claytontullos Posted December 7, 2005 Share Posted December 7, 2005 I am currently in the market for a 35mm film/negative scanner. My budget is fairly tight. I was wondering what everyone thinks about the: Plustek OpticFilm 7200 Konica Minolta Scan Dual IV The Plustek has the better specs (at 7200dpi), but I have a hard time finding someone with personal experiance with it. I would like to have the option to print at about 11x14. Thoughts or suggestions would be appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil_jarrett Posted December 7, 2005 Share Posted December 7, 2005 The Plustek isn't the best scanner in the world, but then it was never going to be at the price it's offered at. saying that, however, it's not actually that bad - and there are more expensive well known branded products out there that do a worse job than the Plustek. The real thing to worry about with it is the loader tray which is made out of extremely flimsy plastic, so don't expect it to last long if you mistreat it. I think people have cottoned on to this problem and you can get replacement trays off Ebay for a small amount of money. Buy several at a time because it will break at some point... The Minolta is certainly the better built machine, and probably has it over in the quality department too... but if you're on a really tight budget, the Plustek will do you fine. You could always upgrade later! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
claytontullos Posted December 7, 2005 Author Share Posted December 7, 2005 Which is the better scanner through image quality? Thats really my question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juergenf Posted December 7, 2005 Share Posted December 7, 2005 Go for the Konica Minolta Scan Dual IV, it's unbeatable in its price range, I've got one and I am very satisfied. I don't know about the Plustek, but in order to make a good film scanner, a company needs to invest quite a lot of money in research and development, so stick with bigger brands I would say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manuel_garcia5 Posted December 8, 2005 Share Posted December 8, 2005 Or for about the same price a used Nikon Coolscan IV from KEH, I picked up mine earlier this year and love it. Your going to loose some dpi and a little DMAX (if you believe the specs) but it more than makes up for with ICE. And they have a great 15 day return policy. Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
claytontullos Posted December 9, 2005 Author Share Posted December 9, 2005 Well I have decided to get the Plustek. I have access to the Minolta so I will post a definitive comparasion between the two sometime over my Christmas break. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lol1 Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 Clayton: How are you getting on with the Plustek? I have a Coolscan IV, which is great for batch scanning, but with the 7200dpi available I was thinking of getting the Plustek too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
claytontullos Posted April 6, 2006 Author Share Posted April 6, 2006 http://claytonman.com/images/texastech/hand1.jpg Slides work the best, though negatives work well too. With negatives (reala 100) I can get 11-14. Slides (Sensia 100) I have made fantastic looking 16x20 prints; the link I just posted is from slide film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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