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Plustek OpticFilm film scanner - The best scanning solution for film photography and slide conversion
It doesn’t matter if you have old slides to convert into digital format, or you are still shooting film today, the OpticFilm 8100 scanner is a dedicated film scanner that is up to both tasks. Plustek has manufactured dedicated film scanners for over 20 year and we understand film photography image quality and scanning requirements.
Plustek OpticFilm 8100 is a dedicated 35mm film and slide scanner that scans color negative film, black and white negative film, slides, reversal film and Kodakchrome film. This 7200 dpi resolution scanner is designed with state of the art illumination and optical systems. These systems enable the scanner to capture the highest detail and dynamic range possible from your film with accurate color reproduction.
Compared to a flatbed scanner or small all-in-one “converters”, the OpticFilm 8100 provides more accurate, detailed, color rich images. These are great for sharing on-line, but they can also be enlarged and printed up to 36” x 24”. The OpticFilm 8100 image quality is comparable to the image quality provided by commercial labs and scanning services!
With the Plustek OpticFilm 8100, it is easier than ever to get your film and slide scanning project started. It is the ideal film and slide scanner for a wide range of uses including: slide and film digital conversion, amateur and professional photography, photo clubs, and analog photography classes.
Designed for outstanding image quality
State of the art imaging system
The Plustek OpticFilm 8100 is designed with state of the art illumination and optical systems including high-sensitive color CCD sensor to ensure the image quality.
Besides, the scanner comes with two film holders for holding slides and film strips. With the film holder, the media are well protected. There will be no physical contact with the media during the scanning process and ensure accurate scans.
High resolution
This dedicated 35mm film scanner features true 7200 dpi optical resolution that ensures sharp and vivid images, and an output of up to 68.9 megapixels. That’s similar to a full frame digital-SLR camera. You can create enlargements up to 36” x 24”.
Built-in ICC profile
Color management is very important for input, output and display devices in the digital imaging world. Color management ensures your scanned images look exactly the same when printed and displayed.
The Plustek OpticFilm 8100 has built-in ICC profiles for different slide films including, Kodachrome slides. Your scanned images will look just as good when they are printed as they did on your display when they were scanned.
High dynamic range
Dynamic range is the range of recordable light from darkest to lightest on the exposed film that a scanner can read.
A scanner with a larger dynamic range can capture more shadow and highlight details.
With a dynamic range of up to 3.6 D, you will rediscover how beautiful and natural the highlights and shadows are in analog photography thanks to your when scanned on the Plustek OpticFilm 8100.
Scanning – Proven - Optimized
The Plustek OpticFilm 8100 scanner is bundled with SilverFast SE Plus .
SilverFast software, using a dual interface, is designed for both professionals and beginners who digitize their analog images. SilverFast's intelligent automatic functions make it much easier to get brilliant results and exceed your expectations.
For Example:
- SilverFast Multi-Exposure reveals more shadow details and creates less image noise.
- SilverFast NegaFix with over 120 profiles for negative film ensures best results when converting negatives into brilliant positives.
- SilverFast SRDx feature is perfect for correcting the scratches on the film, especially silver based black-and-white film and Kodachrome film.
- SilverFast AACO lightens shadow areas, without changing mid-tones and highlights.
SilverFast software is available for both Mac and Windows platforms, and also includes a native Adobe Photoshop plug-in.
Best archiving for presentation and enlargement
Remarks:
- Plustek OpticFilm 8100 scanning resolutions range from 600 dpi to 7200 dpi.
- Scan times and speed will vary due to resolution and computer performance differences.
- Scanning 35mm film at 1800 dpi is adequate for full HD display presentation.
How to install Silverfast Software
1. There is a silverfast 9 paper card with the serial number of the scanner on the front and the location of the Silverfast account activation website on the back attached in the box. Please use it to activate your silverfast 9.
2. Please go to the SilverFast’s account activation website to select your scanner model name and apply the unlocked serial number by typing the OpticFilm 8200i hardware serial number.
3. If you already have a MySilverFast account, please click “Login in here” inside red box to login with your silverfast account and password. Then please check your email box to receive the activation link.
4. If you don’t have a MySilverFast account, please fill out the form inside blue box to set up a MySilverFast account. Then click the “Register” button at the bottom of the webpage to activate your account. Then please check your email box to receive the activation link.
Rick Paul
Reviewed in the United States on March 18, 2021
The most important thing is that this can produce excellent quality scans from 35mm slides and negatives, beyond just the level you'd need for web-type uses. I typically scan at 3600 PPI and 300 DPI, which yields the potential for print enlargements up to approximately 11" x 7.5".I am saving to TIFF format to avoid compression artifacts. The best results for this are obtained by a process that scans the frame of film twice to try and improve contrast, albeit at the cost of taking roughly double the time to scan a frame. And, at this resolution, we're not talking speedy scans. Because this is a one frame at a time scanner, you also can't just queue up a batch and go do something else. (Having a book available to read while scanning helps immensely.) You can always use lower resolution if you are just trying to scan something for web use or similar, of course, but I am trying to get something as close to on par with the original negative as I can get, albeit with the tradeoff of file size (a bit over 20 MB per frame) and scanning time.The scanning software has profiles for various film types, so it can do a basic level of color correction for the film itself, which is helpful. It can also do lots of other tricks (e.g. dust removal), but at the tradeoff of extra processing time, some manual setup needs to account for differences between frames, and so on. Quite honestly, I'd rather do that sort of thing in Lightroom later since I can do it selectively for images I need at a given time, when I can spend more time optimizing for the images and my needs.There are a few areas of frustration, both related to ease of use:The first is with the negative carrier, which can make it hard to align frames, especially when negatives are bowed a bit in the center. There isn't anything like sprockets to fit in the negatives' holes to help on that front, and I fairly frequently have to try a few times before I get things right with any given strip. The other is with the software in general.The other is with the software. There is some inherent complexity due to the strong features of the software. There are some "simple presets" (for lack of a better name) that nominally make it easy, but, in my experience, those produced completely unacceptable results, so I am configuring the options that make the most sense for my needs. While there are links to videos that can help explain things somewhat, and some independent YouTube videos that can be useful for getting ideas, there are still areas that are tough to fathom. Beyond that, though, there are some areas where you make one change (e.g. asking the software to automatically set the frame size based on a pre-scan), and it changes other things, too (e.g. the file name you'd set up, which it changes back to a default). That's just one example, but there are other areas as well, such as relating to color correction (beyond just the film profiles). Ultimately, I just resolved to try to work around the application's quirks as best possible, for example reframing each shot manually to work around the issues when the software does it. (At one point I considered trying to find another scanning application, but I didn't actually have time to do a lot of scanning at that time, and my research wasn't turning up anything truly obvious. When I finally got back to some more scanning, I didn't want to spend time researching other applications.)The bottom line is both the scanner and software are quite competent, even if there are some ease-of-use frustrations
yc
Reviewed in the United States on February 9, 2021
I am quite satisfied with this product. I was debating whether to get the Kodak Slide N SCAN scanner or the Plustek OpticFilm 8100. I am glad that I chose the Plustek for its scan quality (higher resolution) and flexibility (more adjustments and control) over the Kodak.This product was very well packaged. It comes with good installation structions and user guide, both quality prints and online video (via YouTube & QuickTime).The scanner itself looks and feels well built. The software (SilverFast 8.8) provided (on CDROM, or can be downloaded) is not difficult to installl. Once you have gone thru the user guide (I watched the online videos), you can master its usages after a few test runs. I found the software fairly easy to use and quite powerful to get the scan results you need. For each key program function or control adjustment, you can click a menu button to open a PDF help document or QuickTime tutorial movie to show you how to use it. I found these very helpful.I have used the scanner for about a week now, had scanned over 100+ film negatives (40 years old) into JPG files for restoration and safekeeping. I am very delighted with the results. For each film, I can adjust the scan resolution, sharpness, contrast, color etc. controls manually, or use the Auto Image Optimization feature of the software.One nice surprise for me is the Dust and Scratch Removal (SRDx) function of software. It removed these impection automatically, once I had set the Detection level and Tile size that I want . I thought I will need to buy the more expense model that has a built-in infrared dust/scratch detection for it to work. The OpticFilm 8100 works just fine without it.Overall, I am very happy with this scanner. It produces high qualiy film conversion into digital media. The only wish I have for it is a faster speed. With scan resolution set at 3600dpi, it takes 2-3 minutes to complete each scan plus the file generation.
Didier Plaat
Reviewed in Canada on December 5, 2021
Excellente performance. Trèes beau système! Ça vaut la peine que l'on étudie bien pour ensuite avoir des heures de plaisir à recouvrer de vieilles diapositives et les remettre en valeur avec des couleurs très proches de l'originale sinon même meilleures.
Jaume C.
Reviewed in Spain on October 19, 2021
Se trata de un muy buen escáner para película y diapositivas. Buena relación calidad-precio. Lo entregan con el software SilverFast, que permite sacar todo el rendimiento al equipo. Muy recomendable.
Kevin
Reviewed in Australia on August 23, 2020
Great product once you get the downloads sorted. Much easier if you have a CD drive as without it is a very confusing download.Allow time to get used to the machine but once mastered it is great to reminisce over old slides and negatives.
Jorge M. Peon C
Reviewed in Mexico on February 1, 2019
El hardware de esta empresa esta bien. El software que recibí es un fracaso. Viejo, y aún ellos mismos después de muchos contactos o me pudieron ayudar, aunque el que me contesto lo hizo rápidamente y con el mayor empeño de ayudar.Yo uso otro programa profesional, por lo que pude usar el equipo, pero no con el programa proporcionado por el fabricante. Mucho cuidado con este equipo.Jorge M. Peón
Richard Mellersh
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 24, 2015
This unit was recommended in another review here on Amazon and I was pleasantly surprised when I opened it to find a canvas storage bag as well! After I had set it up and installed the Silverfast 8 software (which immediately updated to 8.5) I started to realise just what a little gem this is. After a short(1 hour) practice session I got to grips with the film type selection and started recoding my 35mm negatives to the MacBook G-Drive(also from here on Amazon) using the quite neat batch processing with auto number increment - a nice touch - and fits in great with the 6 meg carrier. I agree with another reviewer regarding the plastic film carrier but having 2 would not only give a spare but also speed the process somewhat! It deserves all 5 stars if I could give it 9/10, I would.
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