Review on Plustek OpticFilm 8200i SE scanner black by Mateusz Morawski ᠌

In general, there is a detailed analysis of this device on the net - in fact, it simply inflates the scan by 4000 to 7000. But this device is attractive in price. It's not a hundred thousand after all. Has pros: Took for digitization of a home photo archive. Of the pluses - a relatively low price, good scan quality from a color negative. Works generally fast at low resolutions. It’s profitable to buy it if you scan about a thousand frames yourself, give it somewhere to scan - the amount will be about 25 thousand. And so you will have a scanner and control the process yourself, otherwise who knows where your family photos are, who then how can use. Its cons: The software is really raw - glitches happen - it scans the floor of the frame - then it's black, but then it does the right thing after several visits. Problems with cleaning defects on b-w films - it simply can’t cope, it eventually gives out a picture with geometric patterns in the places where there were defects. With slides - there are also failures - dark-dark slides also do not pull out - dark places simply fall into dullness or darkness, such slides can only be apparently re-photographed on the camera in the old fashioned way. It also does not master the strongest scratches on worn films - magic does not happen - it only slightly retouches. Summary: it works well on color negatives and slides with slight cosmetic damage, films scratched into the trash and dark slides will not stretch out, everything will have to be done with pens through Photoshop.