I bought this scanner to scan a large number of black & white films. I wanted to create backup copies and publish some of the photos on the Internet. Installation on Mac is easy and complete SilverFast software but easy to use. I appreciate especially the presence of pre-settings according to the type of film used. After defining the settings, scanning takes less than one minute per photo. The image quality is very satisfactory. For best quality, you have to play on set, which obviously takes a little more time. The disappointed customer whose opinion presented on this page probably could get a better result by setting the scanning differently.
I recommend buying cotton gloves when handling negatives. The plastic medium in which the negative is inserted have been better designed. The alignment of views should indeed be done manually. Gloves used to avoid damaging the films and leave fingerprints.
But beware: the detection of dust (infrared) does not work with black and white film. If you plan to scan only black and white, take the model below.