Pacific Image Electronics PF3650U Scanner, Primefilm 35MM

by Pacific Image Electronics

Product Details

• Item Weight: 2 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 5 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0001LQIPE
• Item model number: PF3650U
• Average Customer Review: 2.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: March 24, 2004

Product Description

The PF3650u film scanner is a high resolution upgrade to the company's basic model, and is designed for the hobbyist or photography enthusiast who is looking for image enhancement features and easy handling of large image files. The inclusion of Digital ICE3 by ASF (Kodak Austin Development Center) allows the user to digitally clean, correct and restore film images to optimize the image quality.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

46 of 46 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Solid Hardware & Software, Bug in Directions?, April 16, 2005

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Nicholas Smoliga "Techno-Tinker" (Arnold AFB, TN) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Pacific Image Electronics PF3650U Scanner, Primefilm 35MM (Office Product)

This is a great machine, and I'd recommend it to anyone who has a need to scan a relatively small number of slides and negatives. I'd have rated it five stars save for a single problem with the directions.

The one problem that I have with this product is the installation directions. They did not work for me when I followed them to the letter on my Win98SE machine. While all indications were "GO", neither one of my twain-complaint software programs - Paint Shop Pro 7 and the Adobe Photoshop Elements 2 included in the box with the scanner - would recognize the existence of the Pacific Image 3650u scanner, though both programs recognized my other two scanners. Frustration led me to request a refund!

But, I made one last try, and inadvertently, contrary to the directions, had the 3650u powered up during installation of the Cyber-X update I downloaded from Pacific Image's website. That did the trick! After a reboot all of the software recognized the 3650u scanner. After that, it was smooth sailing, exactly as advertised.

43 of 45 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Difficult and not so great results, January 10, 2006

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LLJean "LLJean" (Maple Valley, WA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pacific Image Electronics PF3650U Scanner, Primefilm 35MM (Office Product)

We purchased the scanner with expectations of converting our old slides. The scanner was difficult to start up, even following the directions did not work and we had to improvise, but we started the process an hr1 1/2 later. The software it came with is not user friendly. It is difficult to get the results you want. We tried scanning several ways and about 1 out of three slides would have a black line through them. The scanner also has a flaw that it has an open window where dust falls into and the dust comes through on the slides. I had to use a cotton swab to clean it several times throughout the scanning. The scanning time is also about 5-7 minutes for one slide, on it's highest resolution, which is really the only somewhat acceptable picture. After trying several hundred scans I am taking it back. My husband and I are both tech savy and this scanner is just a frustration.

53 of 58 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not for anything other than the most popular consumer films, August 12, 2005

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S. Conklin (Washington, DC United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Pacific Image Electronics PF3650U Scanner, Primefilm 35MM (Office Product)

The first step in scanning either film or slides is to select the type of film used. NONE of the films in my library are included on the selection lists. The small print on the last page of the manual also says that it does not scan Kodachrome slides well. About 90% of my film library is Kodachrome 64 slides. It WON'T handle any film with an ASA of less than 100 or any very high speed films (some of mine are 800 and 1600 speed). When I say it won't handle them - technically, it can, but it takes at least an hour to fudge with the settings to get the scan to turn out like the original picture. This one's going back.