By Mark D Segal
Lasersoft Imaging Inc. asked me whether I would be interested in preparing a review of the Plustek 7600i-Ai film scanner, which comes bundled with SilverFast Ai 6.6 Studio and a SilverFast IT8 target for profiling the scanner. The agreement between LSI and me was that they would arrange a loan of the scanner and software, I would design the review, test the package, receive technical support from them if needed and “call the shots” as I see them.
The Plustek 7600i is a rather unique product for a couple of reasons. Firstly, it is the result of a close collaborative relationship between independent developers of hardware and software. The scanner was designed to work optimally with SilverFast, and the two companies cooperated to assure operational coherence between the hardware and the software.
Secondly, if you look around the market for dedicated film scanners these days, you will see that there is precious little available – especially of equipment which can deliver ...
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Mark has been making photographs for the past six decades and started adopting a digital workflow in 1999 first with scanning film, then going fully digital in 2004. He has worked with a considerable range of software, equipment and techniques over the years, accumulated substantial experience as an author, educator and communicator in several fields and is a frequent contributor to the Luminous-Landscape website. Mark developed a particular interest in film scanning and authored the ebook “Scanning Workflows with SilverFast 8, SilverFast HDR, Adobe Photoshop Lightroom and Adobe Photoshop” available on the SilverFast website. In his “other life” (the one that pays for the photography), Mark is a retiree from the World Bank Group and now a consultant in electric power development.
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