> 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...
I've had this problem with about 30% of the images I scan with the 8000. Most of the problem images are unmounted single-frame 120 transparencies. For these the glass holder does work rather well, with no negative impact on the images that I can see. The glass holder is rather expensive though, and really, it's something that should be shipped in the 8000 box.
