Superb scanner for scanning film. 4800dpi optical resolution is enough to show unaliased grain on tech-pan! (albeit with 0.75GB output files for 5x4...). People complain about flimsy film holders but I find they work well, especially for larger formats. Film flatness is not usually a problem as the scanner has a good depth of field. The only problem I've had was with very curly unmounted slides - if they touch the glass you get newtons rings in the highlights, but this roll was particularly curled in processing. If you use more than 35mm formats then this scanner is perfect. The quality of output is equal to a drum scanner costing £000s. Density is good enough ...  Read the complete review