Microtek's ScanMaker i800 is intended for midtier users interested in archiving photographs and slides at a very high quality...For starters, the i800 features a legal-size scan bed, allowing you to scan documents and photos up to 8-1/2X14 inches in size...The i800's EZ Lock film holders keep the film perfectly flat to help ensure accurate scans...Microtek...
Microtek’s Scanmaker i800 is one loooong flatbed scanner: 22.6 inches long, to be exact...And the i800 sports both Hi-Speed USB 2.0 and FireWire connections, scans and outputs in 48-bit color...The i800 scored an Extremely High rating on our color accuracy test on prints (Delta E: 9.93) and an Excellent rating on the same test on Kodak Ektachrome slide film (Delta...
There are some interesting tradeoffs among these options if you are scanning negatives...Nothing prevents you from upgrading to SilverFast Ai and calibrating the i800 with reflection and film targets, but it isn't cheap...But for the finicky among us, Jerry added that the i800 Pro "includes a full version of Silverfast Ai and both film and reflective targets...
You can, we found, get very good results from it...After removing the film, we were able to loosen the grip by running a thick sheet of paper into the slot and leaving it for an hour or two, but we recommend testing your holder for this before using it with your precious film...bad exposure from the small automatic camera, poor printing and that linen paper...
The scan quality was pretty good (both flatbed and film), and otherwise it performed OK...I decided to give it a shot and I'm shocked at how good the scanner is at bringing out detail...10/10 Good Price, good for Panoramic and Cephalometric X-ray and Microtek LAN Wizard network software Good to used with Onyx Ceph Software...
