Pacific Image Electronics PrimeFilm PF1800S Scanner with SilverFast SE Software

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Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 4 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00006JKYJ
• Item model number: PF1800S
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
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• Date first available at Amazon.com: December 5, 2002

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

The Pacific Image Electronics 1800S has an impressive combination of high resolution, natural color reproduction and speedy scanning speed to meet the needs of photo finishers, amateur photographers, and graphics designers. Plus, as part of the included software bundle, SilverFast SE 5.0 combines an intuitive user interface with professional capabilities; users will appreciate the simple control systems and automatic functions as well as the capability to manually adjust the image at any point. The professional user can adjust any operation via numerical input and can precisely monitor the result using an online densitometry.

The scanner accepts color slides (mounted and un-mounted), negatives, and B&W in 35mm format and converts them into digital files. Featuring 1,800 dpi (optical) and 36-bit scanning capability, the 1800S provides an improved color tone algorithm to preserve every photographic detail with incredible accuracy. The manufacturer includes a one-year warranty covering parts and service.

Product Description

PrimeFilm 1800 series is the first affordable film scanner in the market. With 1800 dpi optical resolution, PrimeFilm 1800 series offers you the most economical way to digitize your 35mm slides and filmstrips.True 36-bit scanning is capable of distinguishing 68.7-billion distinctive colors! On every single scan, PrimeFilm 1800 series captures up to 4.2-mega pixels which provides an impressive improvement in both shadow and highlight details. Even a top-notch digital camera 4 times more expensive can't reach same quality.PrimeFilm 1800 series takes only 35 seconds to give you a true 1800 dpi resolution scan. It speeds up overall project completion time and enhances your workflow efficiency.

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Customer Reviews

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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Works fine for one by one slide scanning., October 11, 2002

By	Jeffery L. Hudson (Almont, Mi United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

For the price it worked just fine, you should have at least 256M of Ram to use properly and not be in a hurry since you have to do one slide at a time. Quality was good.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Better Than Nothing, But Not Much, May 26, 2003

By	R. W. Taylor "hope-this-helps" (Woodland Park CO USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This little scanner works. After I got the new drivers, it worked fine with Windows XP. It's a one at a time scanner, and it takes about 5-7 minutes per slide. Problem: It overheats after 3 or 4 slides. You have to turn it off and start over after a half hour or so.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Affordable, good output, slower, glitchy driver at times, January 27, 2004

By	Nutnfancy (USA) - See all my reviews

Reading some of the below reviews, I am reminded with I use a Mac (17" iMac 1.25ghz, 768 RAM): things usually work. The PF1800 is actually a good, if not outstanding, scanner. I am scanning all my Dad's slides in and it produces good, easy to use results. I use about 1200 to 3000 dpi which produces printable good quality images in manageable file sizes. Previously I was using an Epson flatbed scanner w/ slide attachment which was much slower and could not reliably reproduce quality scans. The PF1800 does though although not perfectly: it has trouble with darker slides which come out very grainy despite various manipulations. Also its CyberView 35 driver in Mac OS X (Panther) is not glitch free: it often mysteriously retrieves an old scan while posting a NEW slide and freezes up occasionally. I've had no problem with it overheating during EXTENDED scans. But it's MUCH cheaper than the rest and it DOES WORK. I've done about a thousand slides with it so far... I should know. Also check out Costco.com for a better price and a cool software bundle that includes Adopre Photo Elements. Happy scanning!