Nikon Scanners...Superfine mode?

Please explain to me what is Superfine mode. I know where to turn it on, I just need to know what it

does.

Which scanner do you have?

If you are talking about the "Super Fine Scan" mode in Nikon Scan then check the "Help"

button under "Super Fine Scan" and it will tell what you ask. If you are not referring to Nikon

Scan someone else will have to answer you.

SuperCoolscan 9000ed running the Nikon scanning software. I want to know what

advantage, if any, there is to Superfine mode.

Superfine mode scans the image a line at a time, it is to get around the 'banding' problems that people reported on the 8000 models.

However ever using superfine mode will triple your scan time.

 

Do a google on nikon 9000 + superfine mode to find out more..

 

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The Nikon 9000 scanner has a CCD sensor with three rows of 10,000 sensors each. In the normal mode all three rows of sensors are used to scan the image. In the superfine mode, only one row is used, which is why the scan time increases. The Nikon 8000 (previous model) had the same type sensor, but banding occured when using all three rows to scan the image, and the superfine mode solved this problem for the 8000. I have not seen any banding on my 9000, so have never used the superfine mode. Superfine does not increase resolution, only solves problems due to differences in the three rows of sensors.