Plustek OpticFilm 135i - Automatic Film & Slide Scanner, Batch converts 35mm Slides & Film Negatives, Support 3rd Party Editing Software Export, Max. 7200 dpi

Short version: Good scanner, mostly does what it says it is going to do Scanning speed depends on your computer speed and memory / DPI selected Great customer service Long version: The adage you get what you pay for is true with this scanner. The scanner is easy to use and mostly delivers on its claim for cleaning up the dust and scratches. Not all but cleans up better than none, need to try the different settings for this option. I was using 20 to 30 year old negatives / slides that were not stored in in any sort of proper manner, and they cleaned up for use. The dialog box for scanning allows for different DPI options, does require that the user knows what level resolution prior to use (I did re-scan for higher resolution on important photos). Please realize that higher resolutions require more time to scan and process. For normal 35mm negatives / slides for 4 by 6 size (2400 dpi) it takes about 3 minutes for the process (your time will vary depending on the speed and memory of your system). The software for scanning could use greater controls. The software will work for basic scanning, however it can use better controls (Level and Curves controls). While that can found in photo editing (Photoshop, Elements, Lightroom), it would be nice to have great control at scanning. Additionally, dust / scratch (like cloning / healing brush) and noise adjustments would be nice without having to go to editing software. I had an issue setting up the scanner (on late Christmas evening) and posted a question on Amazon as the to location of the drivers / software on the Plustek website. It was answered within a hour. I was expecting a couple of days and instead it was actually a hour. Even if I was lucky in their monitoring, this is outstanding customer service. Their response solved my issues and I had the scanner running in less than 30 minutes. Full disclosure: my mistyping caused the whole issue in the first place, read the instructions prior to setting up. This is a full-featured scanner works for somebody comfortable in photo editing and that wants quality scans.

I love this product. I had tried other, cheaper, scanners and they were very difficult for me to use. This one costs more, but is simple to use and gives great results. It also allows you to edit your slides as you go. It does four slides at a time, which is what the other brands I tried did, but this was so much easier. I definitely recommend it to anyone who needs to convert a lot of slides.

This scanner is capable of producing high quality digital images from film. It is easy to setup. The film holders securely hold transparencies and negatives. I really like the autofeed of the holders during scan. The files are easily uploaded into editing software. The Guide is very lite on detail and I haven't found any indepth tutorials. So new users wanting to utilize the full capabilies of the device will need to do some experimenting. On initial setup, when loading the driver, stop all Epson tasks. Any running Epson task prevents the driver from being installed. The film holders don't have any markings to indicate film orientation. After a few attempts with both film types, I made labels for orienting film. Spring tension in the transparency hold is strong. Cardboard mounts can be bent if forced into the holder. On the Scan page there are 3 options: Positive, Negative and Custom. The Positive and Negative options will auto crop images. If you want the full frame, use Custom. The only thing about Custom is being able to crop or uncrop an image between scanning and processing. For Scan preferences there are several variables: ICC Profile, Auto Exposure, Dust/Scratch Removal and ECG/Low Exposure Mode. Each film emulsion is best interpreted by a specific ICC Profile. There are over 50 profiles listed. I found 4 that work film emulsions in my image library: Adobe, BenQ GL2460 Color Profile, Film Scan A81 and sRGB. The default profile is Film Scan A81. Kodachrome is the most "finicky." The attached photos show an image scanned with the default profile vs a profile better suited to the film. Auto Exposure works well for tranparencies but blows out negatives. Dust/Scratch removal only does minor cleanup. Company support wasn't able to explain ECG and how to use it.

I am now helping a friend do some scanning and I found that it works quite well with Vuescan software. Speed is pretty much what you'd expect and the quality of the scans looks good enough that the limitation on quality is definitely the quality of the slides or negatives, not the scanner. Surprising how good a 8MP digital photo looks when you go back and compare it with film/slides. Audible noise is not as much as a lot of the scanners. And the ability to scan 4 and THEN crop and fix them, allows you to at least do something while it is scanning.

The scanner is solid build and software is easy to use. Plustek Quickscan software is very rudimentary but allows scan of negatives and slides. Scanner is supported by Vue Soft if you need, Even after trying hours with all sorts of different settings, the image quality is poor. Images have a lot of noise and seem to be out of focus. Even on 4x6, quality is not really usable. It's a good if you scan for online use, but it is far away from delivering any professional quality scans used for print.

The OpticFilm 135i was easy to set up and has provided excellent scans of my slides. The slide holder had a small manufacturing defect. The Plustek support department sent out a replacement unit and it arrived in record time. I am very happy with the purchase.

My flatbed scanner died so my son got this for me. It is wonderful. But even better it is fast. I can scan lots of negs faster then with my flatbed. Would recommend to someone wanting a scanner for film.

UPDATE Januar 2025: Der Diascanner läuft auch mit Windowas 11 einwandfrei. Man muss nichts am Scanner umstellen oder einstellen. Weiterhin plug and play. Ich war im Zweifel, ob ich meine Dias von einem Anbieter digitalisieren lasse oder sie selbst digitalisiere. Die Entscheidung, selbst zu digitalisieren war dann definitiv besser. Einzuscannen hatte ich einige Kästen menes Schwiegervater aus den Ende der 50er Jahre. Und meine eigenen von 1982 bis 2000. Alles Reisebilder. Das heißt, die Belichtung ist nicht immer 100% korrekt gewesen, da es beim fotografieren auch mal schnell gehen musste. Damals war der Begriff Street Fotography noch nicht gebräuchlich. Hier leistet dann der Plustekscanner schon einiges an Vorarbeit. Mit dem intuitiven, einfachen Bildbearbeitungsprogramm kann man aus den Dias durchaus einiges rausholen. Natürlich sind die Bilder nicht digitalscharf. Dafür hat man jedoch einen sehr analogen, manchmal auch leicht nostalgischen und schönen Flair. Es gibt meiner Meinung nach zwischen der 7200er Auflösung in tif (88 MB)und der 3600er Auflösung in jpeg (8MB) keine relevanten Unterschiede. Es gibt zwei Dinge zu beachten: 1.) Die automatische Kratzer- und Staubentfernung mag bei gut erhaltenen Dias gut funktionieren. Bei uralt Dias, die zum Teil von der Farbtiefe her sehr flach sind, werden kleinere Blätter, Kies, Schriftzüge oder Augen rasch als Dreck identifiziert und entfernt. Auch bei neuen Dias sollte jedes Bild in ausreichender Vergrößerung betrachtet werden, um nachher - wenn die Originaldias weggeworfen wurden - keine bösen Überraschungen zu erleben. Die meisten der 50er Jahre Dias musste ich jedenfalls ohne automatische Staubentfernung einscannen. Aber mit Kosmetikpinsel und Puste lässt sich das Meiste entfernen. 2.) Wenn starke Kontraste vorhanden sind (zum Beispiel Sonnenuntergang mit sehr dunklem Vordergrund) wird das Bild beschnitten und der dunkle Vordergrund komplett entfernt. Es hat etwas gedauert, bis ich herausgefunden hatte, wie dies zu verhindern ist. DIe Gebrauchsanleitung für den Scanner ist eine reine Katastrophe. In den Einstellung muss die Einstellung für Röntgenaufnahmen oder so ähnlich aktiviert werden. Ganz unten im Menü - ist leicht findbar. (Ich hab jetzt nur gerade den Scanner verliehen, deshalb kann ich gerade nicht genau nachschauen). Tja, das Einscannen ist mit einigem Aufwand verbunden. Aber gerade deshalb lohnt sich - meiner Meinung nach - die Anschaffung des Scanners. Ich denke, dass bei unterschiedlich belichteten, farbverflachten, kontrastreichen Dias die Maschine eines Anbieters einfach alles automatisch durchzieht. DIe Einzelbildbearbeitung bringt wahrscheinlich nicht nur deutlich bessere Ergebnisse zustande, es bringt auch viel mehr Erinnerungen der Reisen zurück.

Il prodotto è veramente ottimo. Mi consente con estrema facilità di scannerizzare diapositive di 30-40 anni fa; è veramente un'emozione ritornare a quegli anni! L'unica cosa da migliorare, il software, che, abituato ad usare da sempre un Mac, è veramente spartano, ma con tutte le funzioni di base, facilmente gestibili anche dai neofiti. Anche se il prezzo è sensibilmente importante, lo consiglio caldamente, a chi, come me, ha centinai di diapositive e che portare in digitale e rivedere con comodità nel televisore i vostri ricordi di anni passati, veramente non ha prezzo!

J'ai redécouvert mes diapositives et mes négatifs depuis longtemps mis de côté, ce scanner est performant avec ses différentes possibilités de qualités, de formats. Le support à fermeture magnétique pour les négatifs permet à la pellicule de ne plus bouger et est simple à manipuler, idem avec le support diapositives dans un système différent. Prévoir du temps en fonction de la qualité demandée. Idéale machine à "souvenirs"... Alain.

Great little scanner. It allowed me to digitize and share boxes of negatives going all the way back to the 1970s. The scanner will do it's best to eliminate any small imperfections like dust, but scratches and larger foreign objects it can't quite handle. Make sure you at least dust the negatives before scanning them, and handle with cotton gloves to avoid fingerprints.

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