Nikon Super Coolscan 9000 ED + SilverFast Ai Studio 9
The Nikon Super Coolscan 9000 ED is a real alternative for very expensive drum scanners. The Super Coolscan 9000 is a award-winning medium format scanner which accepts virtually any format up to 6x9cm. The scanner provides an extremely good image quality at 4000 dpi resolution. As you can see on our film scanner ranking list the Nikon LS-9000 ED is the top model among all film scanners ever built. It is exceeded only from the Hasselblad drum scanners. Additionally, it is the only scanner which provides very good results when scanning Kodachrome films, see our site about Kodachrome-Films for more details.
The Nikon Super CoolScan 9000 ED is the best film scanner ever built. No manufacturer has ever brought a device on the market which was nearly equal to the Nikon LS-9000. As an alternative we recommend you our Scan-Service. We scan negatives and slides with the Nikon Super Coolscan 9000 ED.
As you can read in our detailed test report about the Nikon LS-9000ED, there are numerous film holders available for this device. Especially with the help of the glass holders almost any film up to a size of 6x9 cm can be scanned in best quality.
For those who put much importance to best image quality, there is no alternative to the Nikon Super Coolscan 9000 ED, except even more expensive drum scsanners. And even drum scanners don't have the automatic dust and scratch correction so that one can confidently designate the Nikon Super Coolscan 9000 ED as the best film scanner ever built.
Please, choose above, below the price information, between the SilverFast Ai Studio version and the SilverFast Archive Suite (Archive Suite = SilverFast Ai Studio + SilverFast HDR Studio). Also, please, choose above your desired targets (Kodak, Fuji, Kodachrome) for the IT-8 colour calibration. Detailed information about SilverFast and the available targets can be found on our SilverFast website. Information about SilverFast HDR can be found on our SilverFast HDR website. Information about scanner calibration can be found on our page Scanner IT-8 calibration.
For further information please read our review on the Nikon Super Coolscan 9000 ED.
Specifications
- Optical resolution: 4000 dpi
- 16 Bit A/D conversion
- 48 Bit colour depth
- Density range: 4,8
- Scan area max: 56,9 x 83,7 mm
- Output colour depth 8 Bit or 16 Bit per colour channel
- Multiple scan
- Fast auto focus
- Digital ICE4 Advanced with Digital ICE Professional
- IEEE 1394 interface (Firewire)
- Light source: four components LED for R, G und B and infrared (for defects on the film surface)
- New improved image processing algorithm for scanning colour negatives
- Dimensions approx. (W x H x D) 249 x 202 x 499 mm
- Weight: approx. 9 kg
Supported film formats
- Medium format film (120/220)
- 35 mm film strips with up to 6 frames
- Mounted 35mm slides (mount thickness: 1 mm - 3,2 mm)
- 35mm panorama images
- 16mm films
- Electron microscope films
Scope of delivery
- Film scanner Nikon Super Coolscan 9000 ED (LS-9000 ED)
- SilverFast activation key for registration and download of the software
- IT-8 calibration slide according to your choice above
- Strip film holder FH-835S for 35mm film
- Slide mount holder FH-835M für mounted 35mm slides
- Strip film holder FH-869S for medium format film
- IEEE-1394 connection cable (6-pin)
- Power cable PW-53
- Scan software Nikon Scan 4 in English, German, French, Spanish, Dutch and Italian
- Detailed user guide
System requirements
- SilverFast 9: Windows 7 (64-Bit), 8 (64-Bit), 10 (64-Bit), 11 (64-Bit)
- SilverFast 9: Mac OS 10.13, 10.14, 10.15, 11, 12, 13, 14
- SilverFast: Internet-connection
On this page we present receommended accessories which help you a lot at your work scanning slides, negatives and photos.
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When working with film strips it often happens that you accidentally touch the emulsion side of the film. The damage often is irreparable. You can avoid damages to the film material and comfortably insert film strips into the scanner or film holder by wearing fine cotton gloves.
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Anti-dust spray is used to clean film material - no matter if it's mounted slides or film strips - by removing dust and fluffs with a flimsy current of air without touching the film material at all. There is no better, more comfortable and more efficient way to clean your film material. Additionally anti dust spray is suitable to clean the scanner from dust thus avoiding disturbancies in the scans.
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For working with single negatives or positives or film strips we highly recommend using tweezers with flat shovels, because otherwise you run the risk of touching and damaging the film. Additionally, with such tweezers you easily take out film strips from archive sheets or photo bags.
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If you work with digital images - no matter if they come from a digital camera or from a film scanner - you should calibrate your screen. Without a screen calibration performed with objective criteria you run the risk of wrongly adjusting the settings of the scan or the image editing software, which makes the image look right on your screen, but will cause unnatural alienated colours on other output devices (printer, image service, new screen).
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