The compact FilmScan 2700 is the latest addition to Microtek's award winning range of affordable film scanners. Delivering high performance at a very affordable price, the FilmScan... more
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A review by gizmoregis on Microtek FilmScan 2700 September 9th, 2006
Author's product rating:
Speed
Average
Colour sensitivity
Good
Resolution
Good
Ease of Installation
Excellent - very quick and easy
Value For Money
Excellent
Advantages:
Cheap as chips
Disadvantages:
Family ask you to Scan their old photos too
Recommend to potential buyers:
yes
Full review
Do you have boxes of old 35mm film or slides from before you bought that shiny new digital camea?
This is the perfect gaget for transferring old films onto your PC and it is one of the cheapest that I was able to find.
The FilmScan 2700 can scan 35mm positive and negative film.
Once scanned, images can be saved, printed, shared, enhanced and published.
The accompanying software contains several image adjustment tools allow scans to be fully optimized with maximum image detail and color accuracy.
The unit is able to scan 35mm exposures in slide or strip format with a reasonably high 2700dpi optical resolution.
Each top quality scan is complete in arounf 1 minute 10 seconds. So if you have a lot of images it does take some time, but the scanner does not take a lot of attention and you can watch TV or even write a review on Ciao as you use it!
The installation is quick and simple, simply plug in to computer and install the software - if you have ever installed a printer the same principle applies. The manual is swift and easy to read but most everything can be worked out by intuition and simple tinkering.
One word of warning though - once people find out you have one they start hinting at how great it would be if their negatives could be scanned also!! I have seen some adverts for people who charge for this service.
While this is not the best scanner on the market it is in my opinion excellent value for money and suitable for any normal use (unless you wish to blow the prints up enormously (ie up to A3 size)
The compact FilmScan 2700 is the latest addition to Microtek's award winning range of affordable film scanners. Delivering high performance at a very affordable price, the FilmScan 2700 is the perfect solution scanning of 35mm positive and negative film. Once scanned, images can be saved, printed, shared, enhanced and published. Several image adjustment tools allow scans to be fully optimized with maximum image detail and color accuracy. Able to scan 35mm exposures in slide or strip format, the high 2700dpi optical resolution allows scans to be printed at larger than A4 size (when printed at 300dpi resolution). Full resolution scans are delivered in around 70 seconds and image detail is assured thanks to the optical density of 3.2Dmax.
Software / system requirements
Software Included: Drivers & Utilities, Presto! ImageFolio, Panda Antivirus Titanium (trial), Presto! Mr. Photo, Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0
OS Required: Apple MacOS 8.6, Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition, Apple MacOS 9.x, Microsoft Windows 98/ME, Microsoft Windows 2000 / XP, Apple MacOS X 10.1.5, Apple MacOS X 10.2.x
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