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LSI_Noack wrote in post #18638736
The reason behind this most often is a "dirty" scanner, having accumulated dust on its CCD.
An canned air pressure spray will in many cases help to remedy this - be careful no to rub (and scratch and dislocate) the CCD with a tissue.
If in doubt, I suggest will want to contact the hardware manufacturer and ask for servicing of the device.

Have a fine day and keep scanning

Sönke Noack
LaserSoft Imaging

I've tried doing the canned air trick with no luck, sadly. I need to get around to emailing them and seeing what the repair cost would be. Hopefully the price isn't too crazy!

edmidlifecrisis wrote in post #18638944
Great info. Thanks. The PlusTek only scans 35mm, right? Is there a good option in the same line that will do 120 film including the 6X9? My Epson is pretty good for 120 film but always interested in options. I also agree that the Epson is just ok for 35mm scans. Adequate.

Ed

The Plustek 8100/8200 series scan only 35mm, but they one that does 120 however it costs $1,799. The image quality from my 8100 is on par with the Frontier scans I get from The FIND Lab and almost as good as the Noritsu scans from them. I always send my color film to them, but black and white I scan myself and I'm beyond happy with it. My biggest tip would be to scan Linear which gives a very flat scan giving you the max amount of detail in the negative.

Scottboarding wrote in post #18639085
The Plustek 8100/8200 series scan only 35mm, but they one that does 120 however it costs $1,799. The image quality from my 8100 is on par with the Frontier scans I get from The FIND Lab and almost as good as the Noritsu scans from them. I always send my color film to them, but black and white I scan myself and I'm beyond happy with it. My biggest tip would be to scan Linear which gives a very flat scan giving you the max amount of detail in the negative.

Thank you. What is the difference between the 8100 and 8200 and can they scan slides or just film strips?

edmidlifecrisis wrote in post #18639140
Thank you. What is the difference between the 8100 and 8200 and can they scan slides or just film strips?

The 8100 and the 8200 are the same optics and everything, the only difference is that the 8200 has the infrared scanning in order to get rid of dust or other things on the negative/slide. I went with the 8100 because the infrared doesn't work with black and white which is all I use it for. Both come with a carrier for mounted slides as well as strips long enough for up to 6 frames. I don't shoot slides so I've never used the mounted one, but it looks good and sturdy.

The Plustek OpticFilm 7200 & 7200i, 7300 & 7500i, 7400 & 7600i, and latest generation: 8100 & 8200i series are for 35 mm scanning, that's correct.
Plustek also do offer the OpticFilm 120 that can do 6x9 cm.

Pacific Image Electronics / Braun Phototechnik / Reflecta also have a medium format film scanner offering: PrimeFilm/FS 120 / MF 5000.

And there is the Epson Perfection V700, V750, now: V800, V850 range of scanners that allow for even greater formats.
While these can achieve the effective resolution as high as dedicated film scanner, the dynamic range is better and their versatility is greater.

All are good offerings, although can't be compared with medium format scanners that were around ten years ago:
The "modern" counterparts don't have qualities such as adjustable focus, multi-coated /-tempered lenses for best sharpness of both, infrared and RGB light (so that you can have best defects correction).

(You can focus with an Epson Expression 12000 XL (A3 scanner) or Microtek ArtixScan F2 (A4), but here where are talking typical flatbed scanning resolution results - which partly renders the option for focussing meaningless - and no longer having and IR lamp for auto-correcting dust and scratches from color film.)

But remember:
Quality is always also about the images you feed to a scanner and about what you actually need for your output purposes.
Knowing have you've got and what you finally need to achieve is more important than setting all parameters to max.

Keeping my thumbs pressed for you!

Mamiya RZ67 pro II + Sekor 110mm f2.8
Fuji 400h

LSI_Noack wrote in post #18639460
Keeping my thumbs pressed for you!

Thank you! I contacted Plustek and they said it's a flat fee of $120 for any problem so I'll give the air spray a second shot and if not send it in.

Herman the german

Again mamiya rz67 pro ii and sekor 110mm

Mom
Fuji GW690III
Kodak Tri-X 400
Kodak HC-110 (b)
Epson V550

This time fuji acros in the mamiya

TyKeith
Fuji GW690III
Kodak Tri-X 400
Kodak HC-110(b)
Epson V550

My wifes grandma, 90 years old!

Hard sunny day. The red colors come because of a big red sun umbrella

Had the lab do a comparison of the Noritsu and Frontier scanners, and surprisingly I prefer the Frontier!

Nikon FM2n - Voigtlander 40mm f2 SLii - Kodak Portra 400 - Developed and scanned by The FIND Lab

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Those turned out really nice.

I was going through some of my shots from Belgium in April. This is C200. It was the first time I'd ever shot it, so I went on Amazon and found 10 rolls for $30 and bought it.