[filmscanners] RE: Pacific Image PowerSlide 3600 opinions?

["Clark Guy" <guy.clark@siemens.com>]

HI, Chris!

Another option for you would be to get a used Minolta Scan Multi (I or II)
This was their high-end medium format capable scanner, able to scan 35mm at
2880dpi, and has particularly good color rendition, in my opinion.  I
mention this because there is/was an accessory slide feeder attachement that
I"ve seen from time to time on eBay, and is probably available from other
sources as well.   I've meant to get one for my Scan Multi II, but haven't
seen one when I've had the money, or had the money when I've seen one.  It
(the loader) shouldn't be much over $300, and probably much less, if I
recall correctly.  The Scan Multi I think is a very good general purpose
filmscanner, a few years out of date, but still capable of very good images.
I use it with Vuescan, which will make available to the scan multi I the
couple of features "introduced" via software with the Scan Multi II.  I've
seen the scanners for on the order of $500 as well.

This is probably more than you want to spend, but >I think< it may be worth
it, especially compared with the Pacific Image scanners. (from what I've
read, anyway)

Hope this helps!

Guy

-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Altwegg [mailto:chris@123imagine.net]
Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2004 8:01 PM
To: Clark Guy
Subject: [filmscanners] Pacific Image PowerSlide 3600 opinions?


I have about 4,000 of my father's slides that I want to digitize.  These are
just vacation slides, nothing really fancy and I doubt that we would ever
print anything larger than 8" X 10" if that.

With so many images to scan, I can't imagine doing them one at a time, and
so I've been looking at slide scanners which offer some feeding mechanism.
The only two in the U. S. I've found so far are the Nikon and the Pacific
Image PowerSlide scanners.

The Nikon 5000ED with their new SF-210 Auto Slide Feeder from B&H Photo
would run about $1,600.  The PowerSlide 3600 would cost about $650, about
1/3rd the price of the Nikon.

But I haven't been able to find any information on the Pacific Image scanner
that seems to be an objective (or appropriately subjective) review of the
unit.

Can anyone on this list help out, please?  I'd sure like to spend less
rather than more.  I'm not going to be using this machine much after this
project, and in fact will probably donate it to our local Seattle Audubon
Society for their use.

Any advice would be welcomed.  Thanks!

Chris Altwegg

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