Was good in 2000, now kinda outdated.
Written: Dec 18 '01
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Pros: cheap; acceptable quality; good resolution.
Cons: thick; slow; distorts colors a little.
The Bottom Line: It was a good purchase in 2000 Fall. Now there are better units.
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| jawabean's Full Review: AcerScan Prisa 640U Flatbed Scanner |
I bought the scanner on MerketPro (www.marketpro.com) event in VA. I was going to digitize all my old photoes.
1. I didn't digitaize all my photoes. Actually, I didn't digitize even a considerable amount of them. It takes terribly long time for that. Not because the scanner itself is slow, but the manual processing is.
2. I bought this one because it gave me the required resolution for an acceptable price.
3. Also, it has an option accessory for scanning the films (which I never used). This scanner's resolution is not enough to scan 35mm films.
4. The resolution is good for scanning photoes. Scanning speed is slow, not too slow though. Acceptable.
5. This scanner internally get 48 bits of color depth per pixel, and outputs 32bits. It's good.
6. The colors are sometimes distorted. If you compare with the originals you can see that they are different. The copy seems "warmer". It's not big deal though.
7. This comes with software. I use only Copy button. You press the button, and PC scans the image, and outputs to a printer or Fax. Other software is crap, e.g. photo album software.
8. Installation is easy. I'm using the unit for one year, to scan, to Fax etc. It's nice. No problems at all.
9. I printed some photes scanned with Acer, using Web services. Quality was good.
10. A friend of mine has Olympus 3030Z digital camera, with 3 megapixels. I have a optical camera, Russian made 35mm Zenit ET. It produces very good prints. I scanned them with my Acer. I have to admit (to my great surprise), Olympus makes better images! :( So, if you want to produce digital photoes, then you better buy a good digital camera.
Recommended:
Yes
Amount Paid (US$): 100
Interface: USB
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