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I used the 5000 with the film adapter for a couple of years. Solid mothers! Very very good if you can afford it. Takes a bit of setting up, but after that, they become effortless to use. With the adapter, it was brilliant at cropping each shot even though you're inserting a whole roll in there. You just had to specify. This is an example of how clean a shot it scans.
This was one of the first shots I scanned on it. shot on a Bronica ETRS. Can't remember which film. Minimal processing aside from random colour adjustments.
Took me some time to develop the film so it got quite dirty. The ICE dust removal was most impressive. If I remember right, I scanned this at 1000dpi.
Detail was spot on and it never compensated for darks and shadows. Meaning even though I threw some shittily exposed stuff at it. It always gave back a balanced image which gave you quite a good latitude to make your own adjustments.
If you can afford it and use it quite often, they're well worth it.