newegg says: Do not know of any pros other than most of the Internet chatter was positive...Basically, with this, you're going to want to have a program that you can do photoediting to take good advantage of, since you'll get dust and scratches that Silverfast can't fix...There are some good free ones out there (Gimpshop) to finalize any touchups, but Silverfast in and of itself allows some great control one you've scanned your negative in to fix the color tones and make the negative scan look just like a print...see more

forums.slickdeals says: Good price for a flatbed scanner...Blessed is he, who in the name of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley of darkness, for he? is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children...It even has a good review on the egg...see more

shopper.cnet says: A piece of junk from a lousy company that does not beleive in customer support...Hey guys, we are at version 8 in 2007 not 5!!! I contacted another time their customer support; no answer yet...I have this scanner sitting next to my laptop idle for 4 days without any solution to make it work...see more

tigerdirect says: Apart from other things I'm digitizing my reference books and this does a great job with test and pictues...All worked well, and it didn't need te XP patch, since I had to revert back to get it working again...The software can automatically flip every other scan for you...see more

theglobeandmail says: Plustek's OptiCard 820 speeds up the process of scanning photos and business cards, but the software isn't as easy to work with when it comes to actually doing things with the resulting digital images...The OptiCard 820 is a small motorized scanner designed specifically for photographic prints and business cards...see more