I received the scanner last week and I won’t go into a box unpacking video as people have already done this. There is a decent thread on the scanner on the rangefinder forum. Plustek announced a new competitor in this arena over a year ago, but it was only at the start of the year that units were getting into people’s hands. The ‘gold standard’ is the Nikon 9000 (or 8000) but with no warranties or repair in sight these are becoming much rarer and good second hand units are now costing more than the original retail (the same is true of the Minolta Dimage Multi Pro). However, it has always been the dedicated film scanner that has been the master at scanning medium format and 35mm film. In recent years the only ‘pro’ scanner that you could buy new at a reasonable cost was the Epson V750: a flatbed that is capable of handling 35mm to 10x8 film. In the world of scanning, there are three categories: the flatbed, the dedicated film scanner and the drum scanner. Amateur Photographer who plays with big cameras and film when in between digital photographs.
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