Powerslide 3650
by Pacific Image Electronics
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Digital product summary information
Manufacturer: Pacific Image ElectronicsPlatform: Mac OS X
Model: PS3650
Product features:
- Digital ICE Technology incorporated
- Batch scan 50mm x 50mm mounted slides
- 48-bit 3600x3600 dpi optical resolution
- Auto Focus
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Digital camera reviews of Powerslide 3650
Digital camera Review: A few tips for using the Powerslide 3650
Summary: 3 Stars
This scanner produces excellent scans, but has a few problems. Here is a list of them along with workarounds I've discovered through trial and error:
1. Included software is antiquated and difficult to use: The CyberView scanning software included with the scanner is of arcane design and has crashed my Vista (SP1) machine several times (it runs without crashing on my Mac running Snow Leopard). I recommend using a third-party scanning package such as VueScan (which I use) or SilverFast. When using such a package, you will still have to load the scanner driver, but the scanning experience will be much better.
2. Misfeeding and jamming: I've had numerous slides (both plastic and cardboard mounts) jam the machine. If you have these problems, try these workarounds: (1) apply a SMALL AMOUNT of silicone lubricant to the slide tracks and metal parts throughout the feed mechanism, (2) place a stack of heavy books on top of the scanner (apparently the top on my sample is slightly distorted upward, which skews the scanning bay into a parallelogram - the weight apparently corrects this), (3) Pacific Image sells something called a Universal Slide Tray that has wider slots for the slides and is therefore much longer than the tray that comes with the scanner. Pacific Image says that this tray works much better for cardboard mounts and that the tray that comes with the scanner is really made for plastic mounts. See [...] to order this tray. Frankly, that is the tray that should be included with the scanner! I've got one on order.
Now that Nikon has discontinued the Coolscan 5000 with its automated slide scanning adapter, this is the only scanner still on the market - of which I'm aware - that can batch scan 35mm slides.
Summary of Powerslide 3650
Efficient Batch Scanning with the included slide magazine, the PowerSlide 3650 is capable of non-stop scanning up to 50 slides at a time. Single slides can also be scanned easily as well. The PowerSlide 3650 has built-in a mini light panel (Picture 3) which allows you to conveniently view the slide image before scanning.Scanners
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