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Nikon Coolscan III Film Scanner (35 mm)

Nikon Coolscan III Film Scanner (35 mm)
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Jun, 2025

alaTest has collected and analyzed 3 reviews of Nikon Coolscan III Film Scanner (35 mm). The average rating for this product is 4.0/5, compared to an average rating of 4.0/5 for other products in the same category for all reviews.

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Nikon Coolscan III Film Scanner (35 mm)

 

Good but expensive and just plain bad software.

Good quality, good noise level in dark areas. Makes great scans

ICE, no ICE, what's the difference ; Extremely buggy software (had to reinstall several times after loosing icons and buttons at random). Real pain to use their tiny user interface 'design' on large screen

Nov, 2002
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Nikon Coolscan III Film Scanner (35 mm)

 

I bought it about 2 years ago as my first film scanner although I did try an HP-20. Overall I like it and have scanned about 200 rolls to date. I use exclusively Vuescan. As I indicated above, it was not cheap, but compared to a high end digital...

Digital ICE ; Sharp images ; Fast scan ; Very robust ; Automatic feeder than handles 6 images per strip

Expensive ; Noise in dark areas

Aug, 2001
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Nikon Coolscan III Film Scanner (35 mm)

 

A nice scanner. If you don't want greater than 12 by 8 prints, and don't scan Kodachrome, then this scanner is the business. Expect price drops when the Coolscan IV is released.

Nicely made. When used with Vuescan (www.hamrick.com) the results for most films are excellent. Vuescan will give multipass scanning at the expense of hugely increased scan times. ICE works and only degrades the image slightly: insignificant for 6 by 4...

Poor software. (Use Vuescan instead.) Has trouble with Kodachrome due to speckle noise and flare/bleed. Can only take one slide at a time. Despite claims by some, ICE does not work on Kodachrome (it removes detail)

Feb, 2001
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