Plustek OpticFilm 7200 7200DPI Film Scanner by Plustek
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Digital camera reviews of Plustek OpticFilm 7200 7200DPI Film Scanner
Digital camera Review: I was very pleasantly surprised1
Summary: 5 Stars
I had thought that these old slides my dad had taken during his camera buff days were pretty much useless unless I wanted to display them with a projector...which I didn't want to do. But I saw this product and read a few comments from other purchasers and decided to give it a try.
I had a little trouble getting started (my fault) but have shared many of these pictures since then with friends and family.
Only negative aspect that I see is that after each slide I save to Adobe Photoshop there is a 30-45 second delay before I can scan another one. This may be my fault...but it is worth the wait.
Digital camera Review: If scanning slides....this is it!
Summary: 5 Stars
I have about 1500 old family slides to scan. This unit works VERY well and its going much faster then I thought it would. I am scanning about 100 a day while I am working on other things. The resolution is more then enough for any need and the unit installed and worked perfectly right out of the box. For the price it cant be beat. It comes with two slide trays that hold 4 slides per tray. So while I am scanning one I am loading the other. Scanning times are longer for higher resolutions.
One piece of advice, get some compressed air! The scanner is very good and will scan all the hair and other small debris on the slides. I make it a point to shoot compressed air at both sides of the slides and that removes 90% of the dirt that had built up over the last 30 years.
If you are scanning slides with this unit (it also scans film negatives), you can always sell it for close to what Amazon is selling it after scanning your collection.
As always Amazon was great.
Digital camera Review: Incredibly Bad Customer Service
Summary: 1 Stars
I purchased a Plustek OpticFilm 7200 from Amazon several months ago. It set up and worked fine for a week or so. Then the OpticFilm program indicated that the unit was not connected. It is properly connected and pressing buttons on the unit show reactions on the computer screen. But it will not work.
So, after a thorough reading of the manual, which does not help in this situation, I determined to call for help. Here's what I found:
"One of our representatives will be happy to assist you from Monday through Friday in office working hours as shown below:
Other Countries or Areas (including United States)
9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Taiwan Time"
Unbelievable that Amazon sells these products without ensuring that there is appropriate U.S. customer service in place.
Digital camera Review: Inexpensive Easy to use scanner
Summary: 5 Stars
This is my first slide and color negative scanner. Though i have used scanners for documents and pictures since the days of the 80286, I had no idea what to buy to catalog over 50 years of family slides and negatives.
For the price, this scanner did exactly what I wanted, was easy to learn to use. You can scan four slides, or one strip of negatives. You must advance the slides manually for each scan, but the included film holders let you preload. It comes with three pieces of software, once, which i have learned is one of the best named Silverfast SE. This is a fully licensed copy, and I was able to download a software update immediately after registering the included serial number.
Prescanning at a low resolution is quite fast. Editing is simple once you master a workflow. I can scan about 30 to 40 slides in about 40-60 minutes. Once you decide on a specific slide to do a full detail scan on for image enhancement and repair, a scan can easily last 4 minutes for a 7200 DPI (optical) scan. Interpolation allows even higher dpi, though i can't imagine that being necessary.
I was able to use the included twain drive with PaintShop Pro, and their is an included plugin for Photoshop users.
I highly recommend this scanner.
Digital camera Review: Interesting experience for the unexperienced
Summary: 4 Stars
I had some difficulty with installation due to overlooking the printer/scanneer I already had attached....that took two frustrating evenings. However, tech suppoprt was great and had me up and working right after the call.
It does a great job on transferring slides to jpeg files. I am very happy with the results. I did not use the accompanying software, I found most pictures were fine with the alterations on Quickscan program. I first scanned them with 1200 dpi but re-scanned them at 2400 dpi for better pics. I also re-scanned some because I forgot to clean the slides prior to scanning and when they are blown up, you can see the dust. I bought a micro-suede dust rag at Office Max that worked great.
Have fun...I am happy with the Plustek