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Umax Astra 6450 review

6.3

Editors' Rating

Good

7.8

Members' Rating

Very Good

Typical price:£ 111

Verdict

The Astra 6450 is slow despite its FireWire interface, and delivers only moderate quality transparency scans... Read Full Review.

Pros

  • IEEE 1394 interface and adapter
  • Transparency adapter supplied.

Cons

  • 600dpi optical resolution
  • Noisy
  • Long warm-up time.

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Member Opinion

7.8

Average Member Rating

Very Good

2 Members have reviewed this product

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Anonymous

Anonymous

Do not buy it for slide scanning

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5.5

Average


Anonymous

Anonymous

Brilliant scanner IF you have VueScan software

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10

Perfect


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