Plustek OpticFilm 7600I SE Film Scanner

by Plustek

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 17.9 x 10.2 x 8.4 inches ; 7.6 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B003G8KRJC
• Item model number: 60-A29-BBM310-C
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (29 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
  • #68 in Electronics > Computers & Add-Ons > Scanners
• Date first available at Amazon.com: June 17, 2003

Product Description

Plustek OpticFilm 7600i SE Film Scanner 60-A29-BBM310-C Slide & Film Scanners

Customer Reviews

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119 of 120 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Restore and fix "lost" images superbly, August 25, 2010

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Vernon Mount (Alexandria, VA USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Plustek OpticFilm 7600I SE Film Scanner (Office Product)

I was scanning my family's old slides and needed something that would fix the faded ones.
I also wanted enough resolution to capture the sharpness and contrast of Kodachrome. The inexpensive scanner I had was making images taken with a Leica look like snapshots from a Brownie.
The scan results from the Plustek are at times unbelievable. The resolution is very high. But it is the software that really makes this scanner special. Over-exposed, under-exposed and images that have faded with time, such as Ektachrome, Anscochrome or non-Kodak processing, can be reasonably restored. The program is intuitive and the learning curve was short and easy for me. I do have some experience with photo editing software.
As with all photo editing, it does take 3 to 10 minutes to properly restore a bad slide. I was impressed with its ability to remove spots and scratches. This scanner was worth every penny I paid for it. The major down side is having to take the slides out of Carousel trays and insert them into the holder 4 at a time, and wait for each to scan. It needs a "Stack Loader" and automated slide scanning.

48 of 48 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great for what I needed, December 30, 2010

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Jack - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Plustek OpticFilm 7600I SE Film Scanner (Office Product)

I waited a long time to purchase a 35mm slide scanner. I know very little about photography but love anything technological. My father, long deceased, was an avid photo bug and believed only in 35mm slides. He meticulously cataloged every slide he took. As a gift to my mother, I agreed to digitize his collection but did not want to go with a commercial digital lab because I wanted the pleasure of going through each and every slide. Yes, there is a 400+ page manual that I haven't read it yet but plan to eventually. I watched the very helpful Quicktime videos that accompany each of the basic features as I went (I have the SE version, not the Ai) and they did the job. I use a recent Macbook Pro. After one day of playing with a few test slides, I dove in and started working with my father's slides. I am very impressed with the iSRD function on the auto setting (that's the dust and scratch removal function of the SilverFast software). I tried fiddling with the manual settings of the iSRD but was unable to get any better results than the auto iSRD. Maybe once I read the manual I'll understand that better. Over three days I processed just around 100 slides taken between Dec. 1968 and March 1969 (just a drop in the bucket for my overall project!). While not perfect, the difference between the original slide and the post production digital image (set at 600 dpi) with mostly automated software was remarkable. I have not made prints of anything yet, but I did burn the ones I completed to a DVD and played them as a slide show for my mother. Her expressions were worth the price. The only difficulty I experienced was with some night shots. In these cases where a person was the subject of the shot and the background should have been solid black, the subject of the shot scanned extremely well, but the black background would often scan as red. I tried fixing through color correction, but that also changed the tones of the subject. Overall, this was a small inconvenience for me and probably could be handled much better by those with more familiarity with the software or photography.

Pros: Quiet, Very good auto functions in the software, Easy to get started
Cons: For more serious users the 4-slide manual feed might be annoying (for me, it's no problem), as I understand, it reads ONLY 35mm film (again, that's what I wanted so it's no problem for me), Can't use the IntelliScan or QuickScan buttons on the scanner itself when using a Mac - that part is PC only.

42 of 44 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Convenient film scanner, October 7, 2010

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pghqa - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Plustek OpticFilm 7600I SE Film Scanner (Office Product)

I have been scanning all my 35 mm slides using a borrowed scanner of another brand. I only got up to 1984 and had to return it, so I tried to buy my own of that brand only to find it was no longer made. Picked the Plustek based on other user comments, plus it is almost the only game in town at that price point.

I have been very pleased, starting with prompt delivery, and excellent packaging. The instructions for packing are printed on the box meaning the factory people will probably get it right, plus I know how to squeeze everything back in the box to store or to sell it when I am through with all my slides.

Slide holder holds 4 2x2 slides. I was worried about manual advance compared to auto on borrowed unit, but find this better and faster. I can move them at my leisure and retouch one at a time, rather than all 4. Quality of the scan appears excellent and there are many options for color and lighting correction.