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Have always loved the LaCie drives, their recovery software is fantastic and quality is even better!

I bought the OpticFilm 8100 to digitize my old 35mm slides. It does an awesome job. I followed the WorkflowPilot in the SilverFast 8.0 (the software comes with the OpticFilm 8100) and using the highest available resolution (7200dpi) it took 4 minutes and 48 seconds to produce the best possible scan. The software is designed to take into consideration the color issues of older slides and will automatically try to correct with the Histogram option. 9 times out of ten this correction is spot on, but sometimes you need to tell the software to ignore. However, 10 times out of ten, I tell it to ignore the Gradation - it always tends to over-saturate the colors. There are other options like Selective Color Correction where you and adjust hue and saturation by themselves that are useful at times. Keep in mind that using the 7200 dpi you'll get a monster-sized file a 100 MB or larger, but that works if you're planning on printing. At the 1800 dpi it took 35 seconds and produced a 10 MB file which would be good for web. There is also a mid range of 3600 dpi that fits in the middle of both time to scan and file size, so you have 3 good options. I am VERY pleased with my purchase and will get good use from this device and included software.

I bought the scanner mainly so I could throw away paper copies and keep scanned ones. The feeder takes multiple pages at at time, and the software is only asking to prompt you for a file name. You can chose if you want multiple pages in a single document or each page in its own file. Unfortunately, it's not clever enough to scan two documents in the feeder and automatically detect that they should be saved under two separate filenames, so you'll need to feed it accordingly. It scans directly to PDF and do some OCR work to make documents searchable if you put them in Google drive. It also comes bundled with Abby FineReader which seems to do a better job with the OCR and supports languages other than English. Using is also easy because it won't ask you for anything, it'll just read the file, OCR it, and delete the original with let it, which is what I wanted. The email feature isn't what I thought it does. It just scans and opens your email software with an attachment. That's the only negative point about this scanner. It's smart, but still just a desktop scanner, not a workspace floor level scanner. The WiFi and screen are nice features, but it still need a laptop running the software to receive any image it scans, it's not truly standalone as some other department level devices. Having said that, if you scan a fewer dozen short documents per week this would be perfect for you. If you work in law or need to scan 100 page contracts - you'd want a model with a feeder with a higher capacity.

I ditched the included software and just started using it as an external drive. It connected perfectly, no hitches. And I loaded up a 630 Gbyte ZIP file backup onto it. It was relatively speedy, though it took about 6-7 hours to load that 630 Gbyte ZIP file from another external drive to it. Nonetheless, I'm very pleased with it so far.

This GPS logger integrates nicely with the Canon T4i, just turn it on and go! A single AA battery can last quite a while, depending on the setting you choose for logging frequency. Attaching it to the hotshoe makes it easy to carry, though it does stick out a bit. If you want to use a flash, you can attach it by a USB cable, instead. (They supply both a long and short cable to suit your needs.) In the event you don't want it attached all day, it can still be used to sync the camera's clock perfectly, and then independantly log the day's travels for later geotagging. The only negative is to download the log file requires that you use the Canon software. (I would have preferred to just copy the file off like a flash drive.) But if you don't need the log, it will geotag the photos directly in the camera, no special software needed, and no extra processing later on.

I have used the product several times and it works as described very well. I have copied several vinyl LPs and the digital result seems to be virtually identical to the source. SoundSaver Express software is included and I use it to make the initial digital conversion. This software has some signal modification features that claim to fix the LP static and noise problems. I have not used those features because I do not want the noise filter to be applied to the entire digital file. Instead I have elected to use Audacity software, which I am familiar with, to clean up the digital file. The bad thing about the Art USB Phono Plus is that it accurately captures everything that the phono and LP produce, namely static and pop. So the reality in my case is that there is a lot of work to clean up the original digital file before it meets my standard to include in my digital playlist. I have used Audacity to clean up the file and then I make an uncompressed .wav and a .mpg file. I then use the .wav file to create a music CD to store with my other CD's and now I have a backup for my vinyl LP.

I got the meter a couple days ago. I started to write a review and planned to give it 3 stars for two reasons. First was the finicky touchscreen that would take several presses varying the pressure to get it to register. Second was the lame software that comes with it. For the first issue today I discovered that the touchscreen works fine if you use a fingernail or any rounded plastic thing like a pen cap. Apparently fingertips spread over too big an area and confuse it or just don't make the connection. The second issue is the software. I was expecting the software to be similar functionality as the meter screen with the options to compare plots, etc. so you could do post-processing on the computer. The software only allows you to download several graphics file formats of plots (bmp, jpeg, png) and a raw data .csv files. The .csv file allows you to do anything you want but it is a bunch of manual work to do so versus if the software was more functional. Another irritation with the software is that as far as I can tell there is no way to just download all your file from the meter memory at once. When you use the meter you need to Memory Title. You then take readings that are autmatically named. When you use the software you can select all the files under one Memory Title but you cannot select all files and download them as a batch. After solving the touchscreen issue I decided that the meter itself deserves 5 star. It is a really nice meter.

I love the fast bootup times of SSD drives, the fast file transfer times and not having to defragment the drives. My 480G SSD was nearing capacity so I went for the 1T SSD. Crucial has been making memory products for years so I feel comfortable with the brand. The drive went in easy. Crucial has a download for backup software which makes the file transfers easy. The Acronis True Image backup software only works with Crucial drives though. :( Clonezilla does the same thing as the Acronis True Image although the user has to be familiar with linux. I installed the drive and no problems yet.

After working through a clunky install of the Silverfast software for Mac OS (no CD drive) this product excels at digitizing 35mm slides. Workflow as follows: 1. Scan into computer using Silverfast software utilizing max res (non-hdr) setting to create a 197MB .tif file. On my system, scan time and saving (to an external thunderbolt connected drive) takes approximately 3m10s at this setting. 2. Crop and color correct using Adobe RAW. 3. Remove dust and scratches in Photoshop then save as a 3-5MB .jpg file. My average production time for a full digitization/restoration is approximately 20min per slide. Given I have access to professional photo editing software through Adobe's CC suite, there is no need for me to use the additional features offered through Silverfast. I get the results I desire through the above listed workflow and find well exposed/focused slides from the 70's look like digital images that were captured yesterday. I have been able to recover an enormous amount of data from seriously blown out slides, but the final results don't quite yield that "captured yesterday" look.