Plustek OpticFilm 8100 Film Scanner 783064365321 Slide & Film Scanners
32 of 33 people found the following review helpful.
By Richard S.Davis
For years I used a flat bed scanner with a slide holder to make digital copies of my slides, but it was cumbersome and had little flexibility. I recently purchased and installed the Plustek 8100 and have been very satisfied. The install was easy, and the software which comes bundled with it is relatively easy to learn. There is a quick scan option operated by a button on the front of the scanner and it will produce a 2400 dpi scan of a 35mm slide in about a half a minute. The Silverfast 8 software provides many more options than the Quickscan, and one can produce digital files in a variety of formats. Silverfast includes a dust and scratch removal function which is very useful for old slides. Also the slide holder accommodates a variety of slide mounts. All in all an excellent product at a reasonable price.
23 of 24 people found the following review helpful.
By Pet lover
Purchased this after some horrible results from an outside vendor. Real pro quality and the software is exceptional as well.
Also recommend a second set of trays as you can prepare for the next batch. Although it's a bit slow, the quality is well worth it.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
15 of 15 people found the following review helpful.
By Daryl HUnter
I would agree with most of the other reviewers that this is a great product for the price. I had tried a couple of other less expensive products and was very disappointed in the quality of their scans. They were very slow and showed film grain, a bubbly type of grain like shiny bubbles. The OpticFilm 8100 scans showed none of this type of bubbly grain, and no more normal grain than a colored print would show or even less. For my personal application it is a good fit. My use is mostly for viewing on computer screen or in PowerPoint presentations, not for making prints. I was very happy with the resolution of the scans on negative film using different brands Agfa, Kodachrome, Ectachrome etc, and the colours were acceptable. I don't have a need for batch processing film when scanning and as far as their scratch and dust removal, I use PhotoShop. So, I haven't tried their own software for fixing scratches, but I might give it a try some day when I have spare time. I once used one of the huge commercial Kodak PhotoCD scanners that scanned a slide or negative frame in 4 to 5 seconds at a maximum capability of about 3000 dpi, which is less than half the resolution of this tiny scanner. The Kodak scanner cost over $300,000 back then (1990's). We've come a long ways in technology. This scanner isn't that fast, but it has better quality, and the speed is certainly not so slow that I would reject it for my own application. For the price and quality I'll keep it.
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