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Venturi · 03-30-2009, 11:04 AM

Originally Posted by hwblanks

Thanks for all the input so far.

Has anybody had any experience with the Plustek dedicated film scanners? I was poking around on Adorama and ran into them. There are several models, ranging anywhere in price from $199.95 to $458.95. At least on the lower end of the price range, that's not much more than a decent flatbed scanner. One thing that I have to consider is the physical footprint that this scanner will take up and the dedicated film scanner definitely has the advantage in that area.

This might not be as expensive as I originally thought it would be.

Heather

I've been cautiously eyeballing those Plusteks as well, Heather. I've yet to see any real indepth reviews of them. Of particular interest to me outside of the obvious questions of quality and reliabilty is whether or not it auto-feeds the carriage or if you have to manually slide it and align it for each frame.
I have the Canoscan 4400F and it does an pretty good job but keeping the platen and backlight free of dust is a royal pain, and it is slooow. A 36exp roll takes up to 3 hours to scan at high res when you factor in everything. And it has a significant footprint on the desk at 13x18".

03-30-2009, 11:04 AM	#13
Venturi Pentaxian Location: Tulsa, OK Gallery Photos: 4 Posts: 2,094	Originally Posted by hwblanks Thanks for all the input so far. Has anybody had any experience with the Plustek dedicated film scanners? I was poking around on Adorama and ran into them. There are several models, ranging anywhere in price from $199.95 to $458.95. At least on the lower end of the price range, that's not much more than a decent flatbed scanner. One thing that I have to consider is the physical footprint that this scanner will take up and the dedicated film scanner definitely has the advantage in that area. This might not be as expensive as I originally thought it would be. Heather I've been cautiously eyeballing those Plusteks as well, Heather. I've yet to see any real indepth reviews of them. Of particular interest to me outside of the obvious questions of quality and reliabilty is whether or not it auto-feeds the carriage or if you have to manually slide it and align it for each frame. I have the Canoscan 4400F and it does an pretty good job but keeping the platen and backlight free of dust is a royal pain, and it is slooow. A 36exp roll takes up to 3 hours to scan at high res when you factor in everything. And it has a significant footprint on the desk at 13x18".