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Review on Pacific Image PowerFilm CCD Scanner: Fast πŸ“· and Automated 35mm Film Scanning at 6MP Speed! by Tony Pierce

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Fast scan preview but won't scan more than 6 frames or less than 3 and noisy.

My thoughts and observations - updated. The CyberView PF135 software that I downloaded from the website so I can scan the negatives is very easy to use and fairly basic in its capabilities, but it gives reasonably good results. One thing that really annoys me is that if there are more than 6 or less than 3 frames on a filmstrip, the program thinks there was an error loading/running the film through the devices and rejects the full scan. It would be nice not to recreate old film sets before scanning, but to be able to scan fragments of individual frames to get a full history of the film and tell the software to expect a longer or shorter piece of film . However, the scanner does a preview in a very reasonable amount of time, and then when you do a high-resolution scan, it takes just as long in the scanner, but it takes the software significantly longer to interpolate the data not silent, when a large amount of film is scanned and processed at the same time, the noise becomes more and more annoying, see the attached video that gives you an idea where you can also see the film advance speed.

Pros
  • Stylish and modern design
Cons
  • No instructions

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March 22, 2023
Quick to preview scan, but won't scan more than 6 frames or less than 3, and noisy.
February 23, 2023
Scanner has been great!