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The V850 arrived just as I was leaving on another job in Texas so I put one negative in and scanned it with the default settings. Unbelievable quality on 200 plus year old negatives I have always had a flatbed scanner, but when I inherited negatives from the living quarters of the Texas revolutionaries from 1850 and earlier, I knew I really needed a special scanner to get the best quality proof. I do not use it for 35mm as I have a DSLR process that produces far greater "scans". All in all I am not unhappy with this scanner but I wish the results for medium format and 4x5 were a bit better. It may curve the film within the DOF of the lens but for $1200, the film should lay FLAT. There is a wedge shaped ramp under the edge of the medium and large format negative holders that prevent the film from laying perfectly flat.
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I like that the v850 Pro came with 2 sets of holders but I am disappointed in the design.
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The v850 is faster but dpi for dpi, not really by much. The main real benefit it that the v850 scans 4x5 negatives and my old scanner couldn't. Although i can notice a marked improvement in my scans, I must say the difference from my very old scanner to this new one is not as great as I hoped for. I am using Silverfast just as I did with my old scanner. After years of scanning with an old scanner from another brand, I had high hopes for this new v850 Pro.