Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/11/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The only problem with the 9000 is that right now it seems to be "vaporware", at least in the U.S.. I've had one on order since March and our Nikon rep. (Atlanta GA area) says that only a few have come into the U.S. and that the backorder list is long. I've also been signed up on B&H.'s "email me when available" list (just to check up on my local dealer) and have heard nothing from them in that time either. I'd be interested to know if anyone has actually seen one of these creatures. Allen >The 8000 is a bit slow, though only if you use all the anti dust >stuff etc. then it depends on the speed of your computer as it does >the computation as it goes along. My scan speed is pretty good with >my current twin processor Mac. The banding is said to be due to >using a row of sensors which when aligned correctly for normal >conditions give slight differences in black which look awful on >underexposed slides. There is an option which I believe uses only >one sensor which resolves this problem but then it really is slow. >AFAIK the only real benefit of the 9000 over the 8000 was an >improved capability with Kodachrome, I hadn't realised it was faster. >Frank > > >On 24 Nov, 2004, at 05:47, Feli di Giorgio wrote: > >> >>On Nov 23, 2004, at 7:49 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote: >>>> >>>The Nikon 5000 and 8000 scanners are certainly the almost uncontested >>>standards of the industry used by an I'm sure overwhelmingly high >>>percentage >>>of serious amateurs and pros. >> >> >>The 9000 series (35 and MF) is supposed to be killer. The 8000 was >>very impressive, but >>my god was it slow, regardless of the Firewire connection. Maybe a >>firmware problem, who knows. Also banding issues in the darks, in >>some machines. >> >>The 9000 isn't cheap, but for what it does, it's a bargain at $2000... >> >>feli >>_______________________________________________________ >>feli2@earthlink.net 2 + 2 = 4 >>www.elanphotos.com >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Leica Users Group. >>See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information