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Review Date
October 20, 2009
Overall Rating
 5 of 5
Value Rating
 5 of 5
Used product for
More than 1 year
Visitors rate this review
3.67 of 5, 3 votes
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Reviewed by
More cowbell!
, Intermediate
Price Paid
$600.00
Photography Experience
6-10 years
, Fine Art
Summary
This scanner is really the best in its category and pretty much the only alternative before going for the LS5000. Anyway it doesn't have the cool HDR feature but will give the most natural rendition of you beloved negs and scan. Still glad I got it before out of stock. But sometimes I regret not going for the 8000 at that time.
Strengths
Reliable, good scans, ease of use with help.
Weaknesses
grainy sometimes, inherent to all scanner can't use ICE with B&W negs! Post editing nightmares!
Similar Products Used
epson V700
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Review Date
May 28, 2005
Overall Rating
5 of 5
Value Rating
 4 of 5
Used product for
3 Months to 1 year
Visitors rate this review
3.72 of 5, 18 votes
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Reviewed by
gahspidy
, Intermediate
Price Paid
$500.00
at Amazon.com
Photography Experience
2-5 years
, Outdoor
Summary
I found this scanner to be a rugged build, very easy to use out of the box, great software especially the digital ICE which removes practically all dust and somehow does not seem to touch the image or quality in any way. Scans are very sharp as the Auto focus works great and a real time saver. I've scanned negative film and slides and both great results. The strip film feeded, which automatically loads a 6 frame strip is a great bonus. You insert the strip just as you would a dollar bill into a vending machine and it takes care of the job from there. Batch scanning a great time saver as well and great software allows you to set your file names for the batch. Sledes can be tedious as you must insert and scan one at a time ( there is a batch slide feeder optional but is very expensive) When I shoot slide film, I have them developed unmounted so that I can run them through the scanner with the strip film feeder. Slide film is very noticeably less noisy and grainy and overall sharper than negative film.
Strengths
Build
Software
Ease of use
excellent scans
strip film feeder
price reasonable for the quality
LED light source keeps scanning and film cool, and should last a very long time
Weaknesses
none yet . . .maybe the price of the optional slide batch feeder for those interested.
Similar Products Used
Minolta dimage dual scan lll
Customer Service
none yet
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Review Date
December 27, 2004
Overall Rating
5 of 5
Value Rating
5 of 5
Used product for
21+ years
Visitors rate this review
4.00 of 5, 8 votes
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Reviewed by
moizes
, Professional
Price Paid
$570.00
Summary
Made for last, sharp, fast, convenient, unexpensive - real helper.
Strengths
ICE is really workable - you can't find even smallest dots on 16 by 20 prints, scanned from oldest negs or slides.
Weaknesses
Non for the money.
Similar Products Used
Big pro ones.
Customer Service
Not so far.
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Review Date
November 24, 2004
Overall Rating
 1 of 5
Value Rating
 1 of 5
Used product for
21+ years
Visitors rate this review
2.20 of 5, 25 votes
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Reviewed by
Mike.Palmer
, Expert
Price Paid
$875.00
at Jessops UK
Summary
I agree that when the LS50 works it is of the best quality. However mine has a problem that Nikon UK refuse to acknowledge. When scanning either in Nikonscan 4.03 stand alone or as a plug-in with Photoshop CS, at the end of the scan both Nikonscan and PS CS close discarding the scan you have just made. Most frustrating.
Strengths
Good image quality (when you can get one).
Weaknesses
"Iffy" interface with Windows XP Home.
Similar Products Used
Minolta Scan Elite 5400
Customer Service
In the UK poor. Any query starts on the basis "This is a Nikon and it you who are wrong". Anyone want to buy an LS50?
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Review Date
June 19, 2004
Overall Rating
 4 of 5
Value Rating
5 of 5
Used product for
0-1 years
Visitors rate this review
3.57 of 5, 7 votes
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Reviewed by
leroys
, Intermediate
Price Paid
$600.00
at B&H Photo
Summary
The Coolscan LS-50 was my first film scanner so please forgive the newby perspective. I use the Fuji Frontier 330 minilab in my neighborhood but wanted to be able to edit for more creative control. I use Portra 400B&W film and find that I dont miss the multiscan feature that is available in the model LS-5000 in the least as I cannot even detect a trace of noise with one scan. The Fuji lab uses 8 bit files so I dont scan in 14 bit unless I anticipate heavy duty editing where I would appreciate the extra color depth to prevent the possibility of banding. I dont like DEE or GEC or ICE, seems like overkill if a well if a well exposed and clean neg with no scratches is used. The scaling feature helps to keep file sizes in control as the fuji prints at 300 DPI. over all, The LS-50 has added a lot of enjoyment to my favorite hobby
Strengths
Build quality, high resolution for more cropping/scaling options
Weaknesses
Some software options leave somrthing to be desired
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none
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