As long as the new scanner has focus capability on both formats, and works under Windows 11. My Primefilm XAs is really flaky with Windows 11 and Vuescan.
Their products are rebadged as 'Reflecta' this side of the pond.
I am pessimistic. My entire life I managed engineering teams, and there are two relevant observations I have made over the years:
I just don't see any superstars joining https://www.scanace.com/ in any engineering capacity. Anyone good will find a better company to join. The quality of their web site is another indirect proof of them being filled with C-players. Look at this image. It's 15 megabytes. You have to be a complete moron or have zero desire to do good work if you're using it as a 480x320px resized thumbnail on a web page.
- To make a great product you must have a small number of extremely talented engineers working on a project, even if just a few % of the total team size. You cannot make up for this with more bodies, you must have a few super stars.
- The talent pool for superstars is highly concentrated, i.e. the best engineers can get a job anywhere, and they choose to work at a handful of best tech companies (over $600K in revenue per engineer) or be in leading roles at start-ups.
Moreover, with a hybrid projects like a scanner, where you need software + hardware expertise, you're exposed to talent shortage in two separate areas. No software engineer superstar in their right mind would choose them over a FAANG company, and no electrical engineer would go there over Apple/Tesla or leading Japanese/Korean mega-corps.
How is Taiwanese engineering?
Taiwan is a part of a global economy. If you're a superstar engineer in Taiwan your employment options aren't that different from Dallas or Seattle. It goes both ways. TSMC, a Taiwanese company which is by far the most advanced manufacturer of microchips, employs world's top talent in lithography, for example. Basically, my broader point is this: to make a good scanner you need engineers who will never join a scanner manufacturer. It's true even for the software only. Look at LaserSoft, a laughable place to work. No access to top talent → shit product. Even giants like Fujifilm or Canon can't make a decent RAW converter. See? It's nearly impossible even for well established organizations to assemble a team capable of making a software+hardware hybrid.
The quality of their web site is another indirect proof of them being filled with C-players. Look at this image. It's 15 megabytes. You have to be a complete moron or have zero desire to do good work if you're using it as a 480x320px resized thumbnail on a web page.
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