"Progressiveabsolution" wrote:
Questions:

1) Are the Epson scanners on the same page as the Nikons for either
MF/35mm format or is the Nikon superior in the end?

Yep. That's the question. The consensus appears to be that the V700/V750 are
getting very close. See the comparison on this page.

http://www.terrapinphoto.com/jmdavis/

I'm not sure the Nikon is enough better to justify the money. But if it were
my money, I'd save my pennies and get the Nikon. But that's me. (I have the
impression that there's some amount of variability in the Epsons. Over the
last 5 years, I've seen some people being very happy with various Epson
scanners, and others being very unhappy.)

2) How is the Epson V series compared to the 8000 specifically?

3) Howi s the Epson V series compared to the 9000 specifically?

4) What are the "primary" differences between the Nikon 8000 and Nikon
9000 scanners?

The 8000 is only available used, and is getting to be a rather old machine.
The possibility of problems with an out-of-warranty machine is much higher
than I'd be willing to accept. But that's me.

David J. Littleboy
Tokyo, Japan