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  1. Tuning Coolscan Analog Gain for Better Shadow DetailWhen an old roll of 35mm film comes back from the lab with shadows that read as flat, muddy blocks, the problem is often not the negative itself but how the…
  2. Scanning Kodak Aerochrome Infrared Film With a Coolscan 9000Kodak Aerochrome III Infrared Film 1443 is a false-colour reversal stock originally formulated for aerial reconnaissance, camouflage detection, and forestry…
  3. Using Coolscan Preview Mode to Catch Focus Problems EarlyA final scan can take several minutes, especially when Digital ICE, multi-sampling, and high resolution are enabled. Discovering afterwards that the frame is…
  4. Cardboard Or Plastic Mounts For Better Slide ScanningMounted slides can look perfectly flat when held up to a window, yet behave very differently inside a film scanner. A small curl, a loose corner or a mount…
  5. Cleaning the Coolscan Mirror and Lens Without ScratchingA Nikon Coolscan sits on more Australian desks than most people would expect. Across suburbs of Melbourne, Brisbane, and Perth, hobbyists still pull out their…
  6. Fixing banding artifacts in Coolscan scans of dense negativesWhen you pull a heavily underexposed roll of Tri-X or Portra 800 from a forgotten plastic canister and feed it into a Coolscan 8000, the densest frames…
  7. Creating A Custom White Balance Preset For Coolscan Film ScansOld colour film rarely behaves like a clean digital original. A roll stored in a warm cupboard may have shifted dyes, while a slide kept in a cool archive box…
  8. Scanning Film Strips With Multiple Exposures Using the SA-21The Nikon SA-21 adapter makes batch scanning 35mm film considerably easier than placing individual frames on a flatbed scanner. It draws a strip through the…
  9. Coolscan 4000 vs 5000 for Australian Slide ScanningFor photographers preserving family transparencies, the Nikon Coolscan 4000 and Coolscan 5000 remain highly capable 35mm film scanners. Both use a dedicated…
  10. Why Coolscan Scans Look Flat and How to Fix the Tone CurveA Nikon Coolscan can capture an impressive amount of detail from a 35mm negative or slide, yet the resulting file may look dull, grey and strangely lifeless.…