Silverfast Ai Studio 8 combines two scans which are automatically merged to produce an image with a higher dynamic range revealing more detail in bright and dark areas. Multi-exposure is toggled to either on or off, and does not appear to have any user settings. Gull Slide Multi Exposure Plustek Opticfilm 120 vs 8100 In these histograms it is seen that the tonal range of the slide is far smaller than that of the colour negative. Plustek Opticfilm 120: Dynamic Range (Histogram) Slide VS Negative. GANE - Grain and Noise Elimination - As with USM and SRD 1:1 but then a choice of three presets: Light, Medium and Strong. Use the 'Mark' correction mode to display in real time.ĪACO - Auto Adaptive Contrast Optimisation - This has four presets, Low, Normal High and Maximum. SRD - Dust and scratch removal - As with USM, 1:1 and three sliders, Detection, Defect size and Intensity very much as the SilverFast 6.6 controls. Try it at a medium resolution for quicker reactions. Power, radius and threshold slider adjustors change the image in real time at a rate dependant on scanning resolution. USM - Unsharp Masking - This dialogue box has a 1:1 pre scan mode which re-scans the media at your pre-selected resolution. On SilverFast startup you can revert to factory settings if required from the 'Service Dialog' and selecting 'Software Reset'. Custom format is easily available, and changing the colour management profile (CMS) in 'Edit/preferences/CMS/' and selecting a personally preferred one is straight forward.
The WorkflowPilot is toggled on with a click on the red icon at top left.
SilverFast comment: 'Multi Sampling is not included in SilverFast 8 because all tests had the result that Multi Exposure is doing the same (not technical but in the scan results, they are better)'. With SilverFast 8.0.1 (8.0.1.r22) the multi-scan has been dropped. There was no difference in the performance of the two operating systems.
#Dialog film 5cm software#
It is worth visiting the Plustek site and downloading the latest software before you begin installing which was straight forward on both systems.
#Dialog film 5cm install#
It is important to install the scanner drivers before you install SilverFast.
#Dialog film 5cm 64 Bit#
The software was trialed on a 32 bit Windows 8 system and also with a Windows 7 64 bit system with 8GB memory running on an Intel Core 2 Quad CPU Q6600 2.40GHz.
Enhanced support for Kodachrome transparencies, which are notoriously difficult to scan well, is also included. Silverfast Ai Studio 8 offers features that will be useful to both experienced users, and complete novices alike. As well as quick start printed guides there is a 1.5metre USB cable. The box contains the scanner and power transformer, six holders for film and one for up to five slides CDs for Silverfast Ai Studio 8 and the Opticfilm 120 driver. With multiformat scanners being so scarce, could this one fulfill the film photographers needs, without the expense of buying a drum scanner? Plustek report improved functionality and features to perform better than ever. Plustek's latest film scanner is a top of the range multi-format model that costs £1999 and offers resolutions of up to 10600dpi, a usable Dynamic Range of 4,01 (with SilverFast Multi-Exposure®/ according to ISO 21550:2004) and a theoretically penetrable maximum density of 4.8.