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Alestron OpticFilm 7200 Film Scanner The OpticFilm 7200 is a 7200 dpi film scanner capable of scanning 35 mm slide and negatives. High optical resolution, USB 2.0 connection and fast scan speed allow Plustek's OpticFilm 7200 to easily outperform other professional film scanners. The OpticFilm 7200 is the perfect scanner for photographers and small office/workshop users, offering a variety of possibilities including high quality images for magazines and other printed material, photo enlargements, brochures, digitizing slides/negatives, web pages, as well as images to share with friends on the Internet, and more! The OpticFilm 7200 provides 48-bit scanning capability that supports recognition of literally trillions of different colours. The result is extremely accurate colour rendition compared to the original film, retaining subtle details in the highlight and shadow areas of the scanned image.
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40 of 41 people found the following review helpful
I bought this scanner after returning a higher end flatbed scanner that was not sending enough light through the 35 mm slides I was scanning. This scanner does a good job and allows me to brighten up most all of the darker or poorly taken slides.
The software is fairly easy to use although I would like to see an automatic program to clean up imperfections as the manual program takes quite a bit of time and work. The scanner does tend to slow down after completing about 100 slides at one sitting, but has continued to work fine
The software is fairly easy to use although I would like to see an automatic program to clean up imperfections as the manual program takes quite a bit of time and work. The scanner does tend to slow down after completing about 100 slides at one sitting, but has continued to work fine
29 of 29 people found the following review helpful
I have owned the Plustek 7200 for about a month now. At first I had a great deal of trouble getting the software to run. However, between the Silverfast software Technical support and especially the Plustek Technical support all is working well. The Plustek support, especially a man named, Carlos, was superb! If you have ever dealt with other companies especially software companies you know how difficult getting good technical support is.
The 7200 scanner itself seems well made and pretty durable. It had a nice mechanical sound (not cheep sounding) and it is easy to slide the holder through the scanner. It does require a minute or two of warm up before use. The Silverfast software is pretty easy to use also, though I have yet to figure out how to make the scratch removal filter work. You have many options when adjusting color, sharpness, and contrast. Do not expect miracles, you can improve the old washed out color etc. but it will not make your old slides look like new digital photos! Also, do not think this is simply a "push a button" and it does it all for you system. It will take several minutes per slide to scan, crop, adjust the color and contrast, and so on. You can scan directly to disk and then use other software you may have to actually manipulate the picture. Also this scanner has the ability to scan anywhere from 300 dotes per inch (DPI) to 24,000 DPI. The reason it is called a 7200 is that 7200 DPI is the "native resolution" of the scanner. Beyond that it is using up-scaling to accomplish the higher resolution. I found that 1800 DPI was a good compromise between picture quality and the time it takes to scan the slide. The higher the DPI the longer it will take to scan each slide. If you are planning to make very large posters out of some of your slides you may wish to use really high DPI settings, other wise it is just going to take more time and use more gigabits to store them. Overall I am very pleased with this scanner.
The 7200 scanner itself seems well made and pretty durable. It had a nice mechanical sound (not cheep sounding) and it is easy to slide the holder through the scanner. It does require a minute or two of warm up before use. The Silverfast software is pretty easy to use also, though I have yet to figure out how to make the scratch removal filter work. You have many options when adjusting color, sharpness, and contrast. Do not expect miracles, you can improve the old washed out color etc. but it will not make your old slides look like new digital photos! Also, do not think this is simply a "push a button" and it does it all for you system. It will take several minutes per slide to scan, crop, adjust the color and contrast, and so on. You can scan directly to disk and then use other software you may have to actually manipulate the picture. Also this scanner has the ability to scan anywhere from 300 dotes per inch (DPI) to 24,000 DPI. The reason it is called a 7200 is that 7200 DPI is the "native resolution" of the scanner. Beyond that it is using up-scaling to accomplish the higher resolution. I found that 1800 DPI was a good compromise between picture quality and the time it takes to scan the slide. The higher the DPI the longer it will take to scan each slide. If you are planning to make very large posters out of some of your slides you may wish to use really high DPI settings, other wise it is just going to take more time and use more gigabits to store them. Overall I am very pleased with this scanner.
25 of 25 people found the following review helpful
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After a pretty quick search, this was the only mid-priced film scanner I could find. I hadn't ever heard of the brand-name, but I didn't want to invest tons of money (I'm just scanning slides for a family project), but I also didn't want to step down to a flatbed scanner with a slide attachment. So I gave the Plustek it a shot.
So far, so good. I've scanned a few hundred slides and I'm really impressed with the results. Since I don't have "Photoshop," I took full advantage of the bundled software, and it too, works very well. There's lots of ways to play with the photo and correct for color, brightness, contrast, etc. It's great to see slides that have been in my family for 50+ years and bring out the natural skin tones and colors that just aren't in the original slide anymore.
The only reason I didn't give it 5-stars is because the scans are slow. After a pre-scan, diddling with the correction options, and then scanning for real (600x600), I figure it's about 5-minutes per slide. Maybe you have to spend hundreds more to speed that up...I don't know. But bottom line: Unless you have professional needs, this scanner is an excellent value.
So far, so good. I've scanned a few hundred slides and I'm really impressed with the results. Since I don't have "Photoshop," I took full advantage of the bundled software, and it too, works very well. There's lots of ways to play with the photo and correct for color, brightness, contrast, etc. It's great to see slides that have been in my family for 50+ years and bring out the natural skin tones and colors that just aren't in the original slide anymore.
The only reason I didn't give it 5-stars is because the scans are slow. After a pre-scan, diddling with the correction options, and then scanning for real (600x600), I figure it's about 5-minutes per slide. Maybe you have to spend hundreds more to speed that up...I don't know. But bottom line: Unless you have professional needs, this scanner is an excellent value.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Great scanner
I've had this scanner for a while now, at least two years. I didn't have any problems with the installation, and the software is very easy to use. Read more
Published 12 months ago by johnnyb613
Plustek7200
The plustek 7200 is a veary good slide copping scaner. The only draw back is the slide holders they brake veary easey.
Published 15 months ago by Elwood
Good scanner for the price
I've used the Plustek OpticFilm 7200 for the past 2 months. The software installed easily on Windows XP. Read more
Published on June 9, 2009 by S. Goldberg
Fare price
I just received it and in a few minutes I got my first pic from an old film on negative. It's easy to operate and have a lot of controlers to adjust the image. Read more
Published on October 22, 2008 by Gustavo Sa B. Bastos
Great slide scanner
After years of 35mm pgotography I have been wondering how to access my boxes and boxed of images. this scanner works beautifully, and easily. Read more
Published on July 4, 2008 by Bruce Kaplan
Bean
Very pleased. Had tried several methods to copy slides before without purchasing a $1000 plus scanner, but none worked. Read more
Published on April 2, 2008 by D Bean
Great results for so little money
After reading the negative reviews I was really worried about this product, but my fear was unfounded. I'm running Windows XP. Read more
Published on March 28, 2008 by Pantucci
product needs work and support
I purchased the scanner and set up the software. I scanned in three slides in TIF format and got 45-47 gig files. Intelli scan didn't work. Read more
Published on February 25, 2008 by Charles Moore
Good product at a good price
I tried the new, $99 slide scanner you see advertised a lot, but had to return it. It just didn't produce good scans. Read more
Published on February 9, 2008 by John Elberfeld
wonderful machine!!!
it was easy to setup...20 minutes from box to scanning! software is easy to use too. i have scanned 800 slides in 3 days and it is working great!!! lots of bang for the buck!!!
Published on December 20, 2007 by Brent M. Henderson
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