Hi, Graham, I have this scanner, and I am delighted with it. I got it for the negatives from my 120-film rotary camera, which takes 6 x 9 and 6 x 18cm negs for 180- and 360-degree panoramas. The camera is so heavy that I haven't been using it much recently, but I remember thinking "that's FAST" when I did my first scans a few months ago. Can't give you actual times, though. On 35mm scans the F3200 is very fast. It is also a "true" 3,200dpi scanner, as far as I can tell, unlike my previous Epson flatbed, which claimed 2,400 but never produced images that looked sharper than 1,200dpi. It just took longer and produced bigger files at that setting.
Couple of things you'll have to watch. One purpose of this scanner is to allow people who don't want to mess with computers to print directly from the scanner, and frankly, the software REALLY gets in the way if you don't want to do that. (I don't.) And of course you have to pay for all that anyway, which must have inflated the price a bit.
I think the dust-removal function must be tied in with the auto-print software and features, as I have to do quite a bit of spotting to remove dust on the negs I scan using the entirely manual approach.
But maybe if I read the manual I could track down the dust removal software... I haven't had it all that long, and although I read Japanese (I earn my living as a translator) it's a pain to have to try to decode the manual. Fortunately, if you know scanners at all it's VERY easy to operate and pretty intuitive.
Hope this helps. PLease ask anything else you'd like to know. I have a 6 x 6 SLR coming, and hope to get even more usage out of my scanner once it's arrived.
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