Scanning 617 film on a Coolscan 9000

[Paul Ozzello]

I know that scanning 6x17 film on the LS-9000 has to be done in 2 parts, but how is it actually done? I've read they some people remove and flip the negative in the holder, but I came across this post that says you can "offset" in the preview to scan the second part without moving the negative. Can this be done in Silverfast and will it keep the same exposure settings?

https://www.photo.net/discuss/threads/nikon-super-colscan-9000-ed-scanner.350935/

Paul

 

[mshchem]

Is there any one who's done this?

 

[Paul Ozzello]

Is there any one who's done this?

I have

 

[mshchem]

I have

So, you make two "6×9" scans and put together in Photoshop? Oy that's a pain.

 

[Paul Ozzello]

So, you make two "6×9" scans and put together in Photoshop? Oy that's a pain.

Almost - the maximum scan is 6x8 so you have to do it in 3 parts. I use Stephan Sharf’s universal holder and fluid mount my negatives. I stitch them in photoshop and the results are pretty incredible.

 

[Kodachromeguy]

So, you make two "6×9" scans and put together in Photoshop? Oy that's a pain.

No, it is easy in CS5 and CS6. Use Automate>Photomerge. That is how I merge Xpan negatives:

https://worldofdecay.blogspot.com/2022/07/hasselblad-xpan-panoramic-camera-how-to.htm

 

[mshchem]

I actually got some really nice scans from a 5+ year old Canon flatbed scanner. I have plenty of 6x6 and 6x9 films to scan. I picked the Coolscan up for next to nothing, using good old reliable easy VueScan. I'm not going to wet mount, don't want the mess.

 

[PhilBurton]

I picked the Coolscan up for next to nothing,

How much? Privater seller? Other?

 

[Light Capture]

Is there any one who's done this?

As previously mentioned it needs to be done in 3 scans as 2 won't cover the whole area.

I'm using VueScan to do this and make sure negative is placed in the same position every time. After that with trial and error offsets and frame sizes are established.
Also, I try to place seams away from central area. Central portion of image is scanned in maximum size and two sides are scanned with desired overlap for merging.

Didn't notice any artefacts from merging but doing it this way minimizes potential artefacts in central image area.

 

[mshchem]

How much? Privater seller? Other?

400 USD. multiple holders, mint. Private seller. Neat machine

 

[PhilBurton]

400 USD. multiple holders, mint. Private seller. Neat machine

Great deal.

 

[mshchem]

Great deal.

It's working very nice with the latest VueScan.

 

[albireo]

It's working very nice with the latest VueScan.

Try Nikonscan 4.0.3 too. The ICE implementation and colour conversion on C41 material are *so* much better than in Vuescan (I use and like both Vuescan and Nikonscan and actually prefer Vuescan for B/W)

 

[Tom Kershaw]

Try Nikonscan 4.0.3 too. The ICE implementation and colour conversion on C41 material are *so* much better than in Vuescan (I use and like both Vuescan and Nikonscan and actually prefer Vuescan for B/W)

I've given NikonScan another go recently, and agree the C-41 negative conversions are good out of the box. However, the software seems to have trouble with my Stephan Scharf film holder arranged for 6x7cm in colour negative mode - NS won't show an image - a 6x6cm set-up works fine in colour negative mode.

I'm reasonably comfortable with my linear colour neg VueScan -> ColorPerfect workflow on relatively modern computer hardware, but find it noteworthy that NS gives good colour quality with little customisation or film type selected etc.

 

[albireo]

I've given NikonScan another go recently, and agree the C-41 negative conversions are good out of the box. However, the software seems to have trouble with my Stephan Scharf film holder arranged for 6x7cm in colour negative mode - NS won't show an image

Tom - this is odd. I use a Scharf film holder too, with a variety of masks to suit my negatives, and I have no issues using any of the masks with Vuescan or Nikonscan.

I was also a big fan of Colourperfect but I've largely ceased using it given how much I prefer Nikonscan's conversions.

 

[Tom Kershaw]

Tom - this is odd. I use a Scharf film holder too, with a variety of masks to suit my negatives, and I have no issues using any of the masks with Vuescan or Nikonscan.

I thought it was odd as well, thanks for the data point. I may have to do some experimentation. I've not had any trouble with his system of masks and VueScan.

I was also a big fan of Colourperfect but I've largely ceased using it given how much I prefer Nikonscan's conversions.

I realise that as these are proprietary solutions we can't really know, but a comparison of how the underlying methods work would be useful.