plustek Optic Film 120 scanner

The plustek Optic Film 120 scanner

 

 

 

 

For the digital archivist looking for a product to replace the Nikon Coolscan 9000 the new plustek Optic Film 120 scanner should be given some consideration.

At a $2,000 it goes beyond what most consumers would want to spend. I would like to see one in use before I made a purchase. Sometimes I've found the products by plustek to have some hardware/software issues.

The best part of the package is the enclosed SilverFast Ai Studio 8 software. I've found it to be very good in terms of speed and removing dust and scratches. Best of all it works in the newer Mac OS software platforms so the Mac people now have a good choice of options when it comes to scanning.

In a production environment I've found the single film holder scanner can slow down scan times. Because you only have one film holder you need to finish the scan, remove the holder, replace the negative/slide, and then reload the scanner. All of this takes time. If I had a large volume of images to scan I'd consider buying a second set of film holders so that they can be loaded as the scanner is scanning the image.

SPE South Central Region Show

Pocahontas Coal Shadows 2012

An image from a series I've taken in Pocahontas, Virginia has been accepted for the  Society for Photographic Education South Central Region show. 

A special thanks goes out to my classmate Karie Edwards who helped me get it framed and even cut the mat for me. 

The image is part of my ongoing exploration of abandoned places using HDR photography.