They didn’t import the previous top end model, either – the V750. If you are wondering why I choose the V800 and not the slightly more expensive V850. But I was also curious to find out how well it performed, as I had read so much about the Epson Perfection models over the years. Well, the above was my reasoning for buying the Epson Perfection V800 Photo. Nice in theory, but I have found that the shots in some film strips do not always line up with the spaces – I suppose it depends on how consistently the film was wound on to the next part of the unexposed film. That is, unlike the Plustek and other scanners I’ve used or seen, they do not have plastic dividers where the manufacturer thinks there should be a space in the film between shots. The photo above (courtesy B&H) shows the roll film holder in place). Very importantly, the 35mm and roll film holder strips are completely open. There is also a positioner for a sheet of 8″ x 10″ film. The holders has sliders at each corner that can be used to adjust their height to focus. There is also a holder for one sheet of 4″ x 5″ film. The roll film holder has one “strip” for holding 120 film and the number of shots it can hold depends on the film format (in cms – 6 x 9, or 6 x 7, or 6 x 6, or 6 x 4.5). The V800 also has a 35mm slide holder which holds 12 slides. By contrast, with the Epson V800 its 35mm film holder would enable me to scan 3 strips of 6 negatives at a time and compare them all at once on screen. I had no desire to put a film strip in the Plustek and scan 6 negatives one by one to see what they looked like. Furthermore, I found it difficult to impossible to tell from the negatives what they would look like and if they were worth scanning. I had found in looking through prints and film in packets supplied by film developers, that I had great difficulty when looking at all the negatives to find any particular one I was looking for. However, I was also interested to find out how well the V800 could scan 35mm slides and film. I also have some 120 roll film negatives taken in the 1950s and early 1960s with my Flexaret twin lens reflex, and a box of medium format positive transparencies and negatives taken in the second half of the 1970’s when I had a Mamiya RB67 camera (with Polaroid back for taking test shots). So, in February 2015 (last month) after a lot of thought and Google searching for reviews and opinions, I bought the Epson Perfection V800 Photo scanner so that I could scan the old 620 and 120 roll film negatives I have going back to my Kodak Box Brownie days. My Plustek OpticFilm 8200i Ai film scanner only scans 35mm slides and film.