Digital BW, The Print

I've got the SupercoolScan ED 5000 from Nikon and there is no attachment for scanning a complete roll of film. The scanner comes with two attachment (slides-one by one and a strip holder for up to six views of negative); I bought the slide feeder (up to 50 slides at a time) for automatic processing.

Be aware that:
1. The slides (and negatives) are a bit blurred in the corners; making full frame enlargments is near impossible.

2. The negative adapter is very finicky as filmstrip is concern. Watch out for rounded-cut negatives (like I use to do in the old time so the roll went easier in the Patterson reel). Every strips must be cut very square and, even then, there is plenty of errors (the scanner could not complete the process-remove the adapter, eject the film-redo the process) making scanning very time consuming.

3. Stay away from ICE if your scanning at the best resolution as it induces artefacts; the end result is unacceptable. I wrote to Nikon, sent a lot of examples (even sent back the scanner with a slide, plus a CD containing my scans), only yo be answered that it is a software limitation. For a decent scan, you'll have to rely on retouching in another software.

4. The slide automator is well known (it is written in the user's guide) to jam on cardboard mounts; too bad I was an afficionado of Kodachrome!

All in all, you would be better to stay away from this scanner (there is no "professionnal" aspect) and go with a top notch flatbed. It all depends what will be your intended output.

Good luck

Jacques Caron

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "hflockwood" <hflockwood@...> wrote:
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> I have the 4000ED and am unaware of an attachment for scanning an entire roll.  But I believe the 5000ED had that capability.
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> Harry
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> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "David Whistance" <david.whistance@> wrote:
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> > Scanners that will scan a whole roll of 35mm at a time are expensive, as are
> > roll holder attachments. However if you have a number of rolls to scan then
> > a Nikon Coolscan 5000ED or 4000ED with appropriate attachments will do it
> > for you.  As far as I know there are no scanners that will allow similar
> > scanning with 120 film.
> > 
> > David Whistance
> >   -----Original Message-----
> >   From: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> > [mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Lew
> >   Sent: 12 October 2009 00:00
> >   To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> >   Subject: [Digital BW] Scan a roll at a time
> > 
> > 
> >     Ok, newbie here. What equipment do I need to scan an entire roll of bw
> >   (35mm or 120) into a digital proof sheet, similar to wet darkroom
> >   contact sheets?
> >   Thanks.
> > 
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