Epson 12 000 XL for film scanning (as well as A3 reflection originals)

how good is this? Does it have auto dust removal like a Nikon Coolscan?

The article says: Since the scanner does not have an automatic scratch and dust removal function you should clean your slides before scanning using compressed air by all means.

Frankly, I'd buy the V850 which costs a lot less and has ICE for infrared reduction of dust.

Alan Edward Klein said:

Frankly, I'd buy the V850 which costs a lot less and has ICE for infrared reduction of dust.

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A3. It's in the title of the thread. How good is V850 at scanning A3 reflective materials?

I have a V800 at home and work for an organization with an 11000 XL.

The main selling point of the 12000 XL (and earlier ones in the series) is that they can scan oversize (11"x17"/A3) material. They're a common sight at archives for this reason, but they're necessarily huge machines. If you need to scan items larger than 8" x 10"/A4 and can afford it then the 12000 XL is really the best (in 2022 only?) choice. On a scanner like the V800/V850 you'd have to scan the oversize item in two parts and then stitch them together in Photoshop, which is extremely tedious and not always easy to do correctly.

Image quality-wise the XL's are quite good, but not as good as the V850. And the XL lacks Digital ICE, which of course the V850 has.

If you don't absolutely need oversize capability save some money and desk space and go for the V850.

thanks all. The A3 format is important - it's physical size isn't.