Problem with Nikon Scan 4.0.2

"Gary Edstrom" <GEdstrom.RemoveThis@PacBell.Net> wrote:
> Is there any better scanning software available other than the Nikon
> Scan software that came with my Super CoolScan 9000?

Hmm. I've been happy with the older version 3.x.y with the 8000. The new
version with the 9000 is supposed to be quite a bit better for scanning
negatives. (Which isn't a big deal here, since I mostly shoot Provia 100F.)

Vuescan will work, but it doesn't do thumbnails, and so you have to figure
out the displacements of the two (not 3 or 4 for 6x6 or 645) scan windows
for preview and full scan. It was too much of a pain for me.

> In addition to operator interface design issues, it seems to have a
> problem with crashing occasionally. When such a crash occurs, it
> requires a total restart of my computer, AND a power cycling of the
> scanner. Nothing else will do! I am unable to kill the Nikon
> application using the Task Manager. It stays in memory after I command
> TM to kill it. Likewise, restarting the computer WITHOUT power cycling
> the scanner STILL doesn't solver the problem.
>
> It doesn't happen too often, just enough to be annoying.

Yuck. Are you using Win XP? I've not had any trouble under XP with it.

David J. Littleboy
Tokyo, Japan