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[tatetate]

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Just to add, Fuji SP500 are nice ones as well, heard with a little tweak you can get 5000ish x 4000ish results. ( I have not owned one though).

[lleo]

I use a Nikon Coolscan IV ED which is absolutely great. The problem is I also shoot medium format and I'm thinking about it. Getting the Coolscan 4000 or 5000 is out of this world since I should spend something like Euros 4000,00 or so.

I've just got a Fuji X-E2 so I want to try "scan" the negatives with the camera and light table. Or, if I'd finish needing a scanner that allows me to work with medium format films, I'd probably have to sell my Nikon and get a Plustek 120 even though I think the quality is kinda lower.

[derphilipp]

One more thing I'd like to add about scanners. Never make the mistake of using Megapixels as the primary cirterion to judge a scanners quality Color, noise, sharpness, dynamic range.... that's the stuff  And in my experience they often suffer under a scanner that's trying to squeeze out every last pixel form the negative. The reflecta proscan is a good example for this. Lots of pixel but horrible colors, noise etc. And all that after scanning one hour for one roll. At least that was my experience with it.

[lleo]

Richtig, Philipp. Mpixels don't mean anything. just like razor sharpness and so on. It's the sum of many factors that does a good pic, or scan in this contest.