Inexpensive, Scanwizard is good software.

Not very well made -earlier 35t had a recirculating bearing go out, replacement of whole assembly costs as much as a new scanner. Not very good in shadows or highlights. Dust infiltrates easily. Large for a single purpose scanner.

A primitive scanner that isn't in the same league as Nikon, Minolta, Polaroid and other scanners. Don't invest in one unless you can buy it really cheaply. An earlier 35t model had problems with a bearing assembly after relatively few scans. The cost to repair/replace through Microtek out of warranty was more than the cost of a better new scanner. The carcass sits gathering dust. I replaced the newer 35t+ with a Minolta Scan Dual which offers superior resolution and performance for about $400. The ScanWizard interface as well as the add-on DCR color calibration software are well designed and supported.

Customer Service

Okay for basics. Repair/update costs can be outlandish.

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Good Price
It works with with the microtek scan wizard.

MAJOR problem:
Color negatives shot in bright scenes end up with brown streaky scans.

I was so alarmed at this problem that I sent mine back for service. I provided them with a negative so that they could duplicate the problem... Did they fix it? No. They said that it worked within specifications..

My comments about this scanner are:
Basically it is a SLIDE scanner not a negative scanner.. color negatives produce substandard results..
I have had mine for several years. It works well with black & white negatives and color slides but is poor with color negatives..

I am going to try before I buy next time..
I will take in a good variety of color negatives and put the scanner to the test. The ScanMaker 35t plus is a bad performer for me.

Customer Service

I can say one of two things about Microtek’s customer service department:.
Either the customer service people told me the truth and the product is truly unable to scan the bright sky scenes in my color negatives because my negatives push the scanner past it’s specifications (hmmm…)

-or-

the customer service people lied and the product is ok.

Either way I ended up as a very unhappy customer.

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scans at very high res. up to 7200dpi(enhanced).Large prints can be printed from you local digital lab.

Very slow.

Time is a smal price to pay if you want the quality

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Low price
Very good slide scans

Useless for negatives

This scanner received a good review in a UK photography mag so I bought one. I'm sure they only scanned slides as the results from negatives are crap. It has a few film types but Fuji Superia is not supported yet is the best selling film!

Please try before you buy

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Low cost, solid build, reasonable quality

Bulky, not especially high quality, don't like the software much

This isn't a bad scanner for the money. I've never tried to scan colour negs, so can't comment on that aspect of performance, but it's fine for slides (98% of my output).
I don't find the scanning software very user friendly, the resolution isn't very high and it hasn't got digital ICE. But for the price, it's a fair performer. However, if you can afford better, buy better.

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