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If the scanner would come even only close to the resolution of 7200 dpi, it would be already a sensationally high value.
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However this value is to be regarded as a commercial joke, because an artificial inflating of the picture through software interpolation makes no sense at all and can just as well be done with any picture using a picture processing program. The Plustek OpticFilm 7300 doesn't offer an automatic dust- and scratch correction procedure, a big shortcoming, since that's nowadays nearly standard in film scanners.īy the way - in the data sheet of the scanner the manufacturer gives even another maximum resolution of 24.000 dpi, which is reached by software interpolation.
If one sets the colour depth to 48 bit, the data volume even doubles to approximately 420 megabytes! To process such files one needs a very fast computer with plenty of main memory. A scan with 7200 dpi produces a file of approximately 210 megabytes in the uncompressed TIF format. I don't know any 35mm-picture positive or negative film, which is so fine, that a scan with 7200 dpi would be worthwhile, but one can switch to a lower resolution at any time.
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Taking a 35mm-slide or a negative, a scan in highest resolution thus yields pictures of 70 megapixels - a league, in which normally only professional drum scanners play. On the top side of the device is a practical, lit viewing-window built in, with which one can comfortably view individual framed slides.Īccording to manufacturer's data, the film scanner has a sensational resolution of 7200 dpi. When purchasing, you receive a complete package with the scanner, two film holders (one for framed slides and one for film strips), power supply, USB cable, an unnecessary carrying bag as well as a software package consisting of the outstanding scanning software SilverFast SE plus, the simple QuickScan, ImageFolio and ImageExplorer. The Plustek OpticFilm 7300 differs outwardly only by another housing colour (now white instead of grey) from the Plustek OpticFilm 7200, and the equipment also corresponds to that of the OpticFilm 7200 with exception of the provided software. Equipment, accessories and technical data of the film scanner Whether there are actually reasons to prefer a film scanner without ICE dust correction/scratch correction but with multi-exposure like the Plustek OpticFilm 7300 over a competitor model with automatic dust correction but without multi-exposure, is what this test report has to show. Since there are already competitor models with dust and scratch correction available in the price segment of the OpticFilm 7300, for example the Reflecta CrystalScan 7200 or low-priced flatbed scanners from Epson or HP, the Plustek OpticFilm 7300 might have difficulties to become established on the market. The absence of this feature makes the scanner second-class or even third-class. Even though the OpticFilm 7300 is being delivered with a famous scanning software, it is still a slide scanner without dust and scratch correction (ICE) in hardware. Personally it surprised me that Plustek introduced this device to the market. This basically means that multi sampling and multi exposure are available for the scanning - much promising features, which allegedly improve the picture quality substantially.
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SilverFast SE Plus is being delivered instead of SilverFast SE. The technical data remained practically identical, the scanning software however changed. Whoever compares the new 7300 with the old 7200 will externally just notice a changed housing colour.
I'll keep this thread updated with the results when I get the new scanner for anyone with the same problem who might randomly find this thread.This scanner was replaced by the successor Plustek OpticFilm 7400 in July 2009. So today I've mailed the scanner back to the seller and they are going to replace if to see if it's a hardware problem, which they believe it is. I even got some new driver/framework files for mac, from plustek, to try and solve the problem, but alas no success.
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I've written to plustek with sample images asking wether this is considered normal for this scanner.Įdit 2: I've tried different kind of software, on both mac and windows (vuescan, etc.) and the problem persists. It looks like it's worse if the scanner has to over/under expose a lot.Įdit: after googling "plustek opticfilm banding" I can see that I am indeed not the only one with this problem.
It's not as noticeable on most shots, it's just if there are large bright uniform areas. Is this normal? Am I doing something wrong? Is the scanner broken? Here's an example, I've increased the contrast to make it more obvious: Just bought a Plustek 8200i a couple of days ago and have been scanning a lot of my film, generally I'm satisfied with the result but in some shots I got these lines or streaks down the photo