The Flextight X1 model should serve most photographers’ needs. Quality is unsurpassed, it is fast & it can take care of most kinds of originals. &, as with any other scanner in this family, it is easy to use. 6300 dpi is more than you need in most cases & even though you can find scanners with higher optical resolution you will not find better clarity & detail rendition when scanning photographic film. This is due to the electronic handling of the sensor, the mechanical precision as well as the quality of filters & the resolving power of the Rodenstock lens. The Flextight X1 is an unusually efficient scanner that will carry out most tasks quickly & easily. the easy to mount Flex Holder system produces a very high throughput. As the electronics run at a low frequency, no Peltier cooling device is needed. With the Flex Holder system you either mount several originals in one holder or a film strip of 4 or 6 images. In that way you can utilize the advanced batch scanning capabilities scanning up to 6 images in one go. Alternatively, you can utilize the unique 3F scanning feature. If you mount a film strip & press the 3F auto scan button the scanner will automatically detect & crop each image & save it with different names. The images are scanned in a specific resolution at 16 bit per colour. In this way the full range of the original is extracted from the scan. the 3F file is never altered but will act as a "preview scan" when you open it later & you can re-do all operations & change whatever parameter you like. this is exactly like re-scanning but without the film original present.