Imacon Ixpress

This review is part of a larger series of ongoing articles and reviews of medium format digital backs.If you have not already done so you might wish to begin by reading myDigital Back Surveyand then refer to the other reviews in this series that are linked at the bottom of that page.

I have always had high regard for the Danish companyImacon. I have owned one of theirFlextight Photoscanners for several years, and have found that it is capable of desktop scans fully the equal of those from drum scanners. It has a unique film holder that maximizes film flatness, (especially important with roll film and sheet film) and the entire range of scanners utilize the finest components. I have found this scanner to be utterly reliable. It was in daily use for nearly three years before I switched most of my work to shooting digitally late last year (2002).
Which brings us to their medium format digital backs. Until 2003 Imacon's line of digital backs didn't interest me, since these were primarily...