[filmscanners] RE: slide scanner - Plustek OpticFilm 7200i

["Chris Street" <chris@street56.fsbusiness.co.uk>]

Some UK reviews, mainly in the photo magazines had more detail than the
short PCMag review. Check out what AP, PP, Digital Photo, F3 had to say:
http://www.datamind.co.uk/Merchant/plustek_opticfilm_uk_press.htm

Chris Street
www.datamind.co.uk



> -----Original Message-----
> From: filmscanners_owner@halftone.co.uk
> [mailto:filmscanners_owner@halftone.co.uk] On Behalf Of Ed Verkaik
> Sent: 13 January 2006 22:07
> To: chris@street56.fsbusiness.co.uk
> Subject: [filmscanners] Re: slide scanner - Plustek OpticFilm 7200i
>
> Most of the "reviews" I saw were vague and "soft" on solid scanning
> evidence, so I checked further.  The PCMag review
> <http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1765491,00.asp>
> said, in summary:
>
> "The Plustek OpticFilm 7200 claims a 7,200-pixels-per-inch (ppi) optical
> resolution, but it doesn't truly deliver. High-resolution scans are marred
> by artifacts similar to pixelization. And the overall quality and
> acceptability of each scan depends on what's in the photo."
>
> I had hoped for a Nikon contender but that's unlikely.
>
> Ed Verkaik
>
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