Kim,
Any company that can afford to sponsor music concerts with top artists, major league baseball games, many other sports events and advertise during prime time on TV, I would consider a large and successful company. Granted, not as large as GM.
We have an Imacon Scanner at work, which spends most of it's use archiving 4x5 film. I don't find that it scans 6x6 or 35mm any better than my Nikon Scanners (or Minolta Dimage). Years back the Imacon was the scanner to own, now a Epson V750 will match it.
Hasselblad recently released two new medium format scanners (I think they start at $10k).
Has anyone here phoned Nikon sales and asked about availability? I'm sure they would be happy to let you know who they recently shipped to or if there is a production halt.
regards,
Rick
Kim David McNeill Simmons < Ksphoto1%40one.net">Ksphoto1
one.net> wrote:
Nikon has never been a huge company. If you want to see a huge
company try looking at Canon, or GM or Toyota. It makes no difference
if you look at their other product lines, the Nikon Photographic
Company itself is not a huge company. Is it a solid company could not
tell you, is it finally catching up and actually surpassed Canon, yes
in one area.
Yes if you look hard enough you will find one used, a lot of
photographers after scanning their images go ahead and put theirs up
for sale. I have thought about that myself, but sometimes it is just
easier to scan on my Nikon then scan on my Imacon especially the 35mm
transparencies since I do not own a 35mm mount for my Imacon.
I would bet that the digital age caught more then a few people a
little off guard as to how fast it was embraced and so quickly it
became main stream. It made no difference if they were behind the
movement, it moved extremely fast as companies move. Only the largest
of the photographic companies was able to use their inhouse resources
to move things along just a few steps behind the medium format cameras.
Kim
On May 12, 2008, at 9:39 AM, Rick Jack wrote:
> Hi,
> Nikon not a huge company? Since when? Nikon has shifted it's
> production efforts to other products, mainly DSLR's & lenses.
> Someone said they were able to get one B&H recently.
> I picked up a mint condition used one on Ebay last week for $1660
> and I'm very pleased with it. If you look hard enough and the price
> does not matter, you'll find one.
>; Rick
>;
>
> Kim David McNeill Simmons wrote:
> Likely this is not going to stop until Nikon does stop production or
> comes out with a "better" model- very doubtful considering how the
> dslr's have taken off. But remember there are likely Billions of
> negatives and transparencies out there hiding in closets or wherever.
>
> Instead of trying to get a scanner of the 9000 caliber with the
> lowest price, try ordering one from a local dealer or one of the
> nationally recognized Nikon dealers; B&H, Calumet, K&R Photographics,
> Sams. They have people on staff who can answer your questions, order
> for you and maybe even tell you the reason things are backed up.
> Remember Nikon is not a huge company, they likely make what the
> market is seen as buying up. They do not want a lot of units sitting
> on shelves.
>
>; Give one of the above dealers- and there are others I do not
> frequent, and talk and do your ordering.
>
> Kim D M Simmons
>
> On May 12, 2008, at 2:27 AM, Nuno Souto wrote:
>
> >
>; > when is this non-sense gonna stop?
> > Obviously, suppliers hell-bent on selling only
>; > dslr gear are cropping out anything to do with film.
> >
>; > And of course, someone forgot to tell Nikon:
> > http://www.nikon.com.au/productitem.php?pid=55-b44f274e94
> > Do you see ANY "discontinued" message there?
> > No?
> > Then tell buy.com to drop dead and get a proper supplier!
> >
>; > --- In coolscan8000-9000%40yahoogroups.com">coolscan8000-9000yahoogroups.com, "cphope"
> > wrote:
> > >
>; > >
>; > > This is a message I received from Buy.com regarding the 9000
> scanner
> > > I had on order. Does anyone know if Nikon is discontinuing the
> > > scanner? I went to Nikon's website and they still list the scanner
> > > as a current product. I have been waiting for some time to get the
> > > 9000 and any information would be appreciated. (Please note- I
> > edited
> > > out the order number from the e-mail).
> > >
>; > > Hello Craig,
> > >
>; > > Thank you for shopping at Buy.com.
> > >
>; > > At Buy.com we strive to provide the widest assortment of high-
> > quality
> > > products at the lowest prices on earth. However, sometimes
> > > circumstances beyond our control affect our selection.
> > >
>; > > We were recently informed that the item listed below from order
> > #-----
> > > ------- is no longer available from that supplier. Please
> accept our
> > > sincere apologies for this inconvenience.
> > >
>; > > Your order for this product has been automatically cancelled.
> If you
> > > paid by credit card, you will not be charged. If you paid by
> another
> > > method of payment, for example PayPal or GoogleCheckout, please
> > allow
> > > 2 business days to process your refund.
> > >
>; > >
>; > > Order #------------
> > >
>; > > sku - 10360804 : description - Nikon Super Coolscan 9000 ED Film
>; > > Scanner - 4000 dpi Optical - FireWire
> > >
>; > > If you have any questions, please contact customer support at
> > > http://www.buy.com/support.
> > >
>; > > Sincerely,
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>; > >
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