Review 4 of 17
Price Paid:
$350.00
from Foto Sobotka Summary:
Good value for money, but realise you it will take you 2 hours to scan and proof a 36 exp film. I would recommend taking a hard look at the number of films you shoot and the value of your time, and compare that to the price of a scanner with ICE and batch scanning. I would only recommend this for less than a roll a week, or if you have heaps of spare time. If you plan to scan old slides, the lack of ICE will cause you endless spotting in PS.
I have shot 63 rolls of film, a mixture of slide, print and B&W, but have stop shooting slides for scanning.
The resulting scans with slides (sensia) have been disappointing, kind of gritty dark grain, and very poor skin tones.
With slow print films and T-max 100/400/ & CN the results are very good. Matched to the Epson 870 it make a fine hobby darkroom. This set up has given my photography a new life.
The scanner seems well matched to 100 ASA color neg film, 400 (superia) gets rather speckled grain (pixels).
If you want control of color you really need to get Vuescan, also not perfect, but better than the Minolta SW (which reboots my computor at the end of a full res scan). Vuscan has an excellent proof sheet function, far better than PS 5.5 Strengths:
Great price. Supported by Vuescan. Over sampling (with Vuescan) Weaknesses:
No ICE, no batch scanning, lousy software, low density range. Poor choice for slides. Similar Products Used:
my first scanner. Customer Service:
No tried.
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