I unpacked, and unpacked, and unpacked and finally got the scanner set up. I did one film scan and the upper lamp stopped working. Nothing. AAAARRRRRGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!! The frustrating thing was that one scan was great! I want more! Zoe ordered the scanner from J&R, through Amazon. I called them up and they said to call tech support at Epson to make sure there wasn't something they could figure out over the phone and, if they deemed it defective, to call back and they would replace it. I called Epson and I had already done everything that could be done. The bottom line was that the overhead lamp should be working and it wasn't. They offered to fix it under warranty but that would have meant paying for shipping. J&R will be emailing me a UPS return label and the shipping will be paid by them and no additional shipping on the new unit.

It was all pretty hassle free but I want it now! To add insult to injury, I received 4 rolls of 120 negatives back from Praus in Rochester, NY. I'm pretty sure I mailed the film USPS Priority on Wednesday, my credit card was billed on Friday, and the processed negatives (2 C-41 and 2 Tri-X) arrived in my mailbox today. That's pretty fast. Three of the rolls were done with the Metz flashgun. The negatives look great and I want to see the scans but I'm going to wait until the new scanner comes in. It's just that much better than my old one and I don't want to scan everything twice.

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