This is similar to Lambrecht's suggestion in his superb book, Way Beyond Monochrome: Make a good 8x10 print of the negative, and scan that on a typical flatbed scanner.I still am wondering why people don't make a silver contact print and then scan that.
I've found my Coolscan IV ED works well for negative film. If you're having trouble with it, I'll guess there's some setting involved. ICE works well, but is slow.I love my Nikon Coolscan, 35mm only, for scanning slides. Slow. Never had good luck with color negative film.
This is similar to Lambrecht's suggestion in his superb book, Way Beyond Monochrome: Make a good 8x10 print of the negative, and scan that on a typical flatbed scanner.
I've found my Coolscan IV ED works well for negative film. If you're having trouble with it, I'll guess there's some setting involved. ICE works well, but is slow.
I still am wondering why people don't make a silver contact print and then scan that.
Cost, time and space.I still am wondering why people don't make a silver contact print and then scan that.
I still am wondering why people don't make a silver contact print and then scan that.
I love my Nikon Coolscan, 35mm only, for scanning slides. Slow. Never had good luck with color negative film.
Contact prints on super glossy Ilford RC paper is easy to scan on a $150.00 all in one. It's plenty good for internet posts.
I have a Nikon Coolscan film scanner which I got many years ago. Eventually, when I upgraded my computers i was left with no way to connect as the firewire interface was dropped and the software discontinued.
Hi, thanks for the quick reply.Hi David, I use a refurbished 8000ED which I use on a Windows 10 64bit Dell Workstation. I connect the scanner to the PC via a Firewire PCI-express card I've purchased for 20$ off Amazon and installed by myself. No drivers were required. Installation took 2 minutes and reboot.
On the software side, I use Vuescan as well as Nikonscan 4.0.3. Nikonscan is old software but there is a tutorial to install it on a modern Win7/10 PC. Here's the one I used
The setup works flawlessly.
Hi, thanks for the quick reply.
Unfortunately I work on a Mac (MacBook Pro and iMac) and the option of installing a Firewire card is not an option. Could the Firewire PCI-express card be installed in some sort of adapter case with a USB-C connector and then used on my Mac, or is this express card a PC item only. My knowledge of PC's is practically useless so already I'm out of my depth but I have a colleague who could help me with it if it was a workable solution.
I did buy a USB to Firewire adapter one time on Amazon and everywhere I read I was told to not use this under any circumstances as it would fry my computer, so in the end I didn't even attempt.
David
Apple sell a USB-C to Thunderbolt adapter, which you then connect to a Thunderbolt to Firewire adapter forming a bridge between the firewire device (ie Coolscan) and the computer.
KODAK Slide N SCAN Film and Slide Scanner with Large 5” LCD Screen, Convert Color & B&W Negatives & Slides 35mm, 126, 110 Film Negatives & Slides to High Resolution 22MP JPEG Digital Photos
Hard to believe Kodak's finally stepping up to the plate.
Old man Eastman may have whispered from his grave. Scans from negs, slides, color, B&W...
Obviously intended for print-making by somebody....
Hi David. I would recommend doing a google search before attempting to follow the USB adapter route. I have read worrying reports that those converters can fry the firewire board in the Coolscan. However I have no direct experience with them I'm afraid.
This is similar to Lambrecht's suggestion in his superb book, Way Beyond Monochrome: Make a good 8x10 print of the negative, and scan that on a typical flatbed scanner.
I've found my Coolscan IV ED works well for negative film. If you're having trouble with it, I'll guess there's some setting involved. ICE works well, but is slow.
Hi, thanks for the quick reply.
Unfortunately I work on a Mac (MacBook Pro and iMac) and the option of installing a Firewire card is not an option. Could the Firewire PCI-express card be installed in some sort of adapter case with a USB-C connector and then used on my Mac, or is this express card a PC item only. My knowledge of PC's is practically useless so already I'm out of my depth but I have a colleague who could help me with it if it was a workable solution.
I did buy a USB to Firewire adapter one time on Amazon and everywhere I read I was told to not use this under any circumstances as it would fry my computer, so in the end I didn't even attempt.
David
Thanks. I'll definitely need to do more research on it.
Would I be naive in thinking that this - 'Apple sell a USB-C to Thunderbolt adapter, which you then connect to a Thunderbolt to Firewire adapter forming a bridge between the firewire device (ie Coolscan) and the computer', Apple produced devices, supplied by Apple, would be safe to try out without the 'fry my hardware' risk?
I still am wondering why people don't make a silver contact print and then scan that.
I still am wondering why people don't make a silver contact print and then scan that.
On a related note, I was given an Epson V500 and, while I still print what I want in the darkroom, I do scan my negs for no other reason than to have a digital back up. But, one thing I am experimenting with is opening the folder with the images for the roll, viewing them as thumbnails, making a screen shot, and printing that on my laser printer instead of making a traditional contact sheet. It works OK But I am wondering if there’s an app that does that more directly.
On a related note, I was given an Epson V500 and, while I still print what I want in the darkroom, I do scan my negs for no other reason than to have a digital back up. But, one thing I am experimenting with is opening the folder with the images for the roll, viewing them as thumbnails, making a screen shot, and printing that on my laser printer instead of making a traditional contact sheet. It works OK But I am wondering if there’s an app that does that more directly.
Maybe they don't have a darkroom?
Nothing new here - just another product made and sold by another entity who have licensed the use of the "Kodak" name.
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