Agfa SnapScan e50 Scanner

Rating:
Summary: Can not be beat for the price
Review: I have found the scan quality to be superb. Most surprising was the resolution on 35mm negative scans. 8X10 prints of 35mm negative scans have the same (at least to my eyes and several others) resolution (and better shadow detail)as 8X10 prints from scans of 4X6 prints. This from a flatbed scanner was impressive. The Scanwise software has also worked very well. At first I thougt all of it's automation would be a problem, but it has actually been quite a help to myself and my daughter as it does appear to be very intelligent. I have not done much with the included software as I use MGI's Photosuite III.

This scanner may not be fastest around, but to have such quality for both reflective and transmissive scans is a real bargin. It will not handle anything larger than 35mm slides which for me is not an issue. This is a quality scanner and a great value, which is why I rated it at 5 stars.

Rating:
Summary: Can not be beat for the price
Review: I have found the scan quality to be superb. Most surprising was the resolution on 35mm negative scans. 8X10 prints of 35mm negative scans have the same (at least to my eyes and several others) resolution (and better shadow detail)as 8X10 prints from scans of 4X6 prints. This from a flatbed scanner was impressive. The Scanwise software has also worked very well. At first I thougt all of it's automation would be a problem, but it has actually been quite a help to myself and my daughter as it does appear to be very intelligent. I have not done much with the included software as I use MGI's Photosuite III.

This scanner may not be fastest around, but to have such quality for both reflective and transmissive scans is a real bargin. It will not handle anything larger than 35mm slides which for me is not an issue. This is a quality scanner and a great value, which is why I rated it at 5 stars.

Rating:
Summary: I like it!!!
Review: My Agfa SnapScan e50 arrived swiftly from Amazon, much to my delight. So far, I have only used it for scanning a couple of photographs, and some OCR work, using software that I already own and like. I plan to try out the OCR that came with the scanner also, as it advertises to do more things. The software guide was an excellent help in getting the page to scan, OCR, and copy to a word processor all on it's own. The only problem I ran into was when I tried to go faster than the guide, and messed things up.

The other thing that made a great impression on me was that I got a call back from AGFA-US tech support very quickly before I decided to purchase this unit, and the man on the other end of the phone was very helpful and friendly. That cemented my decision to go with Agfa, despite there being only one review on it at Amazon. ...