At the software site the Plustek-scanner arrives together with NewSofts Presto! PageManager, the spartan Plustek-QuickScan-program as well as like said the professional Scansoftware SilverFast SE Plus 8 (OpticFilm 8200i SE) respectively SilverFast Ai Studio 8 (OpticFilm 8200i Ai). Also a power adapter as well as a USB-cable naturally exists, as well as also a merely unnecessary carrier bag.

So besides the scanner by itself one each time finds a film holder for film strips with up to six pictures length and for up to four framed slides. Except the software equipment the delivery contents of the 8200i doesn't differ from his predecessor. The compact box, in which the Plustek OpticFilm 8200i is delivered in, contains the full accessories one needs to directly get started with the scanning.

So the last mentioned variant is a matter of the professional full version of the scan-software from Lasersoft Imaging, which enables a color calibration by the help of a IT-8 Target the first variant is a matter of a downgraded beginner version von SilverFast. Initially it shall be remarked that the Plustek OpticFilm 8200i as well as his predecessor is available in two variaties: In the OpticFilm 8200i SE variant the software SilverFast SE Plus is included, in the OpticFilm 8200i AI the software SilverFast Ai Studio is included. Equipment, accessories and performance data of the film scanner To be able to evaluate the effects of a new scan-software, in our review we again and again do direct comparisons with the predecessor model Plustek OpticFilm 7600i. Our following test review will show how the new SilverFast scan-software affects the device and so the scanning. Despite of that we are naturally interested in the question, if quality improvements or speed enhancements are enabled by the new scan-software, because the old OpticFilm 7600i doesn't quite well impressed through picture quality and was a very slow film scanner. One immediately gets this impression if one puts both devices juxtaposing.

This version 8 of the scan-software from Lasersoft Imaging seems to have given his name to the new scanner-series from Plustek.Īccording to information from Plustek the new OpticFilm 8200i differs from his predecessor OpticFilm 7600i only in the software, so the hardware is identical. While the Plustek-scanner of the 7th-series still was delivered with the 'old' SilverFast-Software in version 6.x, for the scanners of the 8th-series the new SilverFast-Software in version 8 is enclosed. While at the switching of the model from the Plustek OpticFilm 7500i to the OpticFilm 7600i still some significant hardware-changes were made, the new OpticFilm 8200i differs from his predecessor just in the scan-Software. In our film scanner-shop appropriate equipment is available.

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