A few weeks ago I made a pretty good find/deal at a thrift shop, I found a complete Plustek 8100 , with all the accessories – hell even the Silverfast software with a serial number – and the bag it normally comes with. And I paid only 30 Dkr for it, that’s around $4.50.

Of course, I didn’t know if it was working or not, but it looked almost brand new, and at that price tag, I was willing to take a chance. I got home, fired it up, and lucky me it was working like it should.

Is it any good

Ohh yes, in deed. I already have the 8200i and the scanner from Plustek, so I know the brand quite well, and I love and use the two I got a lot.
The 8100 is a “cheaper” version of the 8200i, with the only difference – that I could find – being the infrared feature for removing dust.

I must admit the dust removable feature is greatly missed, but maybe if you never tried it, you won’t miss it that much.

Read more on Plustek’s website – click here

Photo quality

Well, it doesn’t get much better than this. But take a look for yourself in the gallery below.
The photos are scanned on the Plustek, but they are converted in , read more about that here

  • The Looks
  • The Quality
  • The Handling
  • The Price
  • The Output
3.8

In short!

This is a great scanner, even with the lack of a dust removal feature

Pros

  • Top of the line photo output
  • Great build quality
  • Easy to use

Cons

  • Manual feed
  • No dust removal

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2 Comments

  1. Helge Frisenette July 11, 2024

    Med to skannere kan du sætte dem begge til at skanne samtidig.
    Du skal bruge to skannerprogrammer dog. Det er SVJV ikke muligt at have to instances af for eksempel Vuescan, med to skannere kørende samtidig.
    På den måde kan du virkelig sætte fart på din skanning.
    Og ingen IR kanal/støv fjern er fint til sort hvid eller dias, da der er ubrugeligt på de typer film.

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    • Bo47 July 15, 2024

      Hi Helge

      Ja, jeg er også ret sikker på at man ikke kan køre to gange Vuescan. Kunne ellers være meget fedt.

      Og ja IR på SH og Dias er ligegyldig, Men jeg er nu glad for det til mine farve negativer.

      Hyg
      B.

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