Plustek Opticfilm 7300 by Plustek
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Digital camera reviews of Plustek Opticfilm 7300
Digital camera Review: Excellent value
Summary: 5 Stars
This scanner works like scanners costing 10 -20x the price. I am impressed. However the software is not easy to figure out. Has so many options you mistakenly click the wrong button and jam the computer. It's best to use the simple scan option and clean and color correct the image with Photoshop or some other program. All in all, a great deal. Highly recommended.Digital camera Review: Fantastic Scanner Comes With Junk Software
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a great scanner burdened with one of the most ill-conceived software programs I've seen in 30 years. But, fear not, there is salvation. Get this scanner and then spend $39 for ScanVue software. You're still under $300 and you can create seriously good scans from 35mm film or slides. Here's what I liked about the scanner:
1. It is a simple USB interface.
2. The scanner is small and fits easily on a desktop.
3. The 35mm loading rails work pretty well. Better than most, not as good as I wish. They would be killer if they had sprockets. They don't.
4. The scan quality is far superior to my flatbed Epson 4990 photo.
5. It scans 35mm negatives, or transparencies (slides)
I don't see how you can beat this thing for the price. Now, about the included software - - it's called SilverFast. The first problem is the documentation. It comes on a bedsheet-sized piece of paper folded worse than a road map, and in about 8 languages. So, you have to keep flipping this gargantuan piece of paper too and fro, back and forth, to get some clues as to how to operate the software. That's insane right there. But, on a practical level, the software was unaware of "Ektar 100" color film. So, there was no chance at all of coming up with the right scan on my negatives. Try as I might, the scans simply looked hideous. and the user interface looks about 30 years old. This is simply crap and will make you hate the scanner if you use it. Now, by comparison, the VueScan ($39 additional) fires up and guides you through a scan in 10 seconds and you are on your way. It is worth every red cent of $39 and will make this little scanner hum like a dream. I produced gorgeous high quality scans in the first couple hours of experimentation.
High end film only scanners from Nikon cost thousands of dollars. I think this little punk will give them a real run for the money - - IF and ONLY IF you toss out the SilverScan. If only SilverScan was available, I would not own this scanner. I am using this on a Mac with OS/X Snow Leopard.
Digital camera Review: Good Investment
Summary: 5 Stars
I've done some research on scanners but still wasn't sure if this was the right one.. That was until I set it up and used it. Great Unit! Made the right choice, good quality, very happy with the results.
Digital camera Review: Good Value
Summary: 5 Stars
Found this to be a good value for the money. Right outta the box I got great scans.
Using it on a G5 Mac running Leopard. Software was installed quickly and works beautifully.
I have recommended this scanner to several other people as they also use Macs.
To bad it doesn't have a batch attachment.
Digital camera Review: Good at the reduced price
Summary: 4 Stars
Setup was little problem, both hardware and software. I was scanning in less than a half hour.
The included Silverfast software controller is absolutely necessary to make it produce accurate contrast and density.
The highest resolution is quite impressive with legacy Kodachromes BUT at max resolution it takes MORE THAN FIVE MINUTES to scan one slide.
So if you want to go into business converting other people's legacy film collections - this won't give you adequate throughput. But if you are converting your own legacy slides/negatives and are willing to prune your past down to the better images at this point, then this slide scanner is a cost effective solution.
In short: good results but painfully slow.