HI William
Jono,
Will you only be scanning 35mm or also 120mm? If only 35mm the coolscan is probably enough.
I no longer have the coolscan - it was a 5000, and it drove me crazy, principally because one had to scan shot by shot - and that meant that it had to be on my main machine . . . which meant I couldn't really do anything else at the same time.
I've been using one of the other Epson scanners to scan old negs - which produces A4 quality scans - quite enough for my purposes, and if there is something special I can get it scanned professionally. This is great, as I can do 24 shots at once, and on a different machine, so it's 10 minutes or so choosing and dealing with the thumbnails, and then let it run - doesn't matter if it takes an hour.
I am considering having another play with film (I don't really want to, but with Cam and Helen around here it's the only way to get back in with the girls :ROTFL
My line of thought was that if the V700 did good enough scans for an A3 sized print . . . then it would make life bearable shooting film and I might grab myself a leica M body. It would be mostly (if not all) black and white, and more about atmosphere than resolution (I have my A900 for that).