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Nov 25, 2020
Simple, reliable, well-made
The ring is made of a single piece of solid metal and is about as thin as feasibly possible while maintaining strength. It probably isn't worth £7, but since you're unlikely to find a new adaptor much cheaper it's hard to fault. I had absolutely no issues using this product.
Dec 09, 2020
All you need for amateur 35mm scanning
VALUE: Assuming you have no worry paying a one-time fee for either Vuescan or SilverFast, or if you have either already, this scanner is great value straight from the box. Anywhere under £200 in perfect working order would be a fair price for this product.
PRACTICALITY: Unlike a flatbed scanner, the whole OpticFilm range is made up of small, lightweight, glass-free scanners that even come with a carry case. I sometimes have to pack up and move my scanner, which will never be an issue for this device. The scanner is built well from durable hard plastics with good rubber plugs on the base to prevent slipping. The film tray, which must be moved by hand between frames, can be moved through the scanner without much care as it is kept centred by the openings and notches of the scanning bay. This makes lining up film much easier than a flatbed scanner, however it means only up to six frames may be scanned, one at a time, before you have to take out the tray and load another strip. Obviously this makes scanning large quantities of film more tedious.
While I hardly ever make use of it, the scanner has buttons on the front to immediately perform a scan at automatic settings and save it to the desktop. The QuickScan button may be useful for "proof" scans - i.e. seeing what is on the film quickly, albeit at an unusably poor quality.
QUALITY: The Plustek OpticFilm scanners will always provide marginally more bang-for-buck in terms of resolution than their flatbed rivals. With all consumer-grade desktop film scanners, the actual scanning quality at any set resolution will be less than the promised resolution due to how the scanning process works, but for the same sized file an OpticFilm device will produce a clearer image than from an equivalent flatbed. I have been very pleased with the clarity of fine details from my scans.
Colours and dynamic range are all as I'd wish. The scanner has the capability to scan to a 64bit "HDRi" RAW file if you'd like it to, but I've been happy with the 24bit TIFF files produced from a 48bit colour scan.
The iSRD infrared scanning feature means that miniscule dust particles can be automatically edited out of colour negatives, which seems to work just as well as Epson's Digital Ice.
SUMMARY: I think this device, second hand, is great value. I value its better resolution over an equivalent flatbed's speed of operation. I think this device will last a long time in anyone's hands and is perfect for someone who does not shoot a large quantity of film and may need to take their scanner with them.