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Yes, I do have a manual. Came with the unit. thanks for the link. I'm sure it'll be useful to others. I finished the scans. These are some negatives on loan which I had to send back so it was critical I do them right. I was able to set the machine to do linear scans and thanks to Mr Ingold's advice, was able to focus on each frame individually. Many thanks to all who responded especially to Mr Ingold!

Thanks so much again! I'll enable both those options. In the meantime I'll try to get a glass carrier. I absolutely agree, better to be consistent than correct. Thanks again, really appreciate all your help!

Thanks so much for this info. Exactly what I need! So for the preferences, would you suggest I enable "autofocus when focus point is moved" in “Automatic Actions” as well as "auto focus before scan" in "Single Scan?" Many thanks again.

Thanks for responding! I read that to get the best scans, you have to focus on a high contrast area in the negative, like the eyes. Would you recommend just setting the option to 'auto focus before scan?' I'm new to scanning and all this is quite confusing to me. Unfortunately the manual doesn't offer much help. I'm only planning to do the point focus on the most critical scans so time is not an issue here. Just trying to ensure that I have the best scans possible for those particular scans. Thanks again.

I recently acquired a Nikon 9000ED and plan to use it for archiving purposes. This forum has been really helpful but I have one question that’s unresolved and I’m wondering if someone could help me here. I want to use the focus tool to select a point for the auto focus operation. In Preferences under ‘single scan,’ should I check or uncheck the ‘auto focus before scan’ option? In other words, does the scanner remember the point I selected or will it default back to the center of the image to do the auto focus before scan if I have it enabled? My gut feeling is that I should have the 'auto focus before scan’ option unchecked since the auto focus has already been done and no point redoing it again before scan. Thanks in advance.