Plustek OpticFilm 7200

Pros: Reliable, easy installation, high resolution, reasonable speed, low price for dedicated film scanner

Cons: Poor quality from negatives, no dust and scratch removal included, labor intensive

The Bottom Line: Experts can produce excellent results from slides. Post-processing is necessary. Negative film did not deliver acceptable results.

Review: I was able to get high quality scans from slides out of this scanner. I was not successful in scanning negative film at reasonable quality. Scratch and dust removal is not included, which proved especially bad for negative film. Scans from negative film ...

Pros: Good construction

Cons: Never worked

Review: This looked like a good item. Well constructed, probably easy to use, easy interface. But I could never get past a popup screen that said "Scanner not ready". The computer detected the device, so I know it wasn't a connection problem. However, ...

Pros: Small and lightweight for when you return it.

Cons: Unfriendly software unacceptable results from good quality negatives. Not worth even emmerg short term.

Review: Lightweight and compact construction. Plastic holders for negative strips a little disapointing and difficult to align negatives in holder. Came with two complete copies of software which upgraded to Windows Vista but no access codes. Remains in demo ...