Plustek 8200i

Finding the value in home scanning – Guest post by Frank Lehnen

By Frank Lehnen / May 11, 2016 / Workflow / 43 Comments

Ahem, Ok, I guess I have some ‘splaining to do here. Some time ago I wrote this post for 35mmc, in praise for expensive outsourcing of film development and scanning. I wrote it because I wholeheartedly believed what I said. And I still think that the time saved by having a lab scan your film is invaluable. …

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Plustek OpticFilm 8200i Review – A case for home scanning – by KJ Vogelius

By KJ Vogelius / April 8, 2016 / Scanners & Digitisation Devices, Workflow / 84 Comments

… After looking into lab offerings both locally and abroad I was disheartened. None of the labs were significantly better, cheaper or faster as a whole. However I soon concluded that if I scanned myself I could get my cost down to a third and cut delivery time to days instead of weeks – a compelling proposition indeed….

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