If you need control you really need to fork out for something golden like a Nikon Coolscan.I came across this little beauty on Ebay the other day and decided to buy it.
I have never had a film scanner and at 12 this seemed to be a steal. ![]() The first thing you need to know about this item is that it is not manufactured by Agfa - its a generic made-in-China film scanner sold in the early to mid noughties and marketed under a variety of names - Agfa, Ion, SVP, Innovative Technology, EU3C, Otek and Plexgear to name a few. It is also known by the various brand names as the FilmScan 35i or by the boring model number SCND502E1231. The one thing these companies have in common is a complete disinterest in providing legacy support for their scanner. ![]() I trawled the internet for a fortnight finding a driver for this thing. Innovative Technology Itns-300 Windows 7 Did ItsWindows 7 did its best to find a driver (which was useless) and others failed. I was about to give up when I chanced upon a driver for this which actually works in Windows 7. If by some way you are reading this because you are looking to get this thing working on Windows 7 then I am about to make your dreams come true. Firstly, get rid of any previous attempts to load a driver and make sure the scanner is unplugged. Innovative Technology Itns-300 Download This LittleNext, download this little beauty FilmScan35i Driver WinXP - WinVista - Win7 3. The installer should have created a shortcut on your desktop - Image Scan Tool 6. Right click on the icon, choose properties, choose compatibility, and then choose run this program in compatibility mode for Windows Service Pack 2 Make sure the box is checked. Save. Connect your scanner and click on the icon. You should now (pray) have a working FilmScan35i on Windows 7. You will know its working because there will be light in the negative carrier slot. I had to wait until daybreak to venture into the spider-kingdom which is my garage to find some slides. Following the fairly simple user-interface I managed to capture this slide in glorious digi-vision for eternity. This, if you are not aware, is the prototype Concorde taking a test flight. The scanner does come with a velveteen brush which is good for getting hairs out of the scanner but hey - nothing moves dust like a blast of air from a can. The good thing about this scanner is the speed in which you can get stuff done. Not bad for 12 on Ebay The bad points - there is absolutely no adjustment. The scanner automatically adjusts the exposure - in some cases quite badly, obliterating skies and skin tones in the process. You can cheat the scanner by pressing scan as it is adjusting. But its not ideal. The whites can be a bit pixellated and blown out.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
Details
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |