Advanced Function - OpticFilm 8300i Ai is the newest launched scanner for digitizing 35mm negative films and slides. Its sharp optical system produces excellent detail in shadow areas and has a remarkable tonal range. The built-in infrared channel helps users remove dust and scratches on the original negatives and slides without additional post-processing.
Speed up - Through the new algorithm and upgrade of IC chip, Scanning speed can be increased by up to 38% compared to the last model OpticFilm 8200i(*), users are capable of creating digital image archive of your own analog images easier than before.
Advanced IT 8 Targets Included (3-slide 35 mm) - It come with IT8 Target, which is accordance with ISO 12641-2 (in December 2019). The Advanced IT 8 target includes Part 2profiles, which offer significantly more measuring fields and points than the Standard Part 1 Targets, especially for dark and pastel color tones. Thus, the profiles of Part 2 enable an overall increase in accuracy.
Dual Professional Software Included
SilverFast Ai Studio 9 - This software includes variety of new features with optimized image processing. The improved user interface along with new algorithms, which speed up the image processing time up to 75 %(**), are only part of the numerous upgrade.
Plustek Quick Scan Plus - The software has an intuitive, easy-to-use interface, feel free to export digitize images into your own 3rdparty imaging editing software, such as Adobe Photoshop or GIMP after scanning.
(*)Scanning Speed compared to OpticFilm 8200i series might differ based on the specification of PC or Mac.
(**) Results may vary depending upon your scanning application, computer processor and system memory.
This dedicated 35mm film scanner features true 7200 dpi optical resolution that ensures sharp and vivid images. Output files up to 68.9 megapixels are similar to those created by a full frame digital-SLR camera.
You can create high-quality enlargement prints up to 36" x 24"
Dynamic range is the range of recordable light from darkest to lightest on the exposed film that a scanner can read.
With a dynamic range of up to 3.91 D, you will rediscover how beautiful and natural the highlights and shadows are in analog photography.
Color management is very important for input, output, and display devices in the digital imaging world. Color management ensures your scanned images look exactly the same when printed and displayed.
The Plustek OpticFilm 8300i has built-in ICC profiles for different slide films including Kodachrome slides. Your scanned images will look just as good when they are printed as they did on your display when they were scanned.
Using the IT8 calibration target insures that what you scan and what you see on-screen along with what you print are all the same
Accurate color is the basis for those who want to make sure the colors are exactly as they want because one image might look different when it is viewed in a light booth, viewed on different monitors, or even printed on different printers. The color difference leads to confusion and feelings. Therefore, color management is an important topic for those who are very serious about their photography and artworks. Color management is the process of controlling the way colors are represented across various devices.
OpticFilm 8300i Ai bundled an Advanced target IT8-2 (ISO 12641-2 compliant 2019) . It offers more measuring fields than the Standard IT8-1 Targets. IT8-1 Targets use intelligent algorithms and important measurement points to calculate a calibration profile, while IT8-2 profiles contain significantly more measurement points and IT8-2 Targets possess additional measurement fields for dark and pastel color tones. The profiles according to IT8-2 thus enable an overall increased accuracy.
With the 35mm IT8 target and the auto IT8 calibration tool of SilverFast Ai Studio, It can analyze the scanned file to characterize the specific color reading capabilities and compares the measuring table to a reference file associated with your color target. The difference between the two is mapped into and generates its unique color profile. The calibration and characterization of image devices help ensure that during the production process, an image is reproduced as accurately as possible.
Slides and negatives always have small dust particles and tiny scratches on them, even when handled very carefully. Removing them one-by-one takes a tremendous amount of time, since often hundreds or thousands of small defects (dust grains or lint) are found on the original image, which only becomes visible after digitization. Plustek OpticFilm has a reliable solution to this problem.
The OpticFilm 8300i scanner has an infrared channel that finds all the the dust and scratches on the film surface. The infrared light has a very wide wave-length, which allows it to pass through film emulsion of negatives and slides without resistance, as opposed to scratches and dust particles that reflect it.
iSRD utilizes this behavior as follows (Automatic)
- Step 1 : Use white light for regular RGB scan.
- Step 2 : Use infrared scan that captures defects like dust and scratches only.
- Step 3 : Maker the dust and scratch on image.
- Step 4 : Calculative dust and scratch removal takes effect, only where the infrared channel has detected any defects without losing any important details.
In conclusion, OpticFilm 8300i Series can automatically remove the dust and scratches from the scanned image.
Dust and scratches are removed during the scanning process, eliminating the need for post-process removal.
(PS: The scanner's infrared rays cannot permeate through the silver halide layer, so it not works for B/W negatives scanning.)
Plustek OpticFilm 8300i Ai bundles the top-professional software version: SilverFast Ai Studio 9 which release in 2021.
- SilverFast HDRi(***) - The HDRi captures RAW data from the analog originals, including infrared channel into 64-bit color HDRi file or a 32-bit grey scan HDRi file. This function helps protect precious pictures against destruction and loss. Starting with 16-bit depth digital files gives the best chance of making the finest prints from the analog photography film.
- 16-bit Histogram - 16-bit Histogram is a graphic representation of statistical visuals that distributes the brightness value of a digital image and makes it as smooth as the original file without gaps as an 8-bit file.
- Expert Mode -Expert Mode gives more enhanced functionality and control tools for professional users when the image requires extra fine-tuning. More settings or protecting layers could be applied after enabling the Expert Mode.
All in all, with the top-version SilverFast software, it helps make a difference to the scanning results and ensures to archive the film in an optimal way.
Remark: The Expert Mode could be enabled by clicking on the small icon which is a doctor's hat as the button on each of the software features.
(***)Remark: A copy of SilverFast HDR or HDR studio is required for processing HDRi files.