Hi gents,
I have possibility of purchasing Heidelberg Nexscan F4200 or Eversmart Jazz. And I have issues choosing which one to pick. I have read a lot of positive feedback about Jazz. Another plus that it is single owner of scanner and it got full set of software, masks and calibration sheets. However it is twice the price of F4200 and it is two day car trip to another city to pick it up.
On the other hand Nexscan F4200 got much higher optical resolution. Which would be better for scanning small format 24x36mm and xpan 24x65mm slides, as well as medium and large format. It looks like to be perfect scanner for my needs, but I could not find any valuable information about F4200 performance and any operation feedback from users. what i found is mainly some commercial booklet made by manufacturer of F4200 with technical data and how explanation of good it is. And it is concerning me. Also, owner never used F4200 before and got is as dept. Original owner told that it is fully operational set.

If you are happy owner of Nexscan F4200 or you know the guy who knows the guy who got Nexscan F4200, could you please write couple lines about:
- performance of scanner;
- simplicity of working with software;
- what got to be with scanner, like calibration sheets, masks and etc. and how do they look like;
- spare parts availability;
- some samples could help))))

Also I would appreciate your advice on which scanner to choose.
I mainly shoot color slide valvia or provia on small and medium format; B/W on medium to large format up to 5x7, and 18x24sm if I will find film for camera.

Regards,
Nick.