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Microtek Lab ScanMaker 8700 Pro Flatbed Scanner

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• Reviewed by: tjhester

  Updated: 02-18-02

  Overall Rating: 4 Star Review

  Duration of ownership:6 Months

  Strengths: Very fast. Very good software bundle including full version of Genuine Fractals and Silverfast Ai. Heavy and well-built (not cheap). Long, legal size scanning bed. Wide variety of film holders.

  Weaknesses: The medium format film holders only hold the film on the sides - the ends are not supported. So curled film is not held flat. Not good on negs. 1200 dpi not high enough for 35 mm.

  Overall Evaluation: This is a great scanner for medium format positives and for any reflective material. Comparible scanner beds are only 11 inches long, while the 8700 Pro is 14 inches. Also, most other scanners like the Epson 1600/1680, for example, are only SCSI and DO NOT include a scsi card. The 8700 Pro is fireware and includes a firewire card. Just the included software alone makes this scanner worth the money. It is blazingly fast and yields very accurate color. It can also handle batch scanning. With Silverfast you will get terrific scans with just the click of a button - but it has many advanced scanning features also. Set-up was easy right out of the box. The 8700 Pro will make any scanning amateur look like a seasoned professional. The 8700 1200 dpi is a true resolution, unlike the Espon which has been reported on the Web to fudge its 1600 dpi numbers (no added resolution above 1200 dpi). For the money, you just can't find a better overall imaging machine.

• Reviewed by: mojapan

  Updated: 12-27-01

  Overall Rating: 5 Star Review

  Duration of ownership:1 Months

  Strengths: Awesome!, Easy to use, colors accurate and it's fast! The glassless scanning is fantastic as well and the addition of Genuine Fractals is worth the money.

  Weaknesses: A bit big

  Overall Evaluation: What I love about this scanner is that everything you need is there for you. The Firewire card, cables, excellent software, the templates and best of all the price is right. I run a medium sized design company and was looking at Epson's 1680 professional firewire as a replacement to my old UMAX. Although the resolution was higher, its colors were a bit off and too saturated for my taste. Epson's transparency apparatus was also ackward and cumbersome. Microtek seems to be doing it right, for a change. I was a bit skeptical in the beginning. But from the packaging to the first scan, its set-up was real easy, the colors were right on and they bundled some darn useful programs that work with their scanners. I'm now totally color calibrated with the included Kodak targets. My colors are consistant and clean, and the addition of SilverFast and Genuine Fractals to the bundle has already paid for the scanner. I highly recommend it.

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