Shortcomings

2026-01-10    -Colin Burgess

It is unnecessary to order film and slide holders separately. They come as part of the overall bundle. AND the power pin supplied is incompatible with the Australian standard and it is necessary to purchase an adaptor.Yet to set up the unit. Have just purchased the adaptor.

5.0 out of 5 stars Quality build and quality scans — well worth the price

2026-01-06    -Perry in AVL

Well constructed, easy to use, quick to insert and remove slides from the 4-slide carrier. The infrared secondary scan does a great job of removing most dust and scratches. Unit is heavy enough to stay put on your desk, yet has a compact footprint. Scanning at anything higher than 3600 dpi gains nothing except a ballooned file size. Instead of the included SilverFast software (overly complex, clunky user interface), I use VueScan, then color correct in Lightroom. It's 2 steps instead of one, but more versatile image control and simpler interface. I also run many original scanned files through Topaz Photo AI to sharpen and denoise before going to Lightroom. The attached before-and-after of a 60-year-old slide is typical of results.

過去のフィルムで困ってませんか

2026-01-02    -みゆき

性能はよかったです

Meets expectations!

2026-02-13    -Andy Logam-Tan

International delivery quick and smooth. Device is new and received in good condition.Scanner works well and meets expectations.

4.0 out of 5 stars slide scanner for non-professional photographer

2026-02-06    -Amazon Customer

I don't normally like to write reviews, but I'm going to make an exception for this Plustek OptikFilm 8300i scanner. I started taking slide photos about 45 years ago when I was a bit younger and traveling the world working in the oil and gas exploration industry. It was nearly 15 years or so before digital cameras became common place and eventually those were replaced by smart phones with cameras that can zoom in to the moon through a cloud layer, or so it seems. In any event - whipping out the slide projector and finding a blank white wall at the cocktail party kinda went out of favor and I needed to find a way to digitize my analog life in pictures before smart phones, so I can compile some TikTocks or YouTubes and go viral before I croak. After a bit of online research I ponied up the dough to get this scanner because my attempt to fabricate a cheap rig with calipers, rubber bands, and bamboo chopsticks -quite frankly - did not work as well as I had hoped. For my needs and to my surprise, I have been able to easily convert over a thousand slides so far to my digital archive with very acceptable results, and had no problem installing and using the supplied software. I would recommend maybe perusing the help section or pdf manual as the software seems very in depth, but if you are like me you should be fine just winging it. I'm going to wait until I finish the last couple thousand or so slides I still have to process before choosing which files I wish to spend much time trying to improve upon. I did try to do some film negatives just to see how that worked - it is a bit of a pain to get the strips into the film holder but depending on the condition of the film strips the digital files are quite good and can be manipulated in the software very easily. Most of my print pictures after 40-50 years of sitting in shoe boxes in the top of a closet are a bit dull - but scanning the negatives with this scanner makes them look as good as new. One thing I will say - even though the documentation mentions (sales jargon) that there is a lot of AI embedded into this system - you still need to do a lot of manual processing and loading / unloading and naming and copying and adjusting - takes some time. Nothing automatic about this system, so you can't just sit a box of slides down next to the unit and tell Siri to make jpegs out of them while you go have a beer. No one click button to push for a finished product I'm afraid. Anyway - overall I am pleased with the purchase and the results so far have surpassed my expectations, I am sure there is a whole lot more I can learn to get better quality scans out of the software but for now I am very well satisfied with this unit. Hope it doesn't break anytime soon.

semplicemente fantastico

2026-01-02    -mauro chiesi

Dopo avere scansionato circa 2000 diapo e un centinaio di pellicole posso dirmi completamente soddisfatto della qualità di questo scanner. Il software allegato è già ultra performante in modalità "guidata" e la scansione a infrarossi davvero molto efficiente.

Meets expectations!

2026-01-19    -Andy Logam-Tan

International delivery quick and smooth. Device is new and received in good condition.Scanner works well and meets expectations.

semplicemente fantastico

2025-12-28    -mauro chiesi

Dopo avere scansionato circa 2000 diapo e un centinaio di pellicole posso dirmi completamente soddisfatto della qualità di questo scanner. Il software allegato è già ultra performante in modalità "guidata" e la scansione a infrarossi davvero molto efficiente.

4.0 out of 5 stars slide scanner for non-professional photographer

2026-01-13    -Amazon Customer

I don't normally like to write reviews, but I'm going to make an exception for this Plustek OptikFilm 8300i scanner. I started taking slide photos about 45 years ago when I was a bit younger and traveling the world working in the oil and gas exploration industry. It was nearly 15 years or so before digital cameras became common place and eventually those were replaced by smart phones with cameras that can zoom in to the moon through a cloud layer, or so it seems. In any event - whipping out the slide projector and finding a blank white wall at the cocktail party kinda went out of favor and I needed to find a way to digitize my analog life in pictures before smart phones, so I can compile some TikTocks or YouTubes and go viral before I croak. After a bit of online research I ponied up the dough to get this scanner because my attempt to fabricate a cheap rig with calipers, rubber bands, and bamboo chopsticks -quite frankly - did not work as well as I had hoped. For my needs and to my surprise, I have been able to easily convert over a thousand slides so far to my digital archive with very acceptable results, and had no problem installing and using the supplied software. I would recommend maybe perusing the help section or pdf manual as the software seems very in depth, but if you are like me you should be fine just winging it. I'm going to wait until I finish the last couple thousand or so slides I still have to process before choosing which files I wish to spend much time trying to improve upon. I did try to do some film negatives just to see how that worked - it is a bit of a pain to get the strips into the film holder but depending on the condition of the film strips the digital files are quite good and can be manipulated in the software very easily. Most of my print pictures after 40-50 years of sitting in shoe boxes in the top of a closet are a bit dull - but scanning the negatives with this scanner makes them look as good as new. One thing I will say - even though the documentation mentions (sales jargon) that there is a lot of AI embedded into this system - you still need to do a lot of manual processing and loading / unloading and naming and copying and adjusting - takes some time. Nothing automatic about this system, so you can't just sit a box of slides down next to the unit and tell Siri to make jpegs out of them while you go have a beer. No one click button to push for a finished product I'm afraid. Anyway - overall I am pleased with the purchase and the results so far have surpassed my expectations, I am sure there is a whole lot more I can learn to get better quality scans out of the software but for now I am very well satisfied with this unit. Hope it doesn't break anytime soon.

5.0 out of 5 stars Quality build and quality scans — well worth the price

2026-01-13    -Perry in AVL

Well constructed, easy to use, quick to insert and remove slides from the 4-slide carrier. The infrared secondary scan does a great job of removing most dust and scratches. Unit is heavy enough to stay put on your desk, yet has a compact footprint. Scanning at anything higher than 3600 dpi gains nothing except a ballooned file size. Instead of the included SilverFast software (overly complex, clunky user interface), I use VueScan, then color correct in Lightroom. It's 2 steps instead of one, but more versatile image control and simpler interface. I also run many original scanned files through Topaz Photo AI to sharpen and denoise before going to Lightroom. The attached before-and-after of a 60-year-old slide is typical of results.