Umax PowerLook III Flatbed Scanner

I bought this scanner for one main purpose: to scan medium format film. I'm a semi-pro photographer and and accumulated about 3500 rolls of 645 format negatives -- all cut in strips of 5.

When scanners first began to be distributed widely, just like any other new, electronic product, they were all pretty expensive. Now that the technology has been on the market for several years and technology has improved greatly, however, a scanner...