and still listed in Australia's site as well:
http://www.nikon.com.au/products.php?categoryid=15
and still not listed in the "discontinued" site:
http://www.nikon-image.com/jpn/products/discontinue/digital/index.htm

If it quacks like a duck, walks like a duck, looks like a duck, then maybe, mind you just maybe, it is a duck?


Suggestion:
next time someone genuinely wants to buy a 9000 and faces up to the "it's been discontinued" bullshit, do what I did to get mine:
- threaten them that you want to hear them call Nikon and confirm it is indeed discontinued, right there.

Not surprisingly when I said that, the supplier "found one" in less than a week.

I've had that work perfectly to get accessories for my F6 - all "discontinued" at first approach - and for all sorts of other "discontinued" gear.

Quite frankly: as "end of film" arguments go, the "9000 is discontinued" is starting to show its age. Particularly in view of the simple FACT that Nikon has not discontinued it from any confirmed call to them!

OF COURSE it is not a volume item, so you will need to force the supplier to go and do their work and get you one. It's their job, not yours: that's why you're paying them a margin! Make them earn it!

Suggestion:
next time someone genuinely wants to buy a 9000 and faces up to the "it's been discontinued" bullshit, do what I did to get mine:
- threaten them that you want to hear them call Nikon and confirm it is indeed discontinued, right there.



OK, but here are some facts. The LS-9000 replaced the LS-8000 in the Nikon line in late 2003, and from that time up until about six months ago it could have been purchased from all of the major suppliers of this type of equipment in the US with prompt delivery. At this time it is not in stock at any store in the US, so far as I was able to determine with a fairly thorough search.

So whether the LS-9000 has, or has not, been discontinued is irrelevant since the lack of stock indicates that there has been no production of the unit for quite some time. I would speculate that Nikon would not officially announce that the scanner was discontinued so long as a few units remain for sale in the system, even if a decision had already been made to not resume production.

Sandy King

I recently purchased a 9000 from adorama in October. I was watching B&H and adorama for a few months with it being listed as on back order when one day in early October it was in stock. I imediately ordered it. It arrived at my house a week later. What a lot of people don't understand is back in early March (major recession impact) Nikon did like a lot of other companys did. They sent a lot of there work force home, they emptyed there warehouses of inventory and they did not order paarts to make new camers, scanners, etc.
Basically shut there manufacturing palnts down. When you do this type of thing it takes a while to get plants up and runnig again. We will see more 9000 scanners in the pipe line. I got this info from the Nikon rep that supplys my local camera store. I work in manufacturing and this is what has been going on in many companys.

Basically shut there manufacturing palnts down. When you do this type of thing it takes a while to get plants up and runnig again. We will see more 9000 scanners in the pipe line. I got this info from the Nikon rep that supplys my local camera store. I work in manufacturing and this is what has been going on in many companys.

I sure hope this is the case. Most of my work these days is done in MF, and although I don't own or use a Nikon LS-9000, it would be hard to justify a MF hybrid workflow to others if there were not a good high quality MF scanner on the market.

Anyway, congratulations on your perseverance. Patience and perseverance are good virtues.

Sandy

One left at amazon uk at $4224 - supplier ships to U.S.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Nikon-Coolscan-LS9000-Format-scanner/dp/B0001Q176O/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1260467411&sr=8-1

Boy, talk about paying a premium! The price at B&H is about $2,200.00;unfortunately the product is not available.

both those still shooting film and those needing to digitize past work. I think most of the past work has now been digitized, and fewer pros shooting film. Hopefully it is model specific.

One such scanner is up for bid on e-bay now.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Nikon-Super-Coolscan-5000-LS-5000-Scanner_W0QQitemZ320475429201QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH _DefaultDomain_0?hash=item4a9dd2f951

In Vietnam, very hard to scan film, except you must go twice time to the lab to leave and pick up. I want to have my own 5000D, someone wants to sell ?

Just thought I might add that I very happily took delivery of my brand new Coolscan 9000 ED two days ago. Threads like this had me scared but I believe that Nikon are no stranger to producing on-demand slow selling high value items. A lot of their best lenses were sold this way. Never in stock but always available if ordered.

Same here. I just got my LS-9000 from Adorama last week. Works like a charm. Took about 12 weeks to get the order fulfilled. And I didn't have to pay the $200 to $500 premium on the auction site.

--Greg

thanks for the updates guys