Pacific Image Electronics Prime-Film 3650u Film Scanner

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Pros

  • High resolution (6)
  • Consistent (4)
  • Good bit depth (4)
  • Accurate thumbnails (2)
  • Accurate colors (1)
  • Easy setup (1)
  • Good value (1)
  • Ice technology (1)
  • Never seems to jam (1)
  • Size (1)
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Cons

  • Slow (6)
  • Not versatile (2)
  • Attracts dust (1)
  • Colors not equal nikon's (1)
  • No color calibration (1)
  • Only one picture a time (1)
  • Scan modes (1)

Best Uses

  • Photos and graphics (6)
  • Digital printing (3)
  • Web design (2)
  • Artwork (1)
  • Home (1)
  • Scan slides and film (1)
 
 
 

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Don't think you would need a film scanner after you'va gone all digital? PF3650U is our best valued solution to convert all your accumulated negatives and slides into digital format. But that's not all, the PF3650U is not only capable of producing high quality digital images, but at a price you can afford. PF3650U will make your digital dream come true.

Specification Description
Model PF3650U
UPC 649899001318
Interface USB
Platform Macintosh,PC/Windows
Type Scanner

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Product Reviews

Last update: Oct 26, 2009

Pacific Image Electronics Prime-Film 3650u Film Scanner Reviews

 
 
 

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[15 of 15 customers found this review helpful]

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[17 of 18 customers found this review helpful]

 
★★★★★
5.0
PIE 3650U scanner

"Purchased this scanner for mostly negs, color and some B&W. I wanted a basic unit, with fairly high res and ICE. Thisis exactly what this unit is. Simple, fairly well made,software is smooth to install and works well. The onlyinconvenience is no auto film feed, but it is no real bigdeal. I do like the film path as I was able to make my ownadapters for scanning 110, 126 and APS films. I wanted abasic scanner..." Read Full Review »

Mar 28, 2007 by Mike

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★★★☆☆
3.0
Pretty good, but not that good.

"I've been scanning a lot of my back catalog with this. The Grade A stuff goes to the pros, but this works fine for my desktop printing (13-inch format printer), some of which I do plan to sell.The setup is pretty easy as long as you remember to install the software *before* connecting the scanner. It will tell you when to plug it in. It's not fast, especially with high-resolution scans, and it's manually load..." Read Full Review »

Aug 16, 2008 by Fishboy

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Pacific Image Electronics Prime-Film 3650u Film Scanner Review

Pretty good, but not that good.

★★★☆☆
3.0

    Pros

  • Consistent
  • Good Bit Depth
  • Good Resolution

    Cons

  • Not Versatile
  • Slow

    Best Uses

  • Digital Printing
  • Photos and Graphics
  • Web Design
 

"I've been scanning a lot of my back catalog with this. The Grade A stuff goes to the pros, but this works fine for my desktop printing (13-inch format printer), some of which I do plan to sell.The setup is pretty easy as long as you remember to install the software *before* connecting the scanner. …"  Read Full Review »

Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
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Aug 16 2008
Fishboy
Riverside, CA
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  • Graphics Professional
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Price: $169.95
 

[15 of 15 customers found this review helpful]

Pacific Image Electronics Prime-Film 3650u Film Scanner Review

PIE 3650U scanner

★★★★★
5.0

"Purchased this scanner for mostly negs, color and some B&W. I wanted a basic unit, with fairly high res and ICE. Thisis exactly what this unit is. Simple, fairly well made,software is smooth to install and works well. The onlyinconvenience is no auto film feed, but it is no real bigdeal. I do li …"  Read Full Review »

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Mar 28 2007
Mike
MO, USA, and damn proud of it
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[11 of 18 customers found this review helpful]

Pacific Image Electronics Prime-Film 3650u Film Scanner Review

Primefilm scanner 3650u

★★★★★
5.0

"I purchased this film scanner about 3 months ago and have scanned in Countless negs and slide photosit is a Good scanner for its price and has a vary wide scanning range and its Scratch and dust remover is vary GOODi have not seen any scanner remove dust like this oneid recommend it to anyone wantin …"  Read Full Review »

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Feb 7 2007
Streetranger
Austin TX
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[2 of 2 customers found this review helpful]

Pacific Image Electronics Prime-Film 3650u Film Scanner Review

Great machine but it can fool you...

★★★★☆
4.0

    Pros

  • Good Bit Depth
  • Good Resolution
  • ICE technology
  • Size

    Cons

  • Scan Modes
  • Slow

    Best Uses

  • Scan slides and film
 

"After my friend's Konica Minolta scanner died and I was forced to buy one myself, I spent my fair share of time comparing one scanner to the other... then changing my mind and adding another scanner to the mix. Since I use a Mac laptop, I was restricted in terms of which scanner I could use (most of …"  Read Full Review »

Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
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Mar 27 2009
pellegrinoaddict
New York, NY
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  • Frequent User
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Price: $169.95
 

[3 of 3 customers found this review helpful]

Pacific Image Electronics Prime-Film 3650u Film Scanner Review

Pretty Good Value

★★★☆☆
3.0

    Pros

  • Consistent
  • Never seems to jam

    Cons

  • Colors not equal Nikon's
  • Slow

    Best Uses

  • Photos and Graphics
 

"Have run hundreds of slides with zero jams. Start it and forget it.

Colors not great, but can be fixed in Adobe. Quality not near Nikon 5000 (which I also own) but ~ zero jamming counts for a lot!

You want professional results ~ skip this and get a Nikon.

You want to push a zillion slides with ze …"  Read Full Review »

Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
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Aug 24 2008
jerry k
Ridgefield, CT
I am:
  • Casual User
Reviewed at:
Price: $169.95
 
 
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