Saturday, June 9, 2012

Agfa DuoScan

Discount Link www.amazon.co.uk Customer Reviews: "Overall - a reasonably priced, fast scanner suitable for digitising large numbers of film negatives & slides. A few limitations would mean this is not ideal for high quality images for the discerning photographer who will probably want a more expensive to digitise their favourite photos - though such scanners can take 4-5 minutes to scan each negative so not very suitable for large numbers of photos.Shipping: Initial indication from Amazon was this would take a month to arrive, but it came from Germany in about 2 weeks to UKPros:Easy to load film (35mm or 110 negatives) or slides (35mm)Built in screen to preview imageSelect between B&W, Colour negatives or slidesAuto light balancing from built in backlight when you push the film carrier in - takes 1-3secsScanning takes another 2-3 secsOverall I can scan an entire film of 36 shots in about 7-8 minutes.Sharp focus, good exposures & colour balance (but does not correct for faded film)Battery or mains operation via built in USB chargerSaves photos to memory card so you dont need to be connected to PC to operate itComes with a tool to dust the light source - worth using before you start to avoid dust on scanSprung dust flaps on either side of light source to keep dust to a minimumCons:Limited by 5M pixel sensor - so less resolution than original film - not suitable for big enlargements, could do up to A4 at a push and should be fine at 6x4 inchesSensor does not quite cover ...

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