Nikon Coolscan 5000 advice

howdy folks,

I’m thinking of springing for ones of these scanners to attack some old and new negs lying about. I know they seem to be the scanner of choice around here and from the load of reviews I’ve read they do seem to be the veritable bees-kneez. So a couple of questions…

1. can i butcher out the 35mm holder to get that painfully arty/documentary style full frame feel of my negs?

2. can i butcher out the 35mm holder to scan panoramic 35mm, like from an Xpan or my beloved Horizon Prefekt 202?

3. I’m gonna buy from ebay (probably) any known faults or eccentricities i should be asking about?

4. Anyone got one for sale?

Muchos gracias chicos,
Con

by Con O'Donoghue at Wed Mar 12 17:24:32 UTC 2008 (ed. Mar 12 2008) Barcelona, Spain | Bookmark this | Digg this |

1. Maybe but I would not do it, you could use a LS8000 for that

2. No, you’ll have to scan it in 2 times, then join. A pain in the ass, the LS8000/LS9000 would do it in one, but thoses scanners are slower, mostly if you want to scan all of you negatives.

3. None than I see. Most of the sellers did not use it much.

4. No.

by Fabien Penso | 12 Mar 2008 21:03 | Paris, France |