Braun FS-120

[johnny.moped]

Has anybody tried this scanner?
http://www.braun-phototechnik.de/en/products/detail/~id.952/BRAUN-FS120-Midformatscanner.html
http://www.filmscanner.info/en/BraunFS120.html

The filmscanner-test says it delivers 102% of its nominal 3200dpi resolution and it has autofocus!
The Plustek 120 is said to deliver "only" 3500dpi.
So it's not that much difference.

And it's even a few bucks cheaper than the Plustek.

Might be a real alternative to the Plustek.

 

[brbo]

Rebranded Reflecta MF 5000. Same as PacificImage 120.

 

[johnny.moped]

Rebranded Reflecta MF 5000. Same as PacificImage 120.

Does not seem so:

"At the latest here it becomes clear, that the Reflecta MF 5000, which achieves only 95% of the manufacturer's value, is not just a Braun FS-120 in a different case."

 

[brbo]

Does not seem so:

"At the latest here it becomes clear, that the Reflecta MF 5000, which achieves only 95% of the manufacturer's value, is not just a Braun FS-120 in a different case."

...in a different case?! It's EXACTLY the same case 🙂

95% vs 102% of nominal resolution?! That's sample variance.

Exactly the same case, exactly the same holders, same specs... The odds that internals (optics, sensor, light source, transport mechanism...) are significantly different between those two scanners are pretty slim, imho. Sure, might be that they fixed a thing or two (new driver, different software), but I really don't think this is a different scanner.

 

[Fernando2]

It's the same scanner, just different firmware. 😉
I wrote to Filmscanner.info to highlight the error, and they became edgy and unfriendly. Oh well. 🙂
The scanner does not have autofocus.
It's just that they had a bad Reflecta unit ( = bad sensor-to-film distance, out of focus) and a good Braun unit ( = film at the right distance from the sensor).

Like the Opticfilm 120 story: get a good one, you'll be happy, get a bad one, you'll get out-of-focus scans. 😉