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Pacific Image Electronics PowerSlide 3600 Film Scanners

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  • Scanner TypeFilm Scanner (35 mm)
    InterfaceFireWire (IEEE1394) • USB
    Optical Resolution3600 dpi
    Max. Resolution (Hardware)3600 x 3600 dpi
    PlatformPC, Mac
    Max. Color Depth48-bit Color
    Max. Gray Depth10-Bit Gray
    Form FactorDesktop
    Scan Element TypeCCD
    Light SourceCold Cathode Fluorescent Lamp
    Input TypeColor
    Film Scanning Capabilities35mm Slides • Batch Scanning • Mounted Slides
    Optical Density4.2 Dmax
    Focus ControlAuto Focus
    Preview Speed6.9 Sec
    Supported Media TypeSlides
    Media Loading MethodAutoload
    Max. Supported Media Size 50 x 50 mm
    Operating SystemMicrosoft Windows 98
    Width11.42 in.
    Depth11.81 in.
    Height4.92 in.
    Weight5.51 lb.
    MPNps3600
    Product ID21048084

Product Description

3600dpi, Automated, 35mm, Slide Scanner


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Overall Rating:1
Value Rating:1
Submitted by tlianza a Expert

Date Reviewed: August 22, 2005

Strengths:    None, poor dynamic range, horrendous feed issues. Jammed slides actually are damaged... Absolutely unacceptable.

Weaknesses:    Constant slide jamming with subsequent damage to jammed slide.

Bottom Line:   
This is a terrible product. The slide feeder jams more than 20% of the time using kodak mounted paper mounts. I can't understan how this product ever made it to the market place. The image quality is also bad. Even when it manages to feed a slide, the image quality is well below scanners of equivelent price. Don't let the auto feed fool you. This scanner is a waste of money. How did this ever get out of manufacturing...?

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Duration Product Used:   21+ years

Price Paid:    $639.00

Purchased At:   B&H photo

Similar Products Used:   Nikon 8000 nikon 4000

Type of photography:   Other

Overall Rating:3
Value Rating:3
Submitted by dantheband a Casual

Date Reviewed: December 7, 2003

Strengths:    Works pretty well with the slide magazine provided. The slide quality is pretty good at the highest setting (3600). I didn't have any trouble installing the software or getting the device to interface properly with the computer.

Weaknesses:    Like I said it don't work with the carousel. The software is pretty limited. One thing the software does is analyze and flip the image on its side (90 degrees) if it thinks it needs to. Sometimes it makes this call correctly but more often it performs this operation on images that don't need it (i.e. images with a 'landscape' orientation). When this happens it truncates the sides of the images. It does this automatically and it is not something you can just 'turn off'.
Using it at the lower resolutions, while faster, produces results that just plain suck. Filling up the 50-slide magazine and scanning all 50 (using multi-scan to file) will take a minimum of 2.5 hours assuming nothing goes wrong (like a slide jamming).

Bottom Line:   
This product just plain doesn't cut it for what I had in mind. I've taken on the job of scanning my parents' 35mm slides (literally thousands of slides on probably 30 - 40 circular carousels). Product information says it will work with carousels. It doesn't. If all I had to do was flop in a carousel and use 'scan to file' then I probably might have kept it. However, when I have to take the slides out of the carousel to put them into the magazine and then screw that process up by putting them in the wrong way, well, that adds way more human intervention than I wanted to provide.

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Price Paid:    $699.00

Purchased At:   B & H Photo


Overall Rating:1
Value Rating:1
Submitted by mlogan a Expert

Date Reviewed: September 16, 2003

Strengths:    None.

Weaknesses:    Everything

Bottom Line:   
Bad product. Software doesn't work. Doesn't feed slides properly. Company support is bad. I am attempting to return this product currently after wasting a great deal of time trying to get it to work.

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Duration Product Used:   11-20 years

Price Paid:    $608.00

Purchased At:   thenerds.com

Similar Products Used:   Nikon slide scanner

Type of photography:   Other


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  • Scanner TypeFilm Scanner (35 mm)
    InterfaceFireWire (IEEE1394) • USB
    Optical Resolution3600 dpi
    Max. Resolution (Hardware)3600 x 3600 dpi
    PlatformPC, Mac
    Max. Color Depth48-bit Color
    Max. Gray Depth10-Bit Gray
    Form FactorDesktop
    Scan Element TypeCCD
    Light SourceCold Cathode Fluorescent Lamp
    Input TypeColor
    Film Scanning Capabilities35mm Slides • Batch Scanning • Mounted Slides
    Optical Density4.2 Dmax
    Focus ControlAuto Focus
    Preview Speed6.9 Sec
    Supported Media TypeSlides
    Media Loading MethodAutoload
    Max. Supported Media Size 50 x 50 mm
    Operating SystemMicrosoft Windows 98
    Width11.42 in.
    Depth11.81 in.
    Height4.92 in.
    Weight5.51 lb.
    MPNps3600
    Product ID21048084


 

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