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Summary: BUYERS BEWARE!!!!
Review: Buyers Beware.. I have and have had many scanners from Epson, Microtek,Cannon,HP,Ricoh, a few others. Scanner Stopped working after 3 months, conflicted with Windows XP, and had poor scan results-colour was very poor. Microtek warranty is costly to the consumer-require's phone calls for RMA, and the hefty cost of return postage-on something that should still be working.. I purchased the Epson 2400- to replace this scanner and it out-performs Microtek 100%. Probably why you see more Epson scanners in retail stores than Microtek. BEST BET TO BUY ANOTHER BRAND
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Summary: JAM PACKED
Review: Full featured scanner with excellent software bundle.
High speed USB 2 connection with other built-in GOODIES make
this an all around scanner for home or office. Best value
on the market!!!
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Summary: Great Scanner, but poor software !
Review: I am a computer Technician and it took me a full day sorting out the errors that kept the software from working, I had to get into the registry and clean out All references to the software, and after many tries, finally got the software loaded in Safe mode, and finally working. The scanner works great, better than I really expected, so far. Does great for my slides and negatives. Quite surprised at the quality afetr working on them in my Digital Image Pro 9 Photo software. I did not load any other software sent with scanner only the ScanWizard 5.
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Summary: Excellent for those on a budget.
Review: I bought this scanner used from a closeout warehouse distributer for just a few dollars. For what I paid, it gives excellent results. Optical Character recognition works flawlessly, the max resolution (2400dpi) is so high, I haven't even come close to using it yet (honestly, what can you do with an 50MB JPEG?), and the built in film/negative/slide adapter is helpful. However, I would not recommend this scanner to a serious (or even serious amatuer) photographer. Normal scanning requires quite a bit of play to get good color results, and I'm finding it's better to make a semi-flawed scan at high resolution and fix it in Photoshop, than to manipulate the settings on the scanner. The biggest disappointment (like some other reviewers have said) is the negative scanning. While it works, I can't seem to get either tones or colors right--scans appear washed out and "soft" no matter what the settings. However, this is a nice function to play with and the results can again be improved with PS. Other complaints are noisy operation (I use Epson scanners at my school's lab that are whisper silent compared to the Microtek) and the bundled Scanwizard software, which is clunky and quite slow. While it hasn't crashed my OS yet, it definitely hesitates for a few seconds after nearly every operation.Overall, a great scanner for photos, text, and everyday use, especially if you can get one at a decent price. If you want part of a digital darkroom, go with Canon, Epson, or HP. I would even recommend buying an older version from one of these manufacturers with a lower max resolution (say 1200 dpi) as the only time I can imagine using 2400 is to make wall-size blow-ups from a 4x6 photo.
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Summary: Plug and "Play"?
Review: I have a brand new, brand name computer. The drivers with the scanner were not Mirosoft approved and the OCR engine would not load.It was really tough to get it going. I downloaded the latest drivers-no help. It began double scanning images, images were poor. It had a preview light for slides which stayed on causing me to end up with pure white scans. I tried really hard to like it but ended up returning it.
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Summary: 5900 Scanner is GREAT!
Review: I just bought the 5900 model and wanted it because I have tons of old larger format negitives and did not want to spend a fortune on a scanner. It has a very high DPI and yet I have not had to go above 500 DPI for great results. I was worried about slides and 35mm negitives but the 5900 brought them right out with great results. The software is very basic but just what you might need or it can be switched for the advanced but I have kept mine in the basic for ease of use. Replacing my old 1.0 USB card with a new 2.0 makes this baby fly I am more than satisfied with the 5900.
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Summary: decent for money
Review: I started with a visioneer scanner... it was very fast, but had poor image quality and couldn't handle my 120 film. I took it back and got the 5900. The driver came up as untested in Vindows XP but I installed anyway. True as stated elsewhere, microtek's OCR would not install but it comes with ABBYY which installed fine.
Compared to the Visioneer, this thing is super slow but the image quality is MUCH better. A 600 dpi scan from the Microtek compares to a >1200dpi from the visioneer.
The scans from my 120 film negs are outstanding even only at 600dpi.
My only complaint with it is (at least on USB 1) scans are very very slow (my 6x4.5cm negative @ 600dpi took almost 20 minutes!) All in all, even with the slow speed, I am very happy with the quality of the scans. -UPDATE- I downloaded the latest driver from microtek's website. it fixed all of the issues I was having with this scanner. After turning off the instant preview, I have not had a single problem with this scanner and would definitly recommend it. Only issue for others might be a 15 meg download on a modem
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Summary: Let me save you the trouble.
Review: I wanted to like this scanner. I really did. The most exciting feature and the main reason I chose this scanner was the 4"x5" slide/transparency scanning area. Finally, a scanner that I could capture my 120 shots on! Much to my dismay, the scans were nothing short of horrid. The scans were littered with red pixels (in a moire noise pattern)! They were also INCREDIBLY blurry. Things got worse the more I tried to make it work. The scanner began to scan far off center from my selection. Eventually, it wouldn't scan ANY of the selection, just the white background. I understand that I obviously had a defective scanner, but the initial scans were totally unacceptable. I bought this scanner for 120 film and to save myself a few dollars. I took this scanner back and got a scanner manufactured by a much more recognizable name in the photo industry.
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Summary: Great scanner for the money
Review: I'm going to have to disagree with the last review that states that he was not happy with the film quality. (...). As someone in the industry he should that only a dedicated slide scanner will provide professional level results. I use the scanner to scan old 35mm slides that my father had taken and it works great. Color negatives are not properly suited for this scanner but my slides come out good enough to email to family and to print out. The scanner is also USB 2.0 which I find great. When you do want to do a high resolution scan the high speed USB really comes in handy compared to the older USB. Overall the scanner is great for the money. Sure, I'd like to see it produce spectacular color negatives but you can't get a miracle product (...)
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Summary: Great scanner for the money
Review: I'm going to have to disagree with the last review that states that he was not happy with the film quality. (...). As someone in the industry he should that only a dedicated slide scanner will provide professional level results. I use the scanner to scan old 35mm slides that my father had taken and it works great. Color negatives are not properly suited for this scanner but my slides come out good enough to email to family and to print out. The scanner is also USB 2.0 which I find great. When you do want to do a high resolution scan the high speed USB really comes in handy compared to the older USB. Overall the scanner is great for the money. Sure, I'd like to see it produce spectacular color negatives but you can't get a miracle product (...)
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