They have tons of useful stuff there thanks to dedicated enthusiasts. There are also some useful sites I had found over time. These pages are dedicated to use, service and repair of Nikon Coolsan scanners, in particular the IV,V,and models. I used Kodak lens cleaning paper with camera lens cleaner.Service and Repair of Nikon Coolscan Scanners. Take your time with this step! It should be completely dust and streak free. You must be VERY careful not to drop the mirror because it scratches easily and could even break. Now you can slide the mirror clip and mirror down and then maneuver them out to the left. The clip and mirror need to be pulled out to the side with the arrow. You can get this off and remove the mirror without disassembling the entire unit. The arrow in this picture is pointing to the clip that holds the mirror in place. Undo the bottom tab, remove the front face, and set it aside. Remove the 4 brass screws that are located under the rubber feet, one screw in each corner. That means NO emails and NO phone calls regarding this. Pearson Imaging will NOT provide any support regarding this tutorial. Opening your scanner may void your warranty.
Attempt at your own risk! How to Clean a Nikon Super Coolscan 5000 ED However I did get some help and so I would like to thank Patrick Chase for his suggestions and tips regarding this job. It took me between 2 and 3 hours to complete the job, but I was taking pictures and didn't have a tutorial like this. The procedure described here is pretty straightforward but you must take your time. Cleaning your scanner is like changing the oil in your car it's routine maintenance that you need to do to keep things running optimally. Sony's a7C is among the smallest full-frame mirrorless cameras you can buy, and in terms of core capability, not much has been sacrificed for the sake of compactness.īut are you ready to make it your next go-to travel camera?I decided to clean my LS because it has done about 10, scans so far and I figured that the mirror was probably somewhat dirty.Īfter opening the unit up I could see that it was. Despite a couple of quirks, we think it's a camera that photographers and non-photographers alike will find fun to use. We got our hands on the brand new Instax SQ1: an easy-to-use instant camera that shoots square format film. The Sony ZV-1 was designed specifically for vloggers, but this compact camera is an excellent option for still photographers too. For still photographers, we feel the Nikon Z5 represents the best value for the money when it comes to full-frame mirrorless cameras. These are test scans to simply show the scanner and Nikon Scan software works without issue. And yes, you can set the Nikon scan software to crop out borders. These are straight scans with no post cleanup other than ICE used on the color scans. Device Manager showing both FireWire card and Nikon scanner installed.
Since Nikon stopped supporting their Coolscan scanners under Windows 7, and beyond, a modified driver was created back in Since then, it has been the defacto driver when running under 7 and beyond.Īfter that, complete step 9 and you're done.
Basically, Driver Signature Enforcement is a security feature that insures drivers being installed are legitimate, have not been altered, and be digitally signed.
See this article - How to: Disable driver signature enforcement on Windows 10 use option 1. Now for the tech savvy person wanting to run their Nikon Coolscan scanners under Windows 10, just follow the procedures in my tutorial, but prior to performing step 7, you'll need to disable Windows 10's Driver Signature Enforcement policy.
It includes the VIA chip which is what you want for compatibility with older FireWire devices, and there are no required driver installs - Just plug and play.
Well as of today I can answer yes - the scanner works under Windows 10 Pro 圆4! And no - there are no issues!!! I just bought it and it works like a champ.
So I have a long running thread over at sevenforums.