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Nikon Coolscan IV APS Film Adapter
Nikon Coolscan IV APS Film Adapter

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Brand: Nikon
Category: CE

List Price: $199.00
Buy New: $189.71
You Save: $9.29 (5%)



New (3) from $189.71

Avg. Customer Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars 10 reviews

Media: Electronics
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 11 x 5 x 7

MPN: 9296
Model: IA-20s
UPC: 018208092963
EAN: 0018208092963
ASIN: B000059Z4M

Release Date: April 26, 2004
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

Features:
  • Accessory for both Super Coolscan V ED and Super Coolscan 5000 ED Scanners
  • Compatible with the Nikon CoolScan IV ED
  • Scan APS film without hindering your other scanning jobs
  • Easy-to-install attachment
  • A quality Nikon product

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Editorial Reviews:

Amazon.com Product Description
Specially designed as an optional accessory for the Nikon Coolscan IV ED, this unit will be particularly beneficial to labs that aim to process all types of professional-quality film. Connecting easily to your scanner, this solidly crafted attachment is built to handle Advanced Photo System (APS) film, without interfering with 35mm cut film and slides that can be scanned without accessories.

Product Description
IA-20S APS Film Adapter for Coolscan III, IV, 2000, 4000, 5000ED


Customer Reviews:   Read 5 more reviews...

4 out of 5 stars Improved over time?   August 29, 2008
Like the others, I had a shoebox of film to scan. With my first adapter I was able to scan 140 rolls (mostly 25 exp) without issue. Also, another review mentioned that it cut off part of the print, but in my case the LS-50 does not.
My adapter was purchased in 2008.



1 out of 5 stars Don't Even Think About It   August 28, 2008
 1 out of 1 found this review helpful

Scanner works great with the included slide and film strip holders.
I read all of the reviews about the APS adapter.
I don't think I have ever had a product fail out of the box in quite a long time.
The adapter arrived today from Adorama. Read the brief instructions carefully.
I loaded my first roll of APS film as per instructions and after a few seconds of
grinding and squealing and a flashing light on the scanner
I got an error message telling me to turn the scanner off and restart it.
I did and after a few more seconds of grinding and squealing
the flashing light was followed by the same error message.
The film is still securely inside the adapter and there is no way
to open the door once things go wrong.
I should have believed what I read about this product.
It now has to be sent back to Nikon before I can do anything about
returning the product to the dealer because Nikon will have to
retrieve my roll of film.



5 out of 5 stars a little patience and practice   July 1, 2008
I read all the negative reviews of this piece of equipment and bought it anyway. With the negative reviews in mind I have taken special care to load and unload the film cartridges carefully, which can be tricky until you get some practice, now nearly a year later with all my APS rolls finished, I will say I have had no problems at all.


3 out of 5 stars Great for it's intended use but reliability is poor   April 2, 2008
 1 out of 1 found this review helpful

For its intended use case this works very well for scanning in APS films (15, 25 and 40 exposure). I have a Coolscan V (LS-50) and use VueScan software. I scanned in quite a lot of images quite happily. Some months afterwards I had to scan in some more APS films and the adapter jammed leaving the film stuck in the adapter.

The adapter is also REALLY loud when spooling and unspooling film from the cartridge. If you are in a smallish room you will not want to scan too many films in one sitting.

On the whole I have been happy and may well purchase another one just because I still have APS films to scan.



3 out of 5 stars Works great, until it doesn't   February 9, 2008
Exactly as predicted by all the other reviews. I had mine for exactly 1 week, during which I scanned 61 rolls of APS film, all 25 exposure. Roll #62 went with the unit back to Nikon service for repair. It sounded like the gears stripped. I have to believe they built the thing with cheap plastic gears in order to be cost effective, and due to the relatively low volume of sales for such a thing, it's cheaper to repair them then to re-design. Buyer should also be aware that this thing doesn't scan the entire negative area of the APS film strip. It actually cuts off about 3mm of the width of the frame. So if your scanning an especially nice panoramic shot, you might want to get a strip holder and scan it that way, in order to get the entire negative. But when it works, there's no easier way to scan a bunch of old pics.

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