What came out was a world of disappointment. The scanner just can’t handle Kodachrome, and even on films that it can manage, the quality is just appalling. The sharpness is good, but the colours and contrast sucks.

So, I’ve bought an expensive second hand scanner instead. It’s a Nikon Coolscan 4000ED which I bought from a friend. I’ve only spend 30 mins with it, and scanned a few random slides to see if it works well, and I’m really pleased.

Here is a gallery of some of the Plustek scans, with their Nikon counterparts. The Nikon scans are as is, without setting the scanner up properly, or calibrating anything, or even blowing the dust off. I can’t wait to spend some time getting the scans perfect tonight.

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I’m a very happy bunny. Time to buy some more film.

All photos were taken with my Pentax ME Super, on Kodachrome 64 with either my 50mm f1.7, or 28mm f2.8 pentax lenses.

These were taken mostly at Silverstone, at the FIA GT racing, with my Pentax ME Super. It is suprising how many odd looks you get when using a classic film camera, and manually focusing, but I love the result.

I can’t recall the film I used, I’ll look it up when I scan it properly. It was slide film, and I had it developed and scanned at Tesco for £1.98. It can take a bit of persuading to get them to put it through the developer, but once done, you can’t argue with the prices! 99p for processing with no prints, and another quid for a CD? All within an hour? Yes please

Anyway, let me know what you think. I know that xpro is a love it or hate it effect, so I won’t be offended if you don’t like the results. All feedback and comments are welcomed.

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