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    Re: Nikon 9000 scanner or Epson V750?

    I own two Epson scanners, 3200 and 4490, plus an old Nikon ls-20 35mm scanner. A close friend of mine owns a Nikon 9000. Nikon scans are sharper, since it does use autofocus lenses and no cheap glass in the middle. On the other hand, its light source is harsher and brings out more film grain. It all depends on what you are after. For my customers grain is an issue. They prefer digital cameras output, in fact. So I can't use Nikon scanners, unless I resize medium format to 4MP, which is ridiculous.

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    Re: Nikon 9000 scanner or Epson V750?

    Another excellent choice is the Minolta Dimage Dual Pro, which is a dedicated film scanner that handles up to 6x9 cm. I believe it's tops in it's field.

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    Re: Nikon 9000 scanner or Epson V750?

    The quality difference between a generation of Epson scanners is not very easy to even discern! At least for 120 film, the Nikon 9000 is in a different league, probably the best way to scan until you get into the better drum scanners and Creo flatbeds.

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    Re: Nikon 9000 scanner or Epson V750?

    And in a different league price wise ... Epson 700 refurbished $419, Epson 750 refurbished $598 [from Epson.com] ... Nikon 9000 $2200 [new on Amazon.com.]

    You can buy the Epson 750 and have $1600 left over for film, lens, tripod, whatever.

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    Which is why I don't shoot 120 anymore, a 4x5 scan from a cheap Epson is pretty nice and a 6x6 scan is pretty nasty.

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    Re: Nikon 9000 scanner or Epson V750?

    Oh yeah, and the extra $1600 invested in a great lens will probably provide more improvement in your photos than the scanner (in both wet darkroom and digital) ... and you won't have to learn 75 computer adjustments to see the improvement and it won't become obsolete in 2 years and be worth 1/20th what you paid for it.

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    Re: Nikon 9000 scanner or Epson V750?

    The other side of that coin is that if you don't need perspective control and/o swings and tilts to control sharpness, 6X7 cm or 6X7 cm MF scanned with a high end scanner gives higher print quality than 4X5 scanned with an Epson flatbed.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Frank Petronio View Post
    Which is why I don't shoot 120 anymore, a 4x5 scan from a cheap Epson is pretty nice and a 6x6 scan is pretty nasty.

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    Re: Nikon 9000 scanner or Epson V750?

    Which, if I could afford to have it all, I'd get a couple of nice Rolleiflex 2,8 E2s and that Nikon Coolscan 9000 in a heartbeat. It would be as nice a combo as anything else ever made.

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    Re: Nikon 9000 scanner or Epson V750?

    I just ordered the Nikon 9000 this morning. The fact that I shoot medium format at least three or four times as often as 4x5 (just easier to carry around I guess) and have a library of 2 1/4 negs and slides combined with the quality considerations convinced me to give one a try.

    I noticed the prices on used 9000's on ebay have held up relatively well compared to the digital world so if it turn out not to be a good fit off it goes.

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    Re: Nikon 9000 scanner or Epson V750?

    Cesare, I suggest you to order some anti-newton glass from Focal Point, instead of buying a whole new mask, unless you intend to use wet-mounting. That's the way most of the people who buy this scanner follow and it will cost you a fraction of a new mask.
    And that's a very nice machine. Good luck!

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