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Post by andyh69 on Nov 10, 2020 16:48:35 GMT
Somewhat belatedly, I want to start scanning tens of thousands of my father's aircraft slides / negatives from the 1960s - early 2000s.
I've stumbled across the Plustek range, and the above scanner in particular, and was wondering if anyone had any views about its suitability for the task / tips etc...?
MTIA
Andy H
18601
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Post by geoffnegus on Nov 12, 2020 11:28:52 GMT
Sorry if I'm stating the bleedin' obvious, but before I buy computers, printers, scanners, remote drives etc, I always spend time reading the verified purchase customer reviews on amazon.co.uk
They often contain well-expressed, candid and intelligent tips from users.
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Post by mickywest on Nov 12, 2020 23:13:52 GMT
Are all the negatives and slides 35mm or are some larger?. Do you have prints to scan also?
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Post by vulcanb2 on Nov 13, 2020 10:55:22 GMT
8200i is only suitable for 35mm slides and 35mm negs. I had to replace my Plustek Opticfilm 7200 recently as it was not Windows 10 compatible. After looking through various scanners I decided to just upgrade with a 8200i recently. I have started to scan some slides and experimented with various settings, and settled on 3600dpi as good enough with a reasonable size scan, of the order 7-8Mb. The Silverfast software takes a little getting used to, but the box came with two booklets of instructions, somewhat of a surprise these days. One can follow a flowchart of operations from the top left running right, but you can opt to miss out the more lengthy processes if the slide is reasonably well distributed, with not too many shadow/bright contrasty areas. I have found if I prescan (advisable), then colour cast correct (recommended but one can use ordinary software for that) and then scan. It takes a couple of minutes to scan at that resolution. If there are dark areas one of the other steps is for it to scan twice and combine the light/dark scans, but I have found it just as easy to do that elsewhere. I am pleased with the results so far.
Ian Anderson
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Post by andyh69 on Nov 14, 2020 3:48:10 GMT
Many thanks for all your feedback, and yes, it's just 35mm slides / negs.
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