RE: filmscanners: Nikon LS40ED - first impressions
well first of all if you want they have a bug fix version of Nikon Scan Version 3.1 on their website.. I think the address is www.nikon-imaging.com Thanks. I couldn't access that URL for some reason, but found 3.1 at http://www.nikontechusa.com. I also notice that on that site it mentions that Nikon Scan 3.1 does not support Windows XP. However, they also claim that an XP-compatible version of Nikon Scan is coming out before the end of Nobember (free download).
RE: filmscanners: Nikon LS40ED - first impressions
Hi Mark The URL he gave doesn`t exist. Nikon Scan V3.1 does work with XP I use it all the time. Nikon Scan V3.1.1 is due soon, that supposedly fixes various bugs. But Nikon offical line will allows be that it doesn`t support XP, because if they said it did they would have to provide techincal assitance to those that use that product. -- James Grove [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.jamesgrove.co.uk www.mountain-photos.co.uk ICQ 99737573 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Mark Otway Sent: 16 November 2001 08:11 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: filmscanners: Nikon LS40ED - first impressions well first of all if you want they have a bug fix version of Nikon Scan Version 3.1 on their website.. I think the address is www.nikon-imaging.com Thanks. I couldn't access that URL for some reason, but found 3.1 at http://www.nikontechusa.com. I also notice that on that site it mentions that Nikon Scan 3.1 does not support Windows XP. However, they also claim that an XP-compatible version of Nikon Scan is coming out before the end of Nobember (free download).
Re: filmscanners: Nikon LS40ED - first impressions
sorry about that did not remember the website address.. the site also has a firmware upgrade for the scanner also... = - Original Message - From: Mark Otway [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 16, 2001 12:10 AM Subject: RE: filmscanners: Nikon LS40ED - first impressions well first of all if you want they have a bug fix version of Nikon Scan Version 3.1 on their website.. I think the address is www.nikon-imaging.com Thanks. I couldn't access that URL for some reason, but found 3.1 at http://www.nikontechusa.com. I also notice that on that site it mentions that Nikon Scan 3.1 does not support Windows XP. However, they also claim that an XP-compatible version of Nikon Scan is coming out before the end of Nobember (free download).
Re: filmscanners: Nikon LS40ED - first impressions
Hiya Mark, well first of all if you want they have a bug fix version of Nikon Scan Version 3.1 on their website.. I think the address is www.nikon-imaging.com I got my Nikon Coolscan LS-IV yesterday but have not installed it yet since I have a small problem with my video card or something... Eric == Well, I finally got around to picking up my Nikon Coolscan LS40ED this afternoon, and I'm very pleased with it. A surprisingly small machine (despite the *huge* cardboard box it came in!), it's produced some superb results so far. Installation was very easy - I plugged in the USB cable and XP immediately recognised it correctly and installed a driver. I installed Nikon Scan 3, and have already done a few decent scans. I particularly like the batch-scanning feature - just slipping a film strip in and letting the scanner do the rest (just what I wanted). A couple of questions: 1. For some reason the batch scanning facility defaults to assuming that each strip has 6 pictures on it. That's fine, except that some of mine don't - and it generates an error for the 'missing' pics. A minor annoyance, but not the end of the world. 2. Is VueScan going to be a better option for scanning than Nikon Scan 3? What's the batch scanning handling like? Small questions, but all in all I'm very pleased so far. :-)
Re: filmscanners: Nikon LS40ED - first impressions
- Original Message - From: Eric [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 8:07 PM Subject: Re: filmscanners: Nikon LS40ED - first impressions Hiya Mark, well first of all if you want they have a bug fix version of Nikon Scan Version 3.1 on their website.. I think the address is www.nikon-imaging.com I got my Nikon Coolscan LS-IV yesterday but have not installed it yet since I have a small problem with my video card or something... Funny, everybody´s got his LS- 40 yesterday or today: we got ours at work yesterday, I have it at home for the first days to check if everything´s allright. I agree that its a nice machine, a very capable midrange film scanner, and very fast: scanning single slides is a joy, very easy and reliable. Unfortunately film grain seems to show up quite strong, as far as I understand this is due to the LED light source, compared to the ..???... one of Minolta and Polaroid. The LED makes that the Nikons are basically capable, but have very small depth of field sharpness and accentuate grain and dust more that the more diffuse light sources of the other scanners. This makes ICE on Nikon more necessary than on Pola or Minolta.. My first 20 or 30 scans seem to affirm this. Bernhard P.S.: The LS- 40 is a bit noisy while scanning!
Re: filmscanners: Nikon LS40ED - first impressions
Well, I finally got around to picking up my Nikon Coolscan LS40ED this afternoon, and I'm very pleased with it. 1. For some reason the batch scanning facility defaults to assuming that each strip has 6 pictures on it. That's fine, except that some of mine don't - and it generates an error for the 'missing' pics. A minor annoyance, but not the end of the world. I don't have that problem with my LS40ED. I upgraded to NS 3.1 (free upgrade) and I use Mac OS. Mike Duncan
