It does not seem to be as fast as I expected - it takes at least a couple of minutes to scan a full 35mm frame at full resolution. The results are excellent - much better than the scanner it replaced and the ICE works well. I have not tried to use the software that came with the scanner but instead have been using Vuescan under Mac OS X. Nikon has not made and sold these scanners for some time and rumour has it that I can probably sell it for the same amount or more that I paid for it. I spent a lot of time looking at reviews, I could have got a flatbed scanner but as most of my slides and negatives are 35mm I came to the conclusion that a dedicated 35 mm film/slide scanner would have the edge on quality. Save a Vuescan Raw File first and you do all this via Vuescan's Scan-From-Disk, basically scanning with the raw file for info. The Plustek 8200i is an excellent scanner, it came with Silverfast but Ill talk about that software later. If at 1, try setting to 0, then maybe 0.010.05, and see what that does.

It is reputed to be one of the best scanners ever produced other than the later Nikon CoolScan V and much more expensive scanners such as a Hasselblad one.

Vuescan's default for ColorWhite point is 1, which I've always found way too high.

The Nikon CoolScan IV ED Photo has a better resolution than the scanner it replaced and also has ICE which removes most dust and blemish items from the scanned images. It replaced a Pacific Image 1800U scanner that did not work with the latest OS update on my computer. I bought this to digitise my old slides and negatives. This has been an excellent buy and I have spent hours scanning.

Vuescan slide scanning