Plustek 8100 or 8200

Anyone have any experience with these? My Minolta Scan Dual IV is no more, so I need a replacement. I'm curious to see some

samples and crops from color neg, slide and B&W. thoughts and experiences anyone?

<p>If you go to Flickr you can make a search with "Plustek 8100" as keywords and see by yourself...</p>

<p>I have a 7200. It does as well or better than the Sprintscan 4000 it replaced. A late model Nikon is the only other brand I would consider short of a drum scanner.</p>

Thanks guys...and duh....I never thought of checking flickr. I'll give that a go.

<p>Dave,</p>

<p>Have you seen the tests of the Plustek 8100 and 8200 at ScanDig? It looks like the hardware is the same as the 7400 and 7600 only the scanner software is different.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.filmscanner.info/en/PlustekOpticFilm8100.html">http://www.filmscanner.info/en/PlustekOpticFilm8100.html</a></p>

<p><a href="http://www.filmscanner.info/en/PlustekOpticFilm8200i.html">http://www.filmscanner.info/en/PlustekOpticFilm8200i.html</a></p>

<p>If you don't need SilverFast this might be a cheaper way to go.</p>

Thanks Marc

<p>"<em>A late model Nikon is the only other brand I would consider short of a drum scanner</em>."</p>

<p>Provided you never need parts or service. Nikon doesn't support the Coolscans any longer, which will probably sink in with sellers trying unsuccessfully to get huge amounts for 9000ED models.</p>