[3dem] Software for Nikon Super Cool Scan

[Matthias Wolf]

Greg,

VueScan works well on Vista 64bit and Win7 64bit (I have used it with the 8000ED with a SCSI interface - not sure about firewire).
It supports autofocus (and manual focus - you should anyways use a modified planar holder) and batch scanning. Quality is fine.

NikonScan4 runs on WinXP 32bit.
WinXP on a virtual machine with win7, linux or OS/X as a host O/S will likely not work - I believe the firewire interface is not forwarded by either Oracle virtualbox or vmware. 

I'd just get an old PC from IT and firewire PCI card, then install XP on it with NikonScan.

   Matthias

On Oct 19, 2011, at 4:53 PM, <galushin at berkeley.edu> <galushin at berkeley.edu> wrote:

> Hello all-
> 
>  
> Unfortunately the PowerPC mac running our Nikon Super Cool Scan 9000 ED finally kicked the bucket, and we were disappointed to see that the Nikon Scan software is not supported for Intel macs and recent OSes.  We were wondering if anyone has experience using other software to get high-quality scans of micrographs, like VueScan, SilverFast, or Capture NX2, or if it is preferable to dig up an old PowerPC mac from somewhere.
> 
>  
> Thanks!
> 
> -Greg Alushin
> 
> Nogales Lab
> 
> UC Berkeley
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