Hi there... I have roughly 8,000 slides I am wanting to scan. I am looking for a high quality bulk scanning solution. The Plustek 8200ai looks great but seems to require me to manually advance the slide holder, which will take me years to get through. I'm not particularly keen on a flatbed option either, I would prefer a dedicated film scanner.
The Pacific Image PowerSlide seems to be the only bulk film scanner at the consumer end of the market.... it will do 50 at a time so seems ideal, and I'm willing to spend the extra...if it works. But I've read a lot about it jamming. Some seem to say it is a minor problem, for others it is huge. The issue seems to be that the armature that pushes the slide in is quite thin, while the slots in the carrier are relatively wide, hence the arm may not connect properly with the slide, resulting in either it only going in part way, or jamming (there seem to be solutions involving bobby pins).
My hypothesis is that this is primarily a problem for thinner carboard mounts. My slides are almost entirely (thicker) plastic, so I'm hoping this issue will affect me less (or not at all).
I'm wondering if anyone can please give me any insight into use of this scanner, and whether my hypothesis is correct. In particular, if anyone has used this unit to bulk scan a large quantity of plastic mounted slides, I would love to hear of your experience. Also if anyone can talk to the bobby pin (or other) solution, that would be helpful... though am hoping that this won't be necessary if my plastic slide theory is right
