Re: Nikon 8000 ED quality, compatibility OSX
Re: Nikon 8000 ED quality, compatibility OSX
- Subject: Re: Nikon 8000 ED quality, compatibility OSX
- From: Don Hutcheson <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2003 08:38:04 -0400
Michael,
With all my high-end drum scanning customers crying for replacement I was
excited when Nikon announced the 4000 and 8000 models. But my experience
with both of them has been disappointing. The three main areas in which they
fall short of drum scanner quality are;
1. Mediocre lens sharpness undermines the 4000 dpi scanning resolution.
2. Double-images due to internal optical reflections.
3. Bad optical flare - which results in poor shadow detail.
The good news is that Minolta's DiMAGE Scan Multi PRO ($2,999 list) also
scans 6x9cm originals (as well as all smaller formats) with an even higher
35mm resolution of 4800 dpi vs Nikon's 4000. Larger formats are scanned at
(only!) 3200 dpi but test images seem to indicate Minolta uses a better
scanning lens than Nikon, producing sharper images from 6x7 originals even
though the file has a lower theoretical resolution!
I have not tested the DiMAGE Scan Multi PRO myself (yet) but there's a
fairly thorough review at www.imaging-resource.com/ - click on Scanners.
Side-by-side 6x7 scans (from the Imaging Resource site) seem to show the
Minolta scanner has less flare, better shadow detail, sharper overall image
detail and more natural, less 'processed' color. Add to that FireWire and
SCSI connectivity, 16 bit per channel scanning, Applied Science Fiction's
Digital ICE, ROC and GEM and fast scan times and the Minolta DiMAGE Scan
Multi PRO certainly looks like a winner.
Oh yes, the latest software version (DiMAGE Scan v.1.0.2) is OSX v10.2.1
compatible but I don't care as I still use a dedicated G3 under OS 9.2.1 for
all my scanning.
Remember, I haven't tested the DSM personally. All my information on it
comes from www.imaging-resource.com and Minolta's web site.
Don
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Don Hutcheson
Hutcheson Consulting
(Color Management Solutions)
Phone: (908) 689 7403
Mobile: (908) 500 0341
E-mail: email@hidden
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On 03/08/10 1:00 Michael Brakke <email@hidden> wrote:
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I am thinking of buying a Nikon 8000 ED Scanner and would like feedback
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on its quality and its compatibility with OSX 1.2.6? For the money, it
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seems the only real option in the field but having tried to use an
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Epson Expression 1600 (Silverfast IT8 driver) to scan slides and
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negatives, I have come to the conclusion that I need a dedicated film
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scanner if I can get scans of a resolution that will produce high
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resolution files. I also need a 120/220 format capability. I need
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resolutions that will produce legitimate 150 MB files from 35 mm and
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higher for 120 film for prints up to 48"? Any hope that this might do
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the trick? Or whistling in the wind?
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