
Thank you one and all for supporting our efforts to find a replacement mirror for the Nikon CoolScan film scanners. We have sold out of the small mirrors for the IV/4000/V/5000! There are still a few of the 8000/9000 mirrors if you act quick.
All of the orders have shipped out now and you should be receiving yours in the coming days. A few notes:
- I hope you don’t mind that I repurposed the dozens of padded mailers that have collected over the pandemic.
- VERY CAREFULLY cut open the bubble wrap mailers so as to not cut the internal packaging with the mirror in it.
- The mirrors are packaged like this:
Big bubble wrap envelope > Small bubble wrap envelope > Plastic bag > Mirror - The delicate mirror side of the glass has a protective blue plastic film over it. Use a wooden toothpick (or another soft material) to gently lift a corner of the film, and then peel it off.
- Gleb Shtengel has a great set of tutorials of how to disassemble the 4000/5000 and the 8000/9000 CoolScans to replace the mirror.
Please let us know if you have any suggestions or comments if we might do things better.
Thank you!
Matt
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