Existing users, 
This is a powerful and efficient software to drive my Coolscan 5000. Unfortunately, it is very unstable. I almost never managed to batch scan a full tray of 50 slides without crashes or freezing. Sometimes, the problem is solved by just restarting the app, bit most of the time one needs to delete the preferences or even to fully unisntall and reinstall Nikon Scan. There is no clear pattern and it perisisted on my dual processor PowerPC will all versions of MacOS X (2, 3 and 4). The interface also is buggy (buttons and sliders). Nikon is very slow to correct problems and support is almost noon-existent. Finally, one may wonder when an upgrade for Intel macs will be finally available.
Altogether, it is a shame thay Nikon devotes so little effort to improving and maintaining the software for its amazingly good scanners.
Nikon Scan
Coolscan/LS film scanner driver
Version: 4.0.2
Powerful but unstable. Shame to Nikon. - gskibum
Efficient? You have got to be kidding me! That is the last word I would use to describe Nikon Scan. I've been using Nikon Scan on my LS-8000 for probably 5 years. Silverfast cost about $900 at the time so I took a pass, but now that I own Silverfast I wish I had been using it from the get-go. Many hours of wasted time with Nikon Scan would have been saved!Nikon Scan is pathetic:
1. Streaks galore on my LS-8000 unless I use Super Fine Scan mode, tripling the amount of time it takes to do a scan. 2. No way to load a custom scanner profile. 3. No way to load my preferred color space, ProPhoto RGB. 4. Nonsense suggestions for color spaces.
I've actually forgotten most of my gripes now that I've made Nikon Scan a thing of the past.
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Friday, May 11 2007 @ 06:53 AM PDT