#SILVERFAST SE PLUS 8 REVIEW SOFTWARE#

At the back youвЂ™ll find the USB port and the connector for the AC power adapter. On the front is an oval power button, with two others above it labelled QuickScan and IntelliScan, plus a green power LED. In terms of design itвЂ™s a very simple unit. One nice touch is the fitted carry case to pack the scanner away if you donвЂ™t want to leave it on your desk gathering dust вЂ“ the bane of film scanning. It comes supplied with everything you need, including holders for 35mm negatives and slides and a USB cable to connect to your computer. With a footprint of around 26.5Г—8.5cm, the OpticFilm 8200Si wonвЂ™t take up too much space on your desk. This all sounds very impressive, but does it deliver? Design

#SILVERFAST SE PLUS 8 REVIEW SOFTWARE#

With the bundled SilverFast software it also offers multi-exposure scanning to extract cleaner shadow detail from slides. It has a specified Dmax (the maximum density through which it can record details) of 3.6, which is usually considered ample for negatives and sufficient for most slides. Its OpticFilm 8200i SE is designed to scan 35mm slides and negatives at resolutions up to 7200Г—7200 dots per inch (dpi), which in principle could give a file of nearly 70 million pixels, equating to a print size of 34x27in at 300ppi. However, Plustek still makes conventional film scanners. In 2017 things have changed a lot, and now most of the 35mm вЂscannersвЂ™ left on the market are essentially little cameras that digitise film using small CMOS sensors. Specialist film scanners were available from the main camera makers вЂ“ Canon, Nikon and Minolta вЂ“ and with a bit of care and patience could give pretty good results. Before high-resolution digital cameras became commonplace, this enabled me to make decent quality A4 colour prints of my photos. Like a fair few of our readers, I suspect, my first forays into digital imaging came via scanning film. PlustekвЂ™s OpticFilm 8200i SE comes with holders for both slides and negatives Plustek OpticFilm 8200 SE at a glance:

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