Plustek infrared dust removal

[gavinlg]

Good day,

Simple question (that I couldn't find on a search of these forums) - Is it worth it to pay the extra for the model of plustek scanner with the infrared dust removal/iSRD over the one without it? The difference is about $250aud.
I shoot a lot of color negative film.

My previous experience with dust removal features on scanners was terrible - I found they just made fine details dull and didn't remove the dust/scratches properly to begin with, but those weren't infrared systems.

I'm looking at the 8100 vs the 8200ai by the way...

Thankyou!

 

[gavinlg]

Anyone? the 8200/8100 are the same as the 7600 series by the way, I just want to know if people are actually using the infrared dust reduction on their plusteks for color c41 film, or if it doesn't work well enough to.

 

[RichW]

I think I have the 7400 model without any infared dust removal features and frankly I wouldnt really want to pay extra for one that has. I use a hand held blower thing before I scan and that does a good enough job. Any visible dust I tend to remove in photoshop if I can be bothered but sometimes I dont even do that, only if I actually want to print a pic will I go to the effort of cleaning up a scan otherwise I feel its just a waste of time.

Richard

 

[cabbiinc]

I don't have a Plustek but the IR just started going wonky on my Canon scanner and I'm just about to lose my mind over it. I'd spend the extra for IR dust removal.

 

[gavinlg]

Thanks, I ended up buying the 8100 without the dust reduction as it was under half price of the 8200.

First scans with vuescan are extremely promising - looks like it blows my previous epson v600 away for detail and tones. The silver fast software is a big WTF though, vuescan is still wack but at least I can get consistent results out of it. Very impressed with how quiet this plustek is! It's barely audible compared to the girlfriend-waking racket the minola dual scan IV makes, and the annoying hum of the epson flatbeds.

 

[Sparrow]

Don't know about the Plustek, but on the Minolta 5400 it's a technology that is indistinguishable from magic ... it removes the flaws with absolutely no effect on the rest of the image

.. on the minimum setting in Viewscan that is