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My brand new digitizing workflow using a 25 year old film scanner

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123 points williamsmj | 4 comments | 03 Dec 24 16:49 UTC | HN request time: 0.626s | source
1. phony-account ◴[03 Dec 24 22:16 UTC] No.42312200[source]▶
The ‘antiqueness’ and alleged difficulty of scanning with Nikon Coolscans is very overstated in this article. I’m using a Coolscan 9000 with a single adapter on an M3 Pro MacBook running Sequoia (latest MacOS). No exotic hardware needed whatsoever.
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2. mdswanson ◴[03 Dec 24 22:44 UTC] No.42312468[source]▶
Likewise, I run my Nikon Coolscan on my Windows 11 machine with no special adapters. Works better than my Epson 750 Pro and Sony A7RIII with the right lenses, mounts, and lighting.
3. jeffbee ◴[04 Dec 24 03:43 UTC] No.42314322[source]▶
I'm curious about this adapter since I've never seen a single-stage USB-C to FireWire.
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4. Clamchop ◴[04 Dec 24 23:44 UTC] No.42323288[source]▶
Yeah I did this for a DV cam and needed two adapters: USB C to the old DisplayPort form of Thunderbolt, and then that to Firewire. And even that wasn't complete, because I needed to adapt to the smaller Firewire port on the camera.

Obviously they could make a single stage adapter but I didn't find it if it exists.