Highest Rated Review by the Community
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community Jan 20, 2001
Pros: Automatically removes flaws, excellent color depth and range, high resolution
Cons: Clumsy software, mediocre shadow detail, Digital ICE doesn’t work on B&W images.
Summary: Summary
I’m an amateur photographer who shoots a couple of rolls a month. Until I bought the Coolscan, I would have film developed and printed, and I would scan the 4x6s in using a flatbed scanner. I didn’t like this method, though, ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Mar 28, 2001
Pros: It's a workhorse, professional grade scanner
Cons: Software is cumbersome. It's not the fastest scanner out there.
Summary: This is a very good scanner for the money. I am a photojournalist at a newspaper and these are the scanners we use most often. For super high quality scans we use a leaf and drum scanners which both have five digit price tags.
The best ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 30, 2001
Pros: Digital ICE, high resolution, simple to use, APS system
Cons: Mediocre Dynamic Range, ok software
Summary: The Nikon Coolscan III produces consistent and accurate scans under most normal conditions. I found that the Digital ICE was EXTREMELY useful and saved a lot of time and energy by eliminating dust and scratches in the film that otherwise would have to ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 29, 2000
Pros: great features
Cons: 8bit color
Summary: After searching every film scanner web site and reading every consumer review on the net I was about to buy a HP photosmart S20 but then I found an excellent deal on a Coolscan III . I am vary glad I went with the coolscan III. The scsi setup was a pain ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 12, 2000
Pros: It's almost the LS-2000
Cons: It's not quite the LS-2000
Summary: With the aid of Ed Hamrick's third party software, VueScan, www.hamrick.com, the LS-30 now has the functionality of the LS-2000, well almost. How? Well after Nikon introduced the LS-2000 they decided to market the LS-30 as a scaled-back consumer ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 1, 2000
Pros: Excellent quality scans
Cons: Software buggy with a poor interface
Summary: I and a group of friends just completed a trip around South West USA (I am from the UK) and between the four of us we took over 1500 pictures.
As many of the photos came out well I thought it would be a good idea to put all the photos on the ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Sep 11, 2000
Pros: high-quality scans
Cons: Lousy software, very slow
Summary: I purchased the CoolScan III because I wanted to digitize 20 years of photographs. I was naive to think that this scanner could handle the numbers of pictures I wanted to scan in a reasonable time. My experience has been that to scan a single ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 23, 2000
Pros: Excellent image quality, Digital ICE is a must-have
Cons: Pricey, requires a SCSI card to be fitted
Summary: I had some misgivings about buying the Coolscan III. All the reviews I read said that it was overshadowed by the LS-2000; but ultimately I decided I couldn't afford to spend over $1000 on a scanner. The Coolscan III is still expensive enough, at around ... read more
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Not Yet Rated by the Epinions community
Jun 15, 2000
Pros: high resolution, Digital ICE scratch removal
Cons: Broke in first 3 weeks, jams often, can't scan some slides,does focus well.
Summary: I bought this scanner to scan 5000 old family slides all taken before 1984.
I've been a little disappointed generally but I have not been able to find many other options. This one might work
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Feb 16, 2000
Pros: Much better Software
Cons: High price tag
Summary: This is a reprint of my review at www.photodotcom.com
I never believed that scanning could be that hard. To get a scan is very easy but to get a maximum out of the photograph is quite challenging. In my opinion there is far too much discussion ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 9, 2000
Pros: Very good scanner
Cons: High investment
Summary: In midst of 1999 we found that digital photography and the digital darkroom (deliver for print and Web) is ready for prime-time (at least for advanced budget constrained prosumers). We bought a Nikon Coolpix 950 and photography made fun again.
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 19, 1999
Pros: High resolution scanning, "Ice" technology for removing scratches
Cons: about $1000, takes time to learn all the features
Summary: I purchased the Nikon Coolscan III (LS30) because I have an archive of 35mm underwater slides which I want to print. I am impressed with the high resolution I can get. I, initially, scanned slides in with a higher than necessary resolution and ended up ... read more
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