There is a great range of products that you can find if you are looking for a good Nikon slide scanner. In the category of film scanners includes the Nikon 35mm slide scanner. This range of scanners has been designed to convert slides and films into digital form. While simple scanners only support the 35mm format, Nikon is also producing multi format scanners which also support the 4 x 5 inch format.
The multi format scanner has other enhanced features like the auto focus option and Precision 12-bit A/D conversion which cannot be found in most of the simpler film scanners. Different film scanners vary on the basis of scanning times and their optical resolutions. A popular product among the Nikon slide scanners is the Nikon CoolScan slide scanner. Other than the slide scanners, Nikon has a range of CoolScan products that are meant for normal documents and images as well. These include the CoolScan 3 and 4 and the Super CoolScan.
The CoolScan 3 has an optical resolution of 2700 dpi while the CoolScan 4 has an enhanced resolution of 2900 dpi. The color management system designed by Nikon has been integrated into the CoolScan 3 while in the CoolScan 4, the newly developed CCD technology has been integrated which helps in reducing image noise and provides clear resolution. The CoolScan 4 also supports various formats including the 35 mm format and 1X240 formats. In the super CoolScan, the optical resolution is further enhanced to 4000 dpi. The super CoolScan has the ability of multi-sample scanning and produces images which are virtually free of any noise. In the super CoolScan series, there are two produces which are the Super CoolScan 4000 and Super CoolScan 8000. The optical resolution of both the scanners is the same but the Super CoolScan 8000 has some enhanced features providing better quality images.
Apart from the Nikon slide scanner, the company also produces flatbed scanners. There are three models in the flatbed series which vary on the basis of optical resolution. The SCANTOUCH AX-1200 is the top of the line flatbed scanner having a high optical resolution of 1200 x 1200 dpi and a ten bit converter. Then there is the AX 210 with an optical resolution of 600 x 1200 dpi and an eight bit converter. The AX 210 has analog nonlinear gamma processing. The flatbed scanner that is the lowest in terms of optical resolution is the AX 110 which has a resolution of 300 x 600 dpi. The AX 110 has an eight bit converter like the AX 210.
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