I still shoot film -- mainly 120 but some 135 as well. I process both B&W and C41 color film at home and then scan the negatives. It's not difficult to do, and I do think there is a different character to a digital file that comes from a scanned negative. I mainly shoot Tri-X in B&W and that definitely has a different "old school" appearance to it when scanned.

Nikon got out of the scanner business a decade or more ago. There still are some Nikon Coolscan scanners available on Ebay, etc., but Nikon no longer supports them.

The newly released Plustek Opticfilm 120 Pro probably most closely matches the capabilities of the older Nikon scanners. It's a high resolution scanner, offers batch scanning, and can do 35mm slide and filmstrips and 120 format film.

Plustek just released their new Opticfilm 120 Pro a few weeks ago. It's a multi-format scanner that does 35mm slides, 35mm film strips, and 120 film:

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=plustek+opticfilm+120+pro&crid=6GCT31WID1AS&sprefix=plustek+opticfilm+%2Caps%2C149&ref=nb_sb_ss_ts-o-p_10_18

In my view it's probably the best multi-format scanner that's on the market today. I am using both the Plustek 120 Pro and the Epson V850 flatbed scanner. Both will do batch scanning -- up to 12 slides per holder on the Epson and 5 slides per holder on the Plustek. The Epson gives high quality results and is faster, but I get the best quality scans on the Plustek, although it is slower than the Epson using pretty much the same settings in Silverfast. Scan quality is directly related to the time it takes -- the higher quality the scan is, the longer it takes.

Both of these are quality scanners under $3,000, and both use Silverfast scanning software (which I recommend). You can't go wrong with either option.

A great choice -- good for you. Hope you get years of enjoyment and good photos out of it!

Beautiful camera -- that's quite the find. I think your only option here is to use a 122 to 120 film adapter like this one:

https://filmphotographystore.com/products/adapter-122-to-120-film-adapter

120 film is readily available at the usual retail outlets for film (and it's a lot of fun to shoot). Have fun with it!

I figured I needed at least 16 gigs of RAM, so I doubled it and got 32. Glad I did, especially since I now have the D850 and am getting back into scanning medium format.

Not sure what your circumstances are, but a good tripod and gimbal head might make the D500 with a 500mm lens much easier to handle.

I have to say that I have had the opposite experience with my Nikon D850 and D500 and at least some of my Nikkor lenses. I have tested them using LensAlign, and some have required some adjustment. It's easy to make the adjustment in the D850/D500, although for zoom lenses you do have to make a decision as to what focal length you want to use for the calibration. I usually calibrate at the max focal length for the zoom lens -- and, yes, I do see improved lens performance after I calibrate the lens.

The shape looks more like a Leitz Focomat 1c, but if that's what it is (was), then it does appear to have been modified. The Leitz enlargers had identification plates both on the head of the enlarger and on the pedestal near the base. The seam around the two halves of the enlarger head does not appear to match either the original Focomat or Valoy enlargers.

I used to Spyder 3 Elite before I switched over to the X-Rite i1 Studio.

I have used both the Datacolor Spyder and the X-Rite i1 Display colorimeters. Both will get the job done, although I prefer the X-Rite i1Display. The X-Rite software seems a bit more user friendly, and the X-Rite i1 is a bit less finnicky than the Spyder.

I’ve been a USAA member for 49 years and have had their personal property insurance property for a couple of decades. I have some, but not all, of my camera listed on the policy. Be selective about what equipment you list on the policy just to keep the premium down.

I can’t recommend USAA strongly enough — they’ve been great.

Here's a bit of trivia for you . . .

DSLR's are limited to 29+ minutes recording capability because for import purposes the U.S. and EU treat cameras with a 30 min. or greater recording capability as a "video recorder", which is subject to a higher duty rate on import (5-12%, I believe). "Cameras" can be imported at a lower duty rate, if the video recording is limited to 30 min. or less.

Just one of the ways that camera manufacturers try to manage the price of their products.

The Epson scanners come with Silverfast 8 scanning software, which is far better at scratch and dust removal than is the Epson software. Some of the Epson scanners use an infrared channel, which allows you to use the "iSRD" function in Silverfast to remove imperfections. For B&W film, there is Silverfast's "SRD" (non-infrared) function that does a pretty good job on removing scratches, etc.

I'm less familiar with VueScan scanning software, but that has a good reputation as well. The choice of what scanning software you use is equally -- maybe even more -- important than the hardware you choose.

Pretty cheap? That probably depends on what brand of beer you use . . . ;-)