Nikon Coolscan III

27 reviews

Nov, 2024

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alaTest has collected and analyzed 27 reviews of Nikon Coolscan III. The average rating for this product is 4.2/5, compared to an average rating of 4.0/5 for other products in the same category for all reviews.

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alaTest has collected and analyzed 7 user reviews of Nikon Coolscan III from Amazon.com. The average user rating for this product is 4.1/5, compared to an average user rating of 3.9/5 for other products in the same category on Amazon.com.

100% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

Nov, 2024

Expert review by (imaging-resource.com)

Nikon CoolScan III LS-30 Film Scanner

Conclusion Like its big-brother the LS-2000, the Nikon CoolScan III LS-30 is a world-class scanning instrument. Its excellent "default" performance minimizes the amount of tweaking needed to produce superb scans from common subjects. Yet, when the...

Like its big-brother the LS-2000, the Nikon CoolScan III LS-30 is a world-class scanning instrument. Its excellent "default" performance minimizes the amount of tweaking needed to produce superb scans from common subjects. Yet, when the occasion...

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Expert review by : By Thom (bythom.com)

Coolscan III (LS-30) Review

Small footprint, fast scans, repeatable results, came with required SCSI card (for Windows users).

Supplied software is awkward, ICE isn't a big benefit, works better with Silverfast software, takes some time to find optimal setup.

Nikon's original entry-level scanner with ICE, the Coolscan III is good enough for all but the most demanding work. Worth checking out if you can find a good condition used model at a reasonable price. Replaced by the ~US$900 Coolscan IV ED, which...

Nov, 2009

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Expert review by : Thom Hogan (bythom.com)

Nikon Coolscan III Review (LS-30)

From the number of emails I receive and posts on various digital camera user groups, it seems that many digital camera users still don't know how the primary function of their camera works. It doesn't help to have representatives from camera companies:

Oct, 2002

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