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Acer AcerScan ScanWit 2720S Film Scanner

Acer AcerScan ScanWit 2720S Film Scanner
Brand: Acer
Category: CE

List Price: $399.99
Buy New: $200.00
You Save: $199.99 (50%)



Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars 4 reviews

Platforms: Windows Nt, Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows Nt 3.5, Windows Nt 4, Windows Nt 5, Windows Me, Windows Xp, Windows 2000 Server, Windows
Media: Electronics
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4.5
Dimensions (in): 6.4 x 6 x 13.7
Warranty: 1 year warranty

MPN: 2720S
Model: 2720S
UPC: 750519022511
EAN: 0750519022511
ASIN: B00004Y7JS

Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

Features:
  • Scans slides and negative film with the touch of a button
  • 36-bit color scans, recognizes more than 68.7 billion colors for true-to-life accuracy
  • 2,700 by 2,700 dpi optical resolution
  • Fast scan speed--completes 2,700 dpi scan within 40 seconds
  • Auto positioning and auto focusing to secure a sharper image

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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
Acer has a vision of technology as an integral part of daily life for everyone, young and old, tech-savvy and tech-timid alike, whether at work, school or play, at home or on the move. Acer digital life devices are fun and easy to use, expanding the senses and empowering people to express and share their ideas, delivering on the promise of the Digital Age.The Scanner ScanWit 2720S enables you to scan slides and negative film with one-touch of a button. The auto-loading mechanism can preview or scan up to six frames at one time.This model is now listed under BenQ. Please search for BenQ for the most current product information.

Amazon.com Product Description
Share your digitally optimized photographs over the Internet using the Acer AcerScan ScanWit 2720S. This impressive film scanner offers professional and amateur photographers excellent digital editing and reproduction capability. The ScanWit 2720S comes with Adobe Photoshop LE and Ulead Photo Express software, providing an expansive range of artistic and creative image editing options. This economical one-pass scanner has high optical resolution of 2,700 x 2,700 dpi and 36-bit color scans that differentiate more than 68.7 billion colors for superb image quality. Maximize the shadow detail of your slides and negatives, from the darkest to the brightest tones, with this scanner's dynamic range of 3.2. You can scan mounted 35mm slides in a maximum four-unit batch, or scan a 35mm negative filmstrip with up to four-unit batches. Automated positioning and focusing features ensure a sharp image, and a push of the scan button allows you to preview loaded frames. The 40-second scan speed makes the process efficient and easy. System requirements include Windows 95/98/NT, 35 MB RAM, a CD-ROM drive, and a PCI slot. Acer provides a one-year limited warranty with its 48-hour Hot Swap policy. i--Carol Pierce/i


Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars For the price- unmatched   June 30, 2001
7 out of 8 found this review helpful

This is a wonderful scanne, loads of detail, with little shadow noise. The negative carriers and software are a bit fiddly, but the results are good with a little playing with the defaults. With a little looking, you can find this for a great ... price.


3 out of 5 stars Not so good   February 25, 2001
Dave Deacon (UK)
13 out of 13 found this review helpful

For slides this ScanWit an another one I tried both produced severe banding and noise. That was whether attached to the supplied SCSI card or my own Diamond FirePort 40 Dual - using different leads and the ScanWit being actively terminated. My reason for buying it was to convert to using slides for overall better quality. I can hide the banding by making the slides darker but that makes for inferior scans. pIf you have one, you might try this yourself: crank up the brightness or the midtones on the Curves tool or Levels in either Mira or Photoshop. These bands occur even on a Raw scan. Now look for any banding effects...pNegatives are a different story. They are clear of noise and banding. I suppose it is the greater range of slides which pushes the scanner to its limits - at which mine fails.pOddly, others claim slides are excellent and negatives are rubbish. Plainly, there are serious inconsistencies in these scanners. If you buy one, check it out carefully and make sure you can return it if it fails to be what you expect.pThankfully, I can return mine. I will try another one and hope I get one that is good for slides and negs.


4 out of 5 stars Excellent scanner for the price   January 17, 2001
13 out of 13 found this review helpful

Contrary to the first reviewer, a passive terminator is not needed if this is the only SCSI device in the computer and you are using the bundled SCSI card. All I needed to do was plug in the SCSI card, hook up and scanner, install the driver, and boom, it's working! You do, however, need a terminator if you're hooking up the scanner to a third party SCSI card (ex. Adaptec). The scanner produces excellent scans for negatives, and very good results with slide films. Bundled software, Mirafoto, has ver nice features and is easy to use. However, for certain negative films it does not produce the most accurate colors, but that can easily be corrected in any imaging software (Photoshop 5 LE is included). For this price, this scanner is an excellent buy!


4 out of 5 stars Acer ScanWit 2720S Film Scanner   November 26, 2000
Roy Cochrun (Mt. Airy, MD United States)
13 out of 15 found this review helpful

If it were not for the poor instructions and missing SCSI terminator, the Acer ScanWit would be outstanding in all respects. One discovers after hours of frustration and a close read of the poorly written (translated) manual that a passive terminator is required, but not included, if this is your first (and only) SCSI device. Also look out for the second Press on the slide mount. The mount should be drawn all the way into the scanner, with only an inch protruding. Once the terminator is connected and the slides or film mounted, it is a an extremely valuable,easy-to-use piece of equipment.