Of the many New Year product releases, one that particularly caught my eye was Epson’s breakthrough Perfection 3200 scanner.

Website: Epson UK

“The EPSON Perfection 3200 brings high quality film scanning with the flexibility of a flatbed scanner. Offering an optical resolution of 3200x6400 dpi, it also features a built-in 4"x9” Transparency Unit and a custom-developed ASIC for high-speed film scans.

The 4"x9” Transparency Unit makes the Perfection 3200 ideal for medium and large format film, and it can also scan up to twelve 35mm originals at a time, making it the ideal solution for both photography enthusiasts and professionals. It’s equally at home in businesses that require a flexible high quality scanner for general purpose use.”

I currently own the Nikon Coolscan IV ED film scanner, which in comparison to the Epson flatbed scanner only offers a resolution of 2900dpi, can only scan 4 frames or 1 slide at a time and is limited to 35mm film.

I also have a very cheap Black Widow flatbed scanner which is slow, noisy and has poor resolution.

And at only slightly over ?300, that’s why Epson’s new offering is so interesting. I’ll definitely be keeping a lookout for photography-biased reviews of the Perfection 3200 to see how it performs.