Using SF-210 batch slide feeder and Coolscan 5000 with SF

[Hamamas]

Hello,

I just purchased a copy of Silverfast 6.6 mainly because of the problem scanning Kodachrome slides on most of the coolscan models (bluish cast; ICE causes problems) -- and Silverfast looks like it can rectify this problem. That's the good news.

However, I cannot find any instructions or options so far on how I can batch feed a stack of slides into the scanner using the SF-210 attachment while using Silverfast. Of course this is possible using the Nikon Scan software and is the only real option when one has thousands of slides to scan as I do. I cannot even find any way to get the Coolscan5000 scanner to SPIT OUT the one slide it does feed in and scan (after the scanning process is finished).

This creates a dilemma: If I can't use the SF-210 batch feeder, the labour time involved to scan thousands of slides will go up exponentially and render the whole project almost undoable. On the other hand, if I batch scan all these Kodachromes and don't have a way to deal with the colour problems (i.e., I don't use Silverfast), then the scanned results aren't worth having either.

Is there some setting I'm overlooking that I can use so that I can batch-feed stacks of slides into the scanner, using the SF-210 feeder (like is possible with the Nikon software). Or at least is there some way I could feed in 1 slide at a time from the stack -- manually doing it instead of automatically but still being able to get through the stack fairly quick?

Thanks for any help you can provide!

Cheers

[LSI_Luebker]

Dear Hamamas,

thank you for your interest in SilverFast.

in order to start a batchscan with the Nikon SF-210 you need to go to the general tab select bach mode as scan mode and document feeder as original.

please ensure that the SF- 210 is properly seated in the Nikon LS5000 cause if the feeder is not recognised by the scanner itself you cannot select it in the original setting.

best regards,

Thomas Lübker
LaserSoft Imaging AG