PlustekOpticfilm 8100 Handheld, Film and Imaging Scanner

Excellente performance. Trèes beau système! Ça vaut la peine que l'on étudie bien pour ensuite avoir des heures de plaisir à recouvrer de vieilles diapositives et les remettre en valeur avec des couleurs très proches de l'originale sinon même meilleures.

I am quite satisfied with this product. I was debating whether to get the Kodak Slide N SCAN scanner or the Plustek OpticFilm 8100. I am glad that I chose the Plustek for its scan quality (higher resolution) and flexibility (more adjustments and control) over the Kodak.This product was very well packaged. It comes with good installation structions and user guide, both quality prints and online video (via YouTube & QuickTime).The scanner itself looks and feels well built. The software (SilverFast 8.8) provided (on CDROM, or can be downloaded) is not difficult to installl. Once you have gone thru the user guide (I watched the online videos), you can master its usages after a few test runs. I found the software fairly easy to use and quite powerful to get the scan results you need. For each key program function or control adjustment, you can click a menu button to open a PDF help document or QuickTime tutorial movie to show you how to use it. I found these very helpful.I have used the scanner for about a week now, had scanned over 100+ film negatives (40 years old) into JPG files for restoration and safekeeping. I am very delighted with the results. For each film, I can adjust the scan resolution, sharpness, contrast, color etc. controls manually, or use the Auto Image Optimization feature of the software.One nice surprise for me is the Dust and Scratch Removal (SRDx) function of software. It removed these impection automatically, once I had set the Detection level and Tile size that I want . I thought I will need to buy the more expense model that has a built-in infrared dust/scratch detection for it to work. The OpticFilm 8100 works just fine without it.Overall, I am very happy with this scanner. It produces high qualiy film conversion into digital media. The only wish I have for it is a faster speed. With scan resolution set at 3600dpi, it takes 2-3 minutes to complete each scan plus the file generation.

Se trata de un muy buen escáner para película y diapositivas. Buena relación calidad-precio. Lo entregan con el software SilverFast, que permite sacar todo el rendimiento al equipo. Muy recomendable.

El hardware de esta empresa esta bien. El software que recibí es un fracaso. Viejo, y aún ellos mismos después de muchos contactos o me pudieron ayudar, aunque el que me contesto lo hizo rápidamente y con el mayor empeño de ayudar.Yo uso otro programa profesional, por lo que pude usar el equipo, pero no con el programa proporcionado por el fabricante. Mucho cuidado con este equipo.Jorge M. Peón

Great product once you get the downloads sorted. Much easier if you have a CD drive as without it is a very confusing download.Allow time to get used to the machine but once mastered it is great to reminisce over old slides and negatives.