I have a Mircrotek 120tf. I think it does a slightly better job in the
shadows on slide film than the 8000, based on scanning a slide on my
120tf and the same slide on Rafe's 8000. That said, rafe is correct
about ICE being worthwhile - but its not a significant problem if you
keep your negs/slides clean. The other thing that I should mention
about the 120tf - the Microtek software sucks - it can't actually scan
a 6x7 at 4000dpi without crapping out. And Microtek customer support
is useless. Fortunately, the 120tf also includes Lasersoft's
Silverfast software which works pretty well.
Peace,
-chasfs
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