Optimum scan results for brilliant images

Shutterbug Magazine - I found Pacific Image Electronics' PrimeFilm 1800 Silver to have a remarkable collection of features at a remarkably low price. A scanner is only as good as its driver, and getting SilverFast to drive it was a genuine surprise, and a very pleasant one. You can bet that when people ask me to recommend a modestly priced film scanner in the future they will hear me singing the praises of this one.

Sandy Gutt - I'm using this PIE medium format scanners for a year now and I'm thrilled with the opportunities I have with SilverFast. The image automatics work almost perfectly, 90% of all images I do not need to optimize any further. And even old photographies with really strong color casts I can get completely restored.

Jeff Dell - My slide collection is huge, really huge. Until now I thought, I would never make it to digitize all my slides. But using the Powerslide and latest SilverFast software I can batch scan a complete magazine of slides at once. The results have convinced me, for the first time I have found a really effective way.

Steve Wagner - Bought the scanner. Downloaded SilverFast demo. Tried all the tools. Bought SilverFast. And now I am happy and satisfied.

Kodachrome - Special Profiles for Brilliant Results

Thanks to our special Kodachrome profiles for our PIE software you have three major advantages compared to usual software that let you finally scan your Kodachrome slides in high quality: maximum Dynamic Range, IT8 calibration and free of dust and scratches.

Scanning Kodachromes with attention to recording the complete dynamic range is a considerable challenge. This, because the dynamic range reaches up to 3.8D - which is a grayscale range of 6300 shades and equals a contrast range of 1:6300! Fortunately SilverFast Multi-Exposure can handle the enormous dynamic range with film scanners. This guarantees reproduction of the deepest shades inside Kodachromes successfully.

If you scan Kodachromes without IT8 calibration, the scans will consistently show a strong blue cast. Using SilverFast, the user simply goes to the general panel in SilverFast's main control dialog selects "Kodachrome" from the Pos./Neg. pop-up menu. SilverFast now applies a Kodachrome profile, which is specifically adjusted for your PIE scanner. The blue cast is removed from the image!