Aflatbed scanner is designed for prints, though some have adapters to scan film at what is typically a lower resolution. Conversely, a film scanner is designed to scan directly from negatives and slides. Unlike most film scanners, which can be expensive, the PrimeFilm 1800AFL from Pacific Image Electronics is inexpensive at $399 and, more important, it d'es a good job. The 1800AFL has an 1,800-dpi optical resolution, 42-bit color mode, 3.2 dynamic range, and autofocus. The company also offers a higher end 3,600-dpi version (PF 3600 PRO), as well as a less expensive ($299) 1,800-dpi consumer version (PF 1800 i).
Installation of the 1800AFL scanner is a snap - all you do is plug it into an outlet and the computer. The scanner offers a USB interface, so the computer detects the scanner and prompts for the CD. I had it up and running in less than five minutes. You begin the scan by feeding it a strip of negatives or a slide. Negatives are automatically loaded into a slot on the top of the scanner and come out from a second slot on the bottom. The scanner can take a strip of four negatives or an entire roll of film if the processor d'esn't cut the negatives. In addition, mounted or unmounted slides must be fed into a slot under the scanner's front cover. Unfortunately, slides can only be processed individually, because there is no bulk loader.
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The produced image quality is good but not excellent. The colors are correct, but the overall image looks less sharp than the film - as though the images were shot through a soft-focus filter. This is a limitation of the 1800AFL scanner itself and not its 1,800-dpi resolution. In addition, I found the scanner to be somewhat noisy when scanning.
For schools looking for a film scanner, the 1800AFL is a good choice. It is inexpensive enough that you don't have to worry about leaving it in the classroom, and its USB connection makes it easy to swap between both Mac and PC computers. The scans produced by the 1800AFL, while less than crisp, are good enough for most classroom applications.
The trouble with this scanner is the feed system. I sent one back to PC-Mall for replacement, but the replacement unit gave the same trouble. You push it in from the side, at the top, and it's supposed to bend around a right-angle and go down into the auto-feed mechanism. But quite often it just won't. If the film is nice and flat, it works OK. Other times - especially if the film-base is of the thicker kind, or if it is a bit bowed (i.e. curl on the short dimension), as film often is, it just gets stuck, and there's no way to help it along. I have had endless correspondence with the manufacturers, but to no avail. There seems to be only one man there, and he insists it's my fault for trimming the corners off my film strips (I have always done this in order to help them slide into the concertina envelopes I have always used.). So this scanner is a useless piece of junk, so far as I am concerned, and the customer service deserves no praise either.There are, now, other scanners out there where you put the film into a plastic holder, thus avoiding any problem with the condition of the film. Another fault is that film that does feed sometimes fails to feed properly. Instead it gets stuck halfway, and keeps re-scanning the same image over and over. Or else it goes off center, and you get a scan with half one frame and half the next. As for a whole, uncut length of freshly developed film going through in one go - HA! HA! HA! Forget about it. Turn your back on this scanner and something is certain to go wrong.So my recommendation is to avoid this device as though it were the plague.NB - the star rating below - one star - is the minimum I can award. It should really be no stars!
I'm trying to get a Reflecta Crystalscan 7200 film scanner (seems to be the same as the prime film 7250u) to work with lion. It requires a cyberview driver that isn't the legacy power-pc version. It also appears to need some kind of firmware upgrade that i can't install because i can't get to the driver interface because lion won't recognise the scanner. Any help greatfully received. I'd hate to give up scanning film.
Hello, Unfortunately changes to this new OS will make some scanner models obsolete PrimeFilm Series 1800u, 1800i & 1800 Silver 2700u 3600u 1800AFL 1800LAB 3600Pro 3610AFL PowerSlide series PS3600 Scanners with Digital ICE technology, will be supported with the release of Cyberview X 5.0 late summer early fall 2011, which will be available for free download Driver Updates
VueScan is compatible with the PIE PrimeFilm 1800U on Windows x86, Windows x64 and Mac OS X. You need to install the driver to use this scanner on Windows x86, Windows x64 and Mac OS X. This scanner isn't supported on Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion) and later, since CyberViewX uses a PowerPC plugin for this scanner and Rosetta isn't available with 10.7 and later. On Mac OS X prior to 10.7, you need to use the x32 version of VueScan 9.0.96 with Rosetta. To do this:. Click on the VueScan icon while holding the Control key. Choose 'Get Info'.
Pacific Image is still out, but here is the answer I found before, cached by Google: PrimeFilm 3650u Question Will the Cyberview X driver work with Mac 10.7 LION? Answer Hello, Unfortunately changes to this new OS will make some scanner models obsolete PrimeFilm Series 1800u, 1800i & 1800 Silver 2700u 3600u 1800AFL 1800LAB 3600Pro 3610AFL PowerSlide series PS3600 Scanners with Digital ICE technology, will be supported with the release of Cyberview X 5.0 late summer early fall 2011, which will be available for free download Driver Updates. I have the same scanner (Reflecta Crystalscan 7200).
If you need to use the scanner right now, I suggest you use Bootcamp or Windows in a virtual machine, since the scanner works OK with windows. Pacific Image is still out, but here is the answer I found before, cached by Google: PrimeFilm 3650u Question Will the Cyberview X driver work with Mac 10.7 LION? Answer Hello, Unfortunately changes to this new OS will make some scanner models obsolete PrimeFilm Series 1800u, 1800i & 1800 Silver 2700u 3600u 1800AFL 1800LAB 3600Pro 3610AFL PowerSlide series PS3600 Scanners with Digital ICE technology, will be supported with the release of Cyberview X 5.0 late summer early fall 2011, which will be available for free download Driver Updates. Apple Footer. This site contains user submitted content, comments and opinions and is for informational purposes only. Apple may provide or recommend responses as a possible solution based on the information provided; every potential issue may involve several factors not detailed in the conversations captured in an electronic forum and Apple can therefore provide no guarantee as to the efficacy of any proposed solutions on the community forums. Apple disclaims any and all liability for the acts, omissions and conduct of any third parties in connection with or related to your use of the site. 2ff7e9595c
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