This comes into play if you're scanning older, larger format negatives

I bought this to scan some medium format negatives that I couldn't scan with my Nikon Coolscan V Scanner

I chose this scanner after reading a lot of reviews (both here and elsewhere) mainly due to it having a slight edge for slides and medium format negatives over its nearest competitor (for me), the Canon 9000F MKII.Both seem to have different issues as far as the software - for me, I chose this one due to the Canon's file-saving clunkiness that another reviewer described (if there is anything that slows production down for me, it's having to work around (or fight against) a non-intuitive, and possibly rigid, cataloguing

Easy to use, good formats to select from, clear photos.

As compared to the old Epson, this seems to scan in more of a raw-like format.

I was able to easily scan the large format negatives (1.5" X 3") and using the Epson V600 to my Adobe

But if price were not an object, then I would have gone for the V850.Over the winter I have scanned film from 4x5 to 110, including 620, 126, 127, 35 slide and negative, 120/220 film (Various formats), and 4x5 positive and negative film

(On using 120 film, you must select the correct image format before scanning for the images to be automatically selected

More specifically, I have primarily been scanning 35mm B&W negatives and 120 medium format B&W negatives.

I bought this to transfer my deceased father's 35MM slides into a more user friendly format.

Where this scanner shines for me is scanning the larger negatives, medium format (2 1/4 x 2 1/4 and 21/4 x2 3/4, it would even scan long panoramic negatives on 120 film), both black and white and color.

Considering this flatbed gives me the options of using 35mm negative, 35mm positive, medium format, print/document scanning is nothing less than a steal

The software is a bit lackluster and scanning film negative (medium format) is a bit of a

Considering this flatbed gives me the options of using 35mm negative, 35mm positive, medium format, print/document scanning is nothing less than a steal

My favorite file format is PNG, and I could NOT save it in this format

Scanning a single medium-format negative at 3200 d.p.i. takes about 8 minutes

Where this scanner shines for me is scanning the larger negatives, medium format (2 1/4 x 2 1/4 and 21/4 x2 3/4, it would even scan long panoramic negatives on 120 film), both black and white and color.

I had good results with larger format negatives from WW2.

The medium format negative holder is a bit flimsy, but works

It did a great job scanning the medium format negatives

I have acquired old 6x9 and other medium format negatives from the early 1900's and this does a great job capturing the details.

Wish it could handle larger format negatives.

Very time consuming and frustration if you are scanning larger format negatives.

Scanning medium format negatives is awesome

Yes, it will scan medium format positives and negatives.

Scanning medium format negatives is awesome

I bought it because it can scan medium format negatives (2 1/4) as well as 35mm.

Not as sharp as I'd like

The CSR was just as sweet as she could be, but she was as clueless as we were

We received it Saturday and I began to scan some photo prints as well as to rescan some I had scanned on the multifunction unit scanner.

Replaced my expensive HP Scanjet G4050 to use with my MAC because the HP was cantankerous & never worked as it was supposed to

therefore I'm disappointed because I feel I was mislead as to it's capabilities.

I scanned some negatives of a trip to Yellowstone Nat'l Park that were taken in 1964 and the results were as good as if I had taken them yesterday.

When I moved from Windows XP to Windows 7 a few years ago, the scanner would no longer work as it was not compatible with the later operating systems and it was time to retire it anyhow.

The more you use this the more you'll wonder if the process can be improved as it's quite time consuming

The holders come for 35mm slides and negatives as well as for other sizes, 127 and the larger b&w and color negatives from the 1950's

I was happy t it works well with windows