I had the same focus issues with my 8000 although I did not know it at the time. When I replaced it with a drum scanner and compared scans (120 film) from the drum to those from the 8000, I discovered that the nikon scans were not sharp to the edges. When viewed by themselves, the nikon scans looked pretty good but when viewed side by side with howtek scans, the difference was obvious. I imagine that the nikon glass holders would have solved that nicely. For the money, if you get one that works correctly for you, the 8000's are amazing units...
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