Real difference between Nikon V vs Nikon 5000?

[keoj]

Does anyone here know what the real internal difference is between a V
and a 5000? I know that the dpi is the same, that the bit depth is 14
vs 16, and that 5000 takes a few slide and film accessories. Okay, but
are the electronics and optics the same (but slightly disabled in the
case of a V)? Thanks.

keoj

 

[Kennedy McEwen]

Does anyone here know what the real internal difference is between a V
and a 5000? I know that the dpi is the same, that the bit depth is 14
vs 16, and that 5000 takes a few slide and film accessories. Okay, but
are the electronics and optics the same (but slightly disabled in the
case of a V)? Thanks.

The sensors are completely different. The 5000 has two rows of pixels
in the CCD, so it can scan twice as fast as the V. Obviously that makes
a lot of difference to the electronics - twice the data rate at 4x the
dynamic range.

The V is closer to a crippled 4000 than to the 5000. Nikon tend to do
this a lot. When a new flagship model comes out, they strip a few
features from the old flagship model and make it the entry model for the
new range. Thus the IV was effectively a repackaged 2000 and the V is a
repackaged 4000. Should they bring out a 6000 (unlikely) I would expect
a VI model to come along at the same time that would effectively be a
5000 without mutiscanning or bulk adapter support.

 

[keoj]

Kennedy:

Thanks for the post.....very clear. One last question, the CCD has 2
rows of pixels.....I can see how this would speed the scan but I'm not
sure that I see any D range advantage unless they were functionaly
improved CCD's. Thanks again.

keoj

 

[AS]

At the same occasion. Can the LS-50 scan several frames one after another,
or only one frame at a time, i.e., can it do the batch scanning? TIA

 

[Kennedy McEwen]

Kennedy:

Thanks for the post.....very clear. One last question, the CCD has 2
rows of pixels.....I can see how this would speed the scan but I'm not
sure that I see any D range advantage unless they were functionaly
improved CCD's. Thanks again.

The "D range" advantage comes from the electronics being 16-bit - its
all a bit misleading really, since in this case the "D" is dynamic range
and not, as it is often misinterpreted, density.

 

[Kennedy McEwen]

At the same occasion. Can the LS-50 scan several frames one after another,
or only one frame at a time, i.e., can it do the batch scanning? TIA

It can do batch scanning, but only up to 6 frames in a single strip
using the SA-21 adapter. It doesn't accept any of the bulk feeders, so
cannot do more than one slide at a time or longer film strips.