of the best 120 film scanners ever made. You will get better results from this scanners CCD sensor than any CMOS camera. You might also want to checkout ColorPerfect. I tested out CP and NLP and I liked the color conversion from CP a lot more. CP was similar to the results you can get from Silverfast but since it works on RAW scans it is much better. There is a new player than I been meaning to rest out since it is free (Grain2Pixel). Great pickup, probably the best option other than a drum scanner (which which one of us would not love to have the space time and money for).

[@derekkonigsberg2047]

I've also been using ColorPerfect. I wish it had a less clunky UI, but its worked fairly well once I figured it out. (The main reason I'm not a NLP fan is that I'd prefer to invert my images before bringing them into Lightroom.)

[@KyleMcDougall]

Thanks, Jose. I’ll have to take a look at that software. I am really happy with NLP though.

[@Being_Joe]

@@derekkonigsberg2047 Something about German software, the UI is not the best but the math behind it is great. I believe the developers of CP are using whatever data sheets they can get on the film to get the best results when converting. I basically use it to invert RAW scans to flat images then adjust from there (works great for inverting black and white too).

[@dovydasgrigas441]

Is it just me or does the grain2pixel website not exist anymore. I was intrigued with it being free but i cant find a way to download it.

[@mattanderson354]

How viable is it for a one stop shop scanner at home paired with home development? For 135 and 120 film of course. Is scanning a whole roll any more cumbersome or time consuming than something like a v850? Any general thoughts or recommendations would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for all you do for the film community.

[@MoisheLettvin]

Been using my V800 for scanning images from my Mamiya 6 & RZ67 and ... whew the scans from the Cool Scan look amazing. Thanks for this video though I’m afraid watching it is going to cost me some money!

[@literallyshane4306]

I'm really enjoying this video Kyle! Could you do a video on how you improve scans further using photoshop?

[@KyleMcDougall]

Most of my editing is done in LR. I did a video a while back showing my process for editing film scans, if you're interested.

[@andrewf.7813]

Wow wow what a find!

[@feridoonaslani]

Hi I have Nikon 9000 and I have trying to hook up to my iMac 2012 and 2019. any help?

[@dee.other.artist8091]

Great! Can you do a side-by-side comparison between the Epson v800 and the Nikon?

[@KyleMcDougall]

I don’t own a V800. But I can do one with the 4990.

[@user-pp7we6mb5o]

Hi Kyle. Great and informative video! Any chance you can leave a link to where one can get the FireWire to thunderbolt 2 cable you mentioned in the video? Many thanks 🙏

[@KyleMcDougall]

www.apple.com/ca/shop/product/MD464LL/A/apple-thunderbolt-to-firewire-adapter

[@Foxglove963]

You FOUND it? Lucky boy!

[@carlos_mann]

Can you recommend something not as expensive for getting digital copies of those fuji disposable cameras that Walmart used to sell

[@tedco-Theo]

On which computer do you use it, which connector (FW400 port ?) and which operating system do you use ? I have one but on an old iMac with Tiger. thank you !!

[@KyleMcDougall]

New M1 Mac mini, using VueScan. Apple FW800 to TB2 connector, and then a TB2 to TB3 connector.

[@tedco-Theo]

@@KyleMcDougall The coolscan get a FW400 not 800. I have read than the convertors could kill the coolscan interface..... So could you send to me the exact reference of your connectors to connect your Coolscan to your Mac Mini M1 ? Please ! It could be really precious for me and desesperate Nikon users 😁

[@KyleMcDougall]

I use what I mentioned above. And then also a FW 400 to 800 cable. That’s what plugs into the Coolscan. So it’s that cable and then the two Apple converters. 🙂

[@tedco-Theo]

@@KyleMcDougall Ok thank you :)

Try Nikon Scan 4, by setting up a virtual machine with Win XP. It is quite easy and colors are way better than with Vuescan!

[@derekkonigsberg2047]

You don't need WinXP. Nikon Scan runs just fine on the latest Windows 10, as long as you jump through a few hoops to get the drivers to load.

@@derekkonigsberg2047 fun fact: Installing the demo of Silverfast seems to work also. Nikon Scan recognizes my V ED since then perfectly.

[@FthprodGenève-p6z]

Hello, just a question : how do you like this scanner vs nowadays new scanners or film scanning with a high resolution digital camera ? I own an Epson pro 850 and struggle getting sharp images, even my older epson 4990 provided sharper images… thank you

[@MrGuitarboy2008]

Do you have an links to the adapters you bought for this scanner? Recently picked one up and also using the latest macbooks :) thanks for the video it made me purchase one here in the UK 🖖

[@KyleMcDougall]

Nice! I just bought the adapters off of apples website.

[@alexfox9414]

@@KyleMcDougall Struggling to find all the 3 you mentioned, can't seem to find the 400 to 800 adapter?

[@matiasm.gritti6759]

how long does it take to scan a 36exp roll in full ress? aprox

[@KyleMcDougall]

Hmmm, tough to say. You can batch scan 12 frames at once with VueScan. Each frame using fine mode at 4000 dpi is a few minutes.

[@azzalos]

Congrats! May it serve and last you long

[@KyleMcDougall]

Thank you.

[@ericpmoss]

You may be one of the luckiest film users on the planet for finding that. All that would be better is a free Aztek with a repairman included. I found that Silverfast on a Mac works just fine with the Firewire to Thunderbolt adapter. BTW, the thing vibrates like crazy. I ended up mounting mine on sorbothane blocks to try to dissipate some of that, and even put sorbothane blocks on top.

[@rickyzelfini]

Wondering if you have any difficulty in VueScan when it comes to batch scanning 6x6 - for me the first scan is good, then the auto crop doesn't properly crop the proceeding images leaving me with half an image to scan.

[@0y0chang0]

I bought a Coolscan V for my 35mm and it just so much better than my v600 for color negatives. The Nikon sharpness and noise to signal ratio is so much better than the V600. I can only dream to get a Coolscan 9000 for 120 film, I think I would shoot a lot more color 120 film.

[@aredesuyo]

I bought a Coolscan 5000 new in 2004, and have always wished that I had shelled out for the 9000. I think my reasoning then was that if I bought a 9000 I would "have" to start shooting medium format and spending a lot more money.

[@alasdairdougall7868]

Nice find. All the best from Brisbane, Australia. Alasdair Dougall

[@KyleMcDougall]

Thank you!

[@612morrison]

Great find, there is a couple for sale on Ebay UK for around £2,500. I would love to see a comparison video against the plustek 120.

[@danielcarkuff-corey2023]

How does this scanner do with skin tones?