Hasselblad Imacon 949 film scanner (SCSI ONLY)

Local pickup encouraged. We are a local Boston camera store - pick this up in person and ask about our special in person pricing.

• Fully tested Imacon 949 scanner
• Scanner is recently serviced and ready to go, new transmission bulb installed Jan 2024
• Please see full res target chart scan as well as the scanner hardware data/info from FC: Note the total scans on this machine are less than 450 passes, a ridiculously low number
• This is the top of the line model, the most advanced, fastest scanner Imacon/Hasselblad ever made, same sensor, light source and specs as the X5, albeit in the older style housing and with a 5% slower transfer rate
• The FIREWIRE port on this scanner IS NOT WORKING, however, it is still fully compatible with modern Windows PC computers and might also be used with some recent MAC devices, but you must be a MAC wizard/expert to make sure you can navigate the complex backwards compatibility issues, we do not know anything about MAC and cannot help you do that.
• We STRONGLY recommend running this on a PC/Windows machine. You can use this scanner with any Windows OS: Windows 2000, XP, Vista, Windows 7, Windows 10 and 11
• This scanner has NON FUNCTIONAL FIREWIRE PORTS consequentially, it uses its native, onboard SCSI II connection ONLY

SCSI Conditions:

• This 949 scanner can be used with SCSI ONLY, firewire ports are not working

• Using SCSI is the most stable and reliable way to work with Imacon's in our era due to the failing FW ports on all machines. It is also easy and simple to do with any modern PC computer. Any SCSI card can be used and the scanner can be supplied with your choice of HD50-DB25 or HD50-CN50/HD50 cables

• SCSI is slightly slower than FW (25-30% reduction in file transfer speed), in this case, the max res scan making the largest possible fire this scanner can produce (close to 800MB) will take about 3 minutes, the full res 35mm vertical scan of the target chart (last photo) took about 60 seconds.

• This is a SCSI only scanner (because the firewire ports are not working), fully compatible with modern Windows PC computers and might also be used with some recent MAC devices, but you must be a MAC wizard/expert to make sure you can navigate the complex backwards compatibility issues. We STRONGLY recommend running this on a PC/Windows machine. You can use this scanner with any Windows OS from windows 2000, XP, Vista, Windows 7, Windows 10 and 11

• Due to the fact this is a SCSI only machine, this scanner is compatible ONLY with the last SCSI versions of the FlexColor software (4.0.3/4) which is free to download from Hasselblad's website (and other free online sources, we can provide the install file as well if needed)

• We are happy to help set up and install this scanner on any PC machine, sorry, we cant help you with a MAC install. We are happy to provide a basic tutorial on using this scanner (45 minutes) at no cost
• Scanner is ready to work right out of the box

Includes:
• Imacon 949 Scanner
• Power Supply
• 6X7 and 6X4.5 negative holders included
Additional carriers for any and all formats are readily available on Ebay from several vendors and after market manufacturers

Local pickup, install and tutorials available.

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