Bo_Lorentzen Posted July 27, 2011 Share #1 Posted July 27, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) Im guessing the lack of rosettastone, or something like that have killed my Nikon Scan software. Did not really discover that until today when i was getting ready to scan some new negatives.. killed my 35mm and 120 scanners... Sooo, any work arounds.? or am I about to learn how to use VueScan.? Bo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Allen in Montreal Posted July 27, 2011 Share #2 Posted July 27, 2011 A discussion about this is brewing in the digi post prod section. http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/digital-post-processing-forum/192744-mac-os-lion-nikonscan-4-not.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RITskellar Posted July 29, 2011 Share #3 Posted July 29, 2011 Im guessing the lack of rosettastone, or something like that have killed my Nikon Scan software. Did not really discover that until today when i was getting ready to scan some new negatives.. killed my 35mm and 120 scanners... Sooo, any work arounds.? or am I about to learn how to use VueScan.? Bo Actually, Nikon killed Nikon Scan years ago by not continuing to support or update their software. 10.6 Snow Leopard was the end of the road for legacy PowerPC applications as Rosetta is no longer built into 10.7 Lion. I switched to Silverfast last year and have been happy with the results. Onward and upward. Okay, maybe sideways. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stunsworth Posted July 29, 2011 Share #4 Posted July 29, 2011 If you do go down the Vuescan route make sure you buy the pro version. That offers unlimited upgrades. I bought Vuescan in the late 90s and am still getting updates at no additional cost. There's a 30 day trial available on the Vuescan website. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leicaoptik Posted July 29, 2011 Share #5 Posted July 29, 2011 Actually, Nikon killed Nikon Scan years ago by not continuing to support or update their software. 10.6 Snow Leopard was the end of the road for legacy PowerPC applications as Rosetta is no longer built into 10.7 Lion. I switched to Silverfast last year and have been happy with the results. Onward and upward. Okay, maybe sideways. So, does Silverfast work under Mac OS Lion- or not? Greetz, Philip Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Henry Posted July 29, 2011 Share #6 Posted July 29, 2011 So, does Silverfast work under Mac OS Lion- or not?Greetz, Philip Philip, you have the answer here : SilverFast 8 - A new Dimension of Scanning Best Henry Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stunsworth Posted July 29, 2011 Share #7 Posted July 29, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) So, does Silverfast work under Mac OS Lion- or not?Greetz, Philip It would appear not. If you read the following thread it appears that they said a Lion compatible version was imminent but now seem to be saying that you'll need to upgrade to the next version come August... http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/digital-post-processing-forum/192746-lasersoft-imaging-announces-silverfast-8-a.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tobey bilek Posted July 29, 2011 Share #8 Posted July 29, 2011 I tried Vue scan with my KM5400. I got nice crossed curves, highlight being off one way, shadows going the other. I rooted around to find a new version of KM software and the problem went away. I would think long and hard about upgrading as older printers and scanners do not necessarily work. My new iMac will not be upgraded until I have scanned my last film. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacarape Posted August 1, 2011 Share #9 Posted August 1, 2011 Why do NikonScan users beat their heads against stuffing old software into new boxes and OSs? A beater PC loaded with the Firewire card running Windows Whatever ver. X.XX, No Internet, no other useful sw except Solitaire and your scanning station is complete. No expensive 3rd party solutions, just scanning solitude. No sw updates, no anti virus defs, nada, boot it when you scan and forget it. A luxury would be a DVD (Blueray) writer that you can use to make backups as well as move your TIFFs to the computer you use for editing. If you don't want to be that fancy, a multi gigg USB stick or drive is simplicity. Simple is good. So for 2-300 bucks for used low end PC, your Scan4 can live happily and working. Or you can spend hours/days/weeks searching for a work around and when you get it fixed, guess what? The next upgrade will kill it again. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bo_Lorentzen Posted August 1, 2011 Author Share #10 Posted August 1, 2011 jacarape, totally agreeing, or for similar low price, Im reserving a old iMac as "scan computer" The thing that sealed the deal... I tried the alternatives, and none of them do batch scanning as well as the "old" nikon scan software.. Bo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allen in Montreal Posted August 1, 2011 Share #11 Posted August 1, 2011 I agree that is the way to go Bo and jacarape, I did it with my Linotype and will do it with the 9000 too. Bare bones scanning station and ferry the scans once completed to the current machine running CS5. Pain in the rear, but the best of all the bad options. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted August 1, 2011 Share #12 Posted August 1, 2011 What is wrong with VMware running Windoze on your Mac? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bo_Lorentzen Posted August 1, 2011 Author Share #13 Posted August 1, 2011 The scanning station is not "that" big of a problem, have it dump to a shared folder on the network or shared folder on your laptop. I have used NikonScan using parallels with the CS5000 usb, but from reading forum posts I was under the impression that parallels windose don't see the firewire sc9000 120 scanner. though I have not tried the new update of parallels for lion... sooo that might be a good place to start. Bo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacarape Posted August 1, 2011 Share #14 Posted August 1, 2011 Bare bones scanning station and ferry the scans once completed to the current machine running CS5. Pain in the rear, but the best of all the bad options. If you write to archival R/W media to ferry the TIFFs, you just killed the backup task. I don't know if a single USB HD could be both read to and written by PCs and Macs, but that would be a great way to ferry them across if you use both platforms. If you are only using one ofg the two, work is done, headaches over. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bo_Lorentzen Posted August 3, 2011 Author Share #15 Posted August 3, 2011 Progress report. I got Parallels 6.0 installed along with Vista. (being a mac user, stuffing a CD with windoce in my mac seems like sticking a $200 virus on a perfectly good Mac) the good news is it works very smoothly, since Nikon Scan is a old software in so many ways, you can use any old Windows install CD as long as you have a reg code for it. Scanned two rolls of 35mm after installing... smooth sailing, software found the coolscan 5000 on USB right away, one little trick, make sure to connect the USB AFTER launching windows, as this will give you a option which OS to use with the USB device. The two rolls flew, no bones here, click for thumbs, set my standard raw scan curve, select all and press scan, about 30 minutes later I have 36 fresh files in a folder. I want to like VueScan, but was not able to scan remotely that easy and quickly, so for me VueScan is out for the 35mm. I am still playing with VueScan for 120 on the CS9000, since parallels do not support the firewire port.... Anyone have the magic settings for 120 square negs, offset / spacing to center these somewhat... I am simply not able to get the third frame on the strip organized and scanned at all. Sigh. Bo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allen in Montreal Posted August 4, 2011 Share #16 Posted August 4, 2011 If you write to archival R/W media to ferry the TIFFs, you just killed the backup task. I don't know if a single USB HD could be both read to and written by PCs and Macs, but that would be a great way to ferry them across if you use both platforms. If you are only using one ofg the two, work is done, headaches over. My old G3 has no burner, so I am forced to ferry by using a CF card. Slow, but it works and the scans are great so I live with it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KM-25 Posted August 5, 2011 Share #17 Posted August 5, 2011 Not only did Lion kill NikonScan, it killed a 2TB drive on my Mac Pro with it's incessantly bad finder freezes as I was deleting 1,800 images from a folder. I have used Mac's for 25 years, I have never in all my life seen such a bug ridden OS on launch, total garbage. I ordered a 3TB replacement, 12TB RAID, got a refund on 10.7 and went back to 10.6.8. I think I will literally skip this entire update since Apple is seemingly less interested in a robust, pro oriented OS and wants to put iOS in a pro machine... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thrid Posted August 6, 2011 Share #18 Posted August 6, 2011 I solved the problem on my 2011 Macbook Pro, by making an external 10.6.8 boot drive. Basically installed 10.6.8 on a bootable 2.5 inch drive. There are plenty of 'how-too's' on the web. Hold down the option key during a reboot and choose the drive you want to launch from. I installed Nikonscan on this drive and simply keep working as I did before. I looked at Silverfast, but there are two problems. First their sales page is incredibly confusing and depending on how expensive a scanner you own you are steered towards buying ever more expensive versions of their software. All I wanted was a copy of Silverfast SE+ (with the multi exposure) for $99. But if you indicate that you own a Nikon 5000ED/9000ED, they only allow you to purchase Silverfast Studio AI, which is several hundred euros. Second, the current version of Silverfast will not run in 10.7. For that you will need version 8, which will be released in August. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSV Posted August 7, 2011 Share #19 Posted August 7, 2011 Interesting discussion here... I think I'll stay at this 10.6.8 Mac OS stage for more then a while... But I'll keep follow your posts... Thx Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Holy Moly Posted August 7, 2011 Share #20 Posted August 7, 2011 Not only did Lion kill NikonScan, it killed a 2TB drive on my Mac Pro with it's incessantly bad finder freezes as I was deleting 1,800 images from a folder. I have used Mac's for 25 years, I have never in all my life seen such a bug ridden OS on launch, total garbage. This happened several years ago after the launch of Tiger with fire wire external HDs. OS Tiger shot the datas into Nirvana...... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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