Advantages: Affordable, solid, good quality and you can rest cups of tea on top! Disadvantages: Sometimes slow to scan and other scanners do have better quality
We have had out Microtek Scanmaker 3600 for well over 5 years now and it is still going strong and doing the job for our entire family. I'm not sure how much we paid for it, but it was not a lot because we just wanted a basic scanner that could scan in documents. It is very reliable, easy to use, with a suitable range of features but has the tendency to be a bit slow occasionally.
1. Looks, Design and Size
The scanner is fairly good looking, quite elegant and fairly compact. It measures approximately 17" long, 10" across and 4" high so can fit into most desktop areas. It has a solid build to it and rather funky curve on the lid that gives it some added style. Furthermore, the main surface is flat and you can easily rest your cup of tea, lunch or bits of paper on top! The white colour is easy on the eye and fits in to most rooms ...
Advantages: Cheap as chips Disadvantages: Family ask you to Scan their old photos too
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 ...
Advantages: Reliable, good many features, simple to use Disadvantages: Short battery life and the appearance is a bit cheap looking
My Samsung Tocco and I departed company a few weeks ago as it decided it just didn't want to work anymore! This was one of the more expensive phones on the market at present, but considering it gave up the ghost after just 3 months I decided I would downgrade to a cheaper, but more reliable phone. I scoured the catalogue and decided on the Nokia 3600 slide phone.
~The phone Itself~
I am a big fan of Nokia phones as I have owned a few and have never had reliability problems with them (touch wood!). I find Nokia phones very stylish, yet simple to use. They contain a lot of useful features, but without going over the top. I'm not a fan of phones that you pay a lot of money for that contain a lot of completely useless features.
The Nokia 3600 slide has many integrated features which are listed below:-
Still camera
Video camera ...
Product Information for "Microtek FilmScan 3600" »
Scanner
Input Type
Colour
Colour Depth
36-bit colour
Optical Resolution
3600 dpi x 3600 dpi
Scan Mode
Single-pass
Scan Element Type
CCD
Bulb / Light Source Type
Xe-gas cold cathode fluorescent lamp
Scan Density Range
3.6D
Scan Speed
50 sec / page (colour)
Manufacturer's product description
The FilmScan 3600 is a professional-quality 35mm scanner capable of scanning positive and negative strips, slides and up to 40 exposures in a single film roll. An advanced auto-focusing system ensures sharp results whilst the high density of 3.6D captures all image highlight and shadow detail. High productivity is ensured with batch scanning support and the 3600dpi optical resolution allows output at up to A3 size.
