Coolscan 9000 or 8000 ?

[JHAG]

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What's the différence between the 8000 and the 9000 version of Nikon Coolscan ?

Both are 4000 dpi.

Where is the difference ?

Thanks for any advise

[Micheal]

sthan,

The 9000 corrected a problem that was inherent in the 8000. I had one of the effected

8000's which would produce a one pixel width vertical line in the scan which would often

start at a strong tonal value change in the negative & continue for various distances. It usually made several random lines if this was going to happen. It would also produce a

single garbled (hue & value) line in solid areas. I talked to Nikon several times & eventually sent it in for warrenty service. It was not corrected. the only work around was to use multiple sampeling which only uses one of the three diodes during the scan . At the time I was using the Nikon driver & multi sampeling produced very long scan times. I have read of others having the same problem. I donated the scanner to the school I teach at & purchased a 9000 which had just come on the market. No problems. I also

upgraded the driver to Silverfast Ai, which I was using on my ED4000 which is on another machine, which I personally find very satisfactory. I have read the 9000 (&5000)

also have an extended dynamic range. I wouldn't purchase an 8000 without repeated testing as it malfunctioned about 25% of the time.

 

Hope this helps.

 

Michael

[JHAG]

Thanks a lot for this fast and clear feedback.

Well, I 'll just have to wait for the good opportunity to buy one.

Best

Johan

[arthury]

If you're *only* scanning 35mm size negs/slides, I'm not sure if it's worth buying the 9000ED; perhaps, the 5000ED will be sufficient.

 

One of the key advantages of the 9000ED is it's support to scan other formats beside the 35mm format.

[JHAG]

Well, that's exactly why I wish this 9000 : to scan 6x6.