Any reason not to get a plustek 7600i?

I just bought my replacement 7600i ae from B&H. Price is very good. I've installed it and it actually works better than the old one. For the money this is a great way to go.
 
useless generation said:
"This scanner isn't supported on Mac OS X Lion, since Plustek uses a PowerPC plugin for this scanner and Rosetta isn't available with Lion."
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Ok here is the deal with VueScan.

We were supposed to send Ed our 7400 and 7600i scanners but something fell thru the cracks. After the first of the year, Ed will be back in the US and I will personalty make sure he gets the scanners and the Lion drivers so this issue will be resolve for good.
 
mdruziak said:
Ok here is the deal with VueScan.

We were supposed to send Ed our 7400 and 7600i scanners but something fell thru the cracks. After the first of the year, Ed will be back in the US and I will personalty make sure he gets the scanners and the Lion drivers so this issue will be resolve for good.
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Exellent! Just got my 7600i today and so far im impressed :)

vuescan would be awesome if it ran with it on OSX Lion tho
 
useless generation said:
vuescan would be awesome if it ran with it on OSX Lion tho
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FYI for anyone who is interested:

The Silverfast version 8 demo installs the files you will need to get the Plustek film scanners running with the X64 version of Vuescan under OS 10.7 Lion.

The only Silverfast files you actually need will be installed in the Computer/Library/Frameworks folder. That's the main /Library folder not the user folder. In Lion you now get there via the the 'Go' menu item in the Finder.

In that directory the demo installs a folder for each of the Plustek scanners. So, for example, if you have a 7400 then you only need the folder called Plustek7400.framework. If you have the 7600i then you need the folder called Plustek7600.framework. Nothing else.

You can uninstall Silverfast provided you keep these files. Or you could, for example, copy out these files and revert back to a previous Superduper cloned version of your system.
 
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mdruziak:

Is there new ifno re Vuescan and the 7600? I have Vuescan and use it with my Epson 4490 and my ancient Microtek Artixscan 4000t, and am about ready to go with the 7600se, but must await the Vuescan upgrade. Any info will be appreciated. GF
 
Gray Fox said:
mdruziak:

Is there new ifno re Vuescan and the 7600? I have Vuescan and use it with my Epson 4490 and my ancient Microtek Artixscan 4000t, and am about ready to go with the 7600se, but must await the Vuescan upgrade. Any info will be appreciated. GF
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I just talked to Ed today and he said that all of the issues should have been taken care of with the Jan 1 release.

He also mentioned that they are running a special deal for SilverFast users that don't want to upgrade to 8. Info is here: http://www.hamrick.com/sil.html
 
Just bought one and tried my first scans yesterday evening.

Very easy to set up and use. Very happy with the scans but it does show up poor lens quality or focusing issues! However, with a sharp lens and good focus it can produce exceptional detail.

I am thinking of putting away my digital slr :cool:

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mdruziak said:
I just talked to Ed today and he said that all of the issues should have been taken care of with the Jan 1 release.

He also mentioned that they are running a special deal for SilverFast users that don't want to upgrade to 8. Info is here: http://www.hamrick.com/sil.html
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can I just check that this means that you don't need to do the silverfast workaround for lion anymore? Is it also the case for the 7400?
 
The Plustek 7600i SE has come,well suprise for me that the size no big as predict. This is good, I can bring this scaner in my bag.

Installation is easy, install the driver and Silverfast on Windows 7 64 bit quite fast.

But, put film on holder is not easy, especially when your film little bit curl. And I have to adjust the border between frame to be matched to holder.


So far I'm happy with 7600i

Some shots from Contax G

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I've just been browsing the plustek site and there is mention of a 8200 model, but it looks like it has exactly the same specs as the old model. I was just going to buy a 7400 but I'm just wondering if the new ones are worth the wait.
 
Green_Blue said:
I've just been browsing the plustek site and there is mention of a 8200 model, but it looks like it has exactly the same specs as the old model. I was just going to buy a 7400 but I'm just wondering if the new ones are worth the wait.
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I don't know from model numbers, but they are due to release a scanner which will take medium-format (eg. 120) film as well as 35mm. If that is, or might be, important to you it might be worth waiting. Of course, the model which will take medium-format I'm sure will be more expensive. So if you won't use it for that, you might not care for it's price. (Me, I have a 35mm scanner. I only care because they say they will release a medium-format scanner.)

...Mike
 
Green_Blue said:
I've just been browsing the plustek site and there is mention of a 8200 model, but it looks like it has exactly the same specs as the old model. I was just going to buy a 7400 but I'm just wondering if the new ones are worth the wait.
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I think they're just different model numbers for a different part of the world. Hardware and software looks the same to me.

+1 on waiting for the OpticFilm 120 though.
 
I am very happy with my Plustek.

The one single drawback to PlusTek 7600 is that it is manual feed. ie. you need to sit beside the scanner, and push the frame into the scanner frame by frame. Whether this is acceptable to you depends entirely on your workflow.

Personally, I do not mind at all, because my workflow involves multitasking: I am photoshopping / Lightrooming a picture whilst another one is being scanned.

However, if you are the kind of person that expects that the scanner will scan by itself, then PlusTek 7600 is not for you. For a similar price point, the Epson v700 (flatbed scanner) will take multiple frames and you can leave it to scan by itself, but the Epson is a flatbed not a dedicated scanner.
 
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