DIGITNOW! High Resolution 135 Film/Slide Scanner, Slide Viewer and Convert 35mm Negative Film &Slide to Digital JPEG Save into SD Card , with Slide Mounts Feeder No Computer/Software Required.
Convert your 35mm, slides and negative
Have any old 35mm films or slides? Here’s the perfect device to help you easily organize and externalize them. At the touch of a button, the image digitizer will scan and convert your old memories into sharp, vibrant digital images in JPEG format. These can then be viewed on your computer or other device, or printed out as regular photos. There is no need for a computer connection to operate the scanner. Once scanning is complete, the built-in 2.4-inch color LCD screen will display your digitized image With this Converter, you can convert your slides & flims to JPEG in just three steps. First, load your slides or negatives into the scanner, using the included negative or slide holder. Next, plug your converter with the included power adapter. Finally, you can start scanning your slides & negatives!
Quick Slide Holder for slides one buy one easily With this Slide Holder, you can convert your slides conveniently by one push. The most quantity of the rapid feeder is about 6-8 pieces. Once you pushing one slide into this scanner, the 2.4-inch LCD will show your picture. Then press the “Scan” button when ready. Snap! The image digitizer scans and converts your old memories into sharp, vibrant digital images in JPEG format. Images are saved to the internal memory or an optional SD card. These can thn be viewed on your computer or other device, or printed out as regular photos.
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| Each photo takes just seconds to convert, You need to get an SD card inserted before scanning. Then you can start scaning.Your photos will be saved in digital JPG format on SD card. | After you’re done scanning, you can transfer your photos to PC.(Choose USB MSDC mode to get it connected) Or you can use the included video cable to view your photos on your TV. |
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| Resolution | 5 mega pixels | 14 Megapixels/22 Megapixels | 22 mega pixels | 22 mega pixels | 1080P(1440*1080 20fps) |
| Display | Color 2.4〞TFT LCD | Color 2.4〞TFT LCD | Tilt-Up 3.5″ Large LCD | Tilt-Up 3.5″ Large LCD | Color 2.4〞TFT LCD |
| Supported film/negative types | 35mm Film,Negative &Slide | 35mm/135, 110, 126Kpk and super 8 films | 135mm, 126, 110, Super 8, 8mm | 135mm, 126, 110, Super 8, 8mm | 8mm and Super 8 Movie |
| WiFi Wireless Connection | ✓ | ||||
| TV-OUT | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Scan Method | Single photo | Single photo | Single photo | Single photo | Video |
| Weight: | 270 g |
| Dimensions: | 11.2 x 8.6 x 8.6 cm; 270.2 Grams |
| Brand: | DIGITNOW! |
| Model: | M125 |
| Colour: | M125 |
| Batteries Included: | No |
| Manufacture: | BR |
| Colour: | M125 |
Easy to use and set up
I have several reviews, good and bad, but saw it recommended in PC magazine to took a chance. Worked first go and connected to PC. It doesn’t actually connect to PC but to Google drive, which was fine and I just made a short cut and renamed the default directory. Between its software and windows you reverse back to front scans etc. It wasn’t keen on the thin plastic 35mm frames, but it was easy just to drop into holder one at a time. Would recommend.
5.0 out of 5 stars Quick and easy
Excellent and easy to use to copy old colour slides
5.0 out of 5 stars Had low expectations, but was pleasantly surprised how good the results were.
Great results from colour slides and old black and white negatives.
This item did its job 99% – the only problem I had was when it froze on just one complex slide at 10megapixel resolution, but that worked at 5mp. Getting the illumination level optimum took a few “runs”, but the delivery was very quick and “saved my bacon” in a rush job after my previous converter died.
Updated review. Having had chance to use this now, I have to say it does what it says and was impressed at its simplicity! Oh I’m sure you can get better quality, but with that the price goes up and up. For the money I’d say its a super bit of kit for digitising your old slides/negatives. Will be trying the VHS to PC kit next…
Digit now Slide Scanne
My scanner, arrived two days ago and I’ve just got around opening it and setting it up. From first appearances, it appears to be a decent piece of kit, although it’s plastic. It seems relatively well-made and robust, though I think as with most plastic items it would be wise not to mistreat it. It’s a pity that an SD card wasn’t included, you have to buy this separately. The scanner is quite easy to operate once you’ve got to grips with the instruction manual which seems to be written by someone without a very good command of English. As for the results I will need to scan a lot more slides before I can comment on this but so far they seem okay. Considering the price I think this is a reasonable piece of kit.
Exactly what I wanted
I really liked that this product is so simple to use, and to setup.
It wasn’t 100% clear in the instructions that in order to transfer the images from slide/negative to the PC, that they have to be saved to an SD card first then transferred from the card to the PC, but I figured it out quickly enough anyway.
Occasionally I found the slides were occasionally sliding under each other and I was getting a double overlapped image, and the slider is a little sticky, but as far as the slider goes, it will probably loosen with use.
I am more than happy with this product as it does exactly what I was looking for without breaking the bank too much.
A very simple to use film to digital scanner.
This is an excellent and simple to use film to digital file scanner. It comes with both 35mm negative and slide carriers. Sadly it does not have a 110 film or 127 film carrier so a hand made card version would have to be made DIY to scan these less common film types.
Does exactly what it says on the tin!
Plastic framed slides fit neatly and slide in and out. Paper framed slides move around and have to be aligned.
captures slides efficiently
The automatic feed works well with cardboard and thin plastic slides and the separate slide holders allow you to capture slides held in thicker sleeves. The end result can be managed with the settings and in general the end result is quite good. I did have some problem with the result being a bit pink but I managed to fine tune the exposure too limit this effec
Brilliant for what it does
This device is really good,shame I purchased a brand new one and the seller sent me one used,as you can see my screen is very heavy scratched!I will buy again and keep when I know it’s brand new,I don’t have a laptop,take a brand new 32gb max card, registration it on your phone but to transfer to (media to other devices)your phone should promt this descission,put card in device and work away,put card in phone and upload to social media,very simple.i do find tho,the good crisp colours from photograph’s is lost even with the adjustments you can do on the device,but definitely worth it,a app could possibly add in better depth off colour?!.very fast,I have hundreds to get done,but I want my brand new device!
fantastic film and negative viewe
i found a couple of films that had been used and i had no idea what was on them, so i got them developed because i had some negatives from a while ago. buying this slide and negative viewer was ideal. i could view the negatives, save them to a memory card or transfer them to my computer. a great universal bit of equipment, highly recommended. supplier equally as good.
It is very easy to operate it does a great job scanning.Not a waste of money.
Good for the money
The slide delivery system is a bit clunky but i managed to scan in all my slides from the sixties and seventies in as good a quality as the original image. Exposure takes a bit of adjustment but i got there. i haven’t marked the technical support as i didn’t need it. Ideal machine for 1-100 slides if you are doing 1000s a better delivery system is needed.
Good for the money
The slide delivery system is a bit clunky but i managed to scan in all my slides from the sixties and seventies in as good a quality as the original image. Exposure takes a bit of adjustment but i got there. i haven’t marked the technical support as i didn’t need it. Ideal machine for 1-100 slides if you are doing 1000s a better delivery system is needed.
Digitised the past!
Brings the past from slides and negatives up to date in digital form.
clear instructions
I use it for converting slides to pictures and computer. It is very compac
Christmas prese
It was bought as a Christmas present so I don’t know how good it is
Good performance at a very reasonable price.
This is a competent standalone scanner with adequate quality. It is fast and easy to operate. I bought it principally for its magazine feed, which works well with manufacturer-processed slides in plastic mounts; however, thin card-mounted slides tend to jam. The film holder is easy to load, with magnetic catches; the slide holder is not nearly so convenient, as it is very sticky to open and relies on plastic catches. This scanner was ideal for my purpose, but the slide holder is too fiddly for volume scanning.
Good performance at a very reasonable price.
This is a competent standalone scanner with adequate quality. It is fast and easy to operate. I bought it principally for its magazine feed, which works well with manufacturer-processed slides in plastic mounts; however, thin card-mounted slides tend to jam. The film holder is easy to load, with magnetic catches; the slide holder is not nearly so convenient, as it is very sticky to open and relies on plastic catches. This scanner was ideal for my purpose, but the slide holder is too fiddly for volume scanning.
Easy to operate
Does not work consistently on Windows 10. You will need to buy a San Disk 32 GB SD card (not the micro) and plug into the back of the DigiScan. Set capture, Exposure, Resolution and finally MSDC. You can now scan say 30 slides, remove the SD card, plug it into your computer and upload the images. They will need some editing and resizing. Overall the DigiScan gives a very good result and is a good buy.
Easy to operate
Does not work consistently on Windows 10. You will need to buy a San Disk 32 GB SD card (not the micro) and plug into the back of the DigiScan. Set capture, Exposure, Resolution and finally MSDC. You can now scan say 30 slides, remove the SD card, plug it into your computer and upload the images. They will need some editing and resizing. Overall the DigiScan gives a very good result and is a good buy.
Works well but rapid slide feeder not great.
The DIGITNOW did the job and I was able to convert/store all of my late Mums photographic slides. Picture quality, as has been said, is hugely affected by the quality of the slide being scanned, but overall the quality is pretty good if you play a little with the options.
Photos were saved to the SD card (a must have) and then were easy to transfer to the PC.
Only issue I had was the rapid slide feeder which I found jammed all the time so I used the alternative holders that were included. A little fiddly but you soon get the hang of it and I was able to convert the slides.
Not perfect but at this price point I believe its good value as it did the job.
Works well but rapid slide feeder not great.
The DIGITNOW did the job and I was able to convert/store all of my late Mums photographic slides. Picture quality, as has been said, is hugely affected by the quality of the slide being scanned, but overall the quality is pretty good if you play a little with the options.
Photos were saved to the SD card (a must have) and then were easy to transfer to the PC.
Only issue I had was the rapid slide feeder which I found jammed all the time so I used the alternative holders that were included. A little fiddly but you soon get the hang of it and I was able to convert the slides.
Not perfect but at this price point I believe its good value as it did the job.
Simple to use and effective !
My fathers numerous 50+ year old slides where quickly transferred to computer. It proved to be a treasure trove of priceless old memories. Product Delivery within 24 hrs. Would thoroughly recommend product.
A great little product !
I have used this for a week now, scanning around 450 slides. Although I have nothing to compare this to, I am very impressed with the ease of use and the resulting images. I found the quick feeder works best with slides in plastic frames as slides in thicker cardboard frames tended to get jammed easily. The scanner does feel lightweight and I wouldn’t expect it to last a lifetime, however I have already saved lots of money by scanning slides myself rather than paying a shop to do this for me. It was easy to alter the exposure settings too in order to improve on an under exposed slide. As already mentioned by other reviews the final image is very dependent upon the quality of the original slide ! I also scanned a couple of film negatives and got good results.
A great little product !
I have used this for a week now, scanning around 450 slides. Although I have nothing to compare this to, I am very impressed with the ease of use and the resulting images. I found the quick feeder works best with slides in plastic frames as slides in thicker cardboard frames tended to get jammed easily. The scanner does feel lightweight and I wouldn’t expect it to last a lifetime, however I have already saved lots of money by scanning slides myself rather than paying a shop to do this for me. It was easy to alter the exposure settings too in order to improve on an under exposed slide. As already mentioned by other reviews the final image is very dependent upon the quality of the original slide ! I also scanned a couple of film negatives and got good results.
Cheap and cheerful
I bought this to scan some 35mm b&w negs from 40 years ago to put on a web site.. For this it seems a good choice. The limiting factor is the 5MP CCD scanner which with 35mm slides/negs is a long way below what the film is capable off.
The 10MPs mode seems to have little effect other than increasing the file size. The film strip holder is good and works well.
If you just want to scan a few dozen slides/negs, esp. for web use, it is good value but don’t expect ‘high res’ images. For that spend more money on a higher res CCD scanner.
Cheap and cheerful
I bought this to scan some 35mm b&w negs from 40 years ago to put on a web site.. For this it seems a good choice. The limiting factor is the 5MP CCD scanner which with 35mm slides/negs is a long way below what the film is capable off.
The 10MPs mode seems to have little effect other than increasing the file size. The film strip holder is good and works well.
If you just want to scan a few dozen slides/negs, esp. for web use, it is good value but don’t expect ‘high res’ images. For that spend more money on a higher res CCD scanner.
I bought this for my partner as he had lots of slides that he needed to do something with. He was very pleased with this, easy to use, quality great. Very impressed.
Amazing for the price
This scanner is amazing for the price I have scanned around 600 slides and transferred to my computer , you may have to crop the photos due to a vignette on all of mine but the quality of photos are amazing I have 500 memories of the 60s I think
Good value
Had a lot of slides from the 70’s, and wanted to get them digitised so I could view them on the tv or computer. This did the job easily and is good value for money. However slide frames vary in thickness and can come in plastic or cardboard which can stick or jam in the loading tray, apart from that, I would recommend this product.
Very easy to use
Very easy to use with good instructions and clear buttons on the device. Why only 4 stars? It appears that it only does the smaller slides and the full size slides get cropped. The feeding mechanism is very intuitive and is easy to use and un-jam.
Slide and negative scanne
For the price it’s a decent piece of kit. I’ve only used it to scan slides but I am satisfied with the results. It’s easy to use initially you transfer the image onto an SD card, from the card then onto your computer, where you can use your photo editing software. When scanning slides just ensure in settings you are on slide settings and not negative settings
Slide and negative scanne
For the price it’s a decent piece of kit. I’ve only used it to scan slides but I am satisfied with the results. It’s easy to use initially you transfer the image onto an SD card, from the card then onto your computer, where you can use your photo editing software. When scanning slides just ensure in settings you are on slide settings and not negative settings
The slide holder is somewhat fiddle to operate and is a little flimsy
More fiddly than I expected but in the end does the job
I bought this scanner to digitise some old slides for posting on Instagram. I had something similar which needed software to download onto a PC. I was happy with that, but it became obsolete when I changed my computer. This one has the advantage that it transfers the image directly to a SD card (not supplied) It’s simple and straightforward to use and using the slide tray it’s possible to relatively quickly download and process images. Generally ok straight out of the scanner, if necessary I can use Lightroom on my iPhone to adjust them further if required. It won’t resurrect very badly exposed or out of focus slides – nothing will, but for my purposes this little scanner is, easy, quick, convenient, future (PC) proof and is well worth the money.
I bought this scanner to digitise some old slides for posting on Instagram. I had something similar which needed software to download onto a PC. I was happy with that, but it became obsolete when I changed my computer. This one has the advantage that it transfers the image directly to a SD card (not supplied) It’s simple and straightforward to use and using the slide tray it’s possible to relatively quickly download and process images. Generally ok straight out of the scanner, if necessary I can use Lightroom on my iPhone to adjust them further if required. It won’t resurrect very badly exposed or out of focus slides – nothing will, but for my purposes this little scanner is, easy, quick, convenient, future (PC) proof and is well worth the money.
Good
Quite easy to work. One of the SD cards was faulty.
Appears to be well made
The device works fine. I give 4 stars because the transparancies that I have were taken, using a cheap camera, back in the 1960s. The interface is a bit typical of where the item is made, the picture in the viewing screen is not brilliant at all, but you can make out what is showing on the unit. the press buttons appear sturdy enough. Transparancies mounted in the holder, do slide around a bit, and therefore you may miss a bit of the top or bottom of photo, so readjust. I found that holder has to be taken out and put into unit on other side. I plugged in the USB lead, into my computer, and downloaded direct..
I have done 50 or so pictures, they show well on screen, so item is good for the money.
Appears to be well made
The device works fine. I give 4 stars because the transparancies that I have were taken, using a cheap camera, back in the 1960s. The interface is a bit typical of where the item is made, the picture in the viewing screen is not brilliant at all, but you can make out what is showing on the unit. the press buttons appear sturdy enough. Transparancies mounted in the holder, do slide around a bit, and therefore you may miss a bit of the top or bottom of photo, so readjust. I found that holder has to be taken out and put into unit on other side. I plugged in the USB lead, into my computer, and downloaded direct..
I have done 50 or so pictures, they show well on screen, so item is good for the money.
Easier enough to use. Slide stack feeder was good but we had some old Boots slides( light blue ones) which didn’t work as Boots slides thicker than Kodak slides. The slides that did work didn’t take long to do.
Comes with a negative feeder and another type of slide feeder. This slide feeder again didn’t work with the Boots slides unless you remove the lid of the feeder. Lid of feeder was fiddly to get off and I found I could use it with the Boots slides if the lid was off. This led to some issues on framing but you can pick the scanner up and Tilt it slightly.
As for quality hard to tell as some were better than others and we were scanning from slides done in 1966 onwards. Still a good trip down memory lane and I had scanned 10 boxes in a couple of nights.
Choice of 10 or 5 mb scanning but I couldn’t see the difference. Instructions rough translation from Chinese but done well enough to get you through. Most of the buttons and menu straight forward.
Easier enough to use. Slide stack feeder was good but we had some old Boots slides( light blue ones) which didn’t work as Boots slides thicker than Kodak slides. The slides that did work didn’t take long to do.
Comes with a negative feeder and another type of slide feeder. This slide feeder again didn’t work with the Boots slides unless you remove the lid of the feeder. Lid of feeder was fiddly to get off and I found I could use it with the Boots slides if the lid was off. This led to some issues on framing but you can pick the scanner up and Tilt it slightly.
As for quality hard to tell as some were better than others and we were scanning from slides done in 1966 onwards. Still a good trip down memory lane and I had scanned 10 boxes in a couple of nights.
Choice of 10 or 5 mb scanning but I couldn’t see the difference. Instructions rough translation from Chinese but done well enough to get you through. Most of the buttons and menu straight forward.
Bought it for the fact you can load up a stack of slides and then easily feed them through and scan. Compared to most solutions that take ages to load up the slides. Scan quality a bit average so it is a trade off of quality vs convenience. Feed mechanism prone to jam a bit. UI a bit clumsy but once you work it out it is OK. While it is obviously a slide scanner the setting for selecting colour slides vs colour film vs B/W defaults to colour film. So out of the box the resulting image is all wrong. Totally inadequate documentation so you have to work it all out yourself.
Scans to a memory card. So you have to remove card to insert in PC card reader to upload the scanned images.
But overall it has enabled me to scan a lot of slides that would have (and have) sat in a box for 20 years had I not bought i
Bought it for the fact you can load up a stack of slides and then easily feed them through and scan. Compared to most solutions that take ages to load up the slides. Scan quality a bit average so it is a trade off of quality vs convenience. Feed mechanism prone to jam a bit. UI a bit clumsy but once you work it out it is OK. While it is obviously a slide scanner the setting for selecting colour slides vs colour film vs B/W defaults to colour film. So out of the box the resulting image is all wrong. Totally inadequate documentation so you have to work it all out yourself.
Scans to a memory card. So you have to remove card to insert in PC card reader to upload the scanned images.
But overall it has enabled me to scan a lot of slides that would have (and have) sat in a box for 20 years had I not bought i
did not work with my sd card
had to reformat my sd card to FAT32 and it works
does NOT work with NTFS format !!!!!
Just like most people buying a product like this, I have hundreds of old 35mm sides put away in boxes and never looked at. I thought I’d buy this and finally store at least some of the slides. I unpacked and read the quick instructions and was up and running in a few minutes. I tried the flat 4-window carrier and it worked just fine but was rather slow so I tried the stack filler. This worked fine with the thicker plastic slides but kept jamming with cardboard or very thin slides. However, I found that, even just putting the slides in one by one into this carrier, it was quicker than using the flat 4-window carrier. You have to push the slide in carefully to prevent misalignment, but all in all the system worked fine.
It’s difficult to comment on the sharpness or colour accuracy without projecting the slides and comparing with the scanned image but they looked fine and I was happy to have digitised versions of those old images. You can see each silde on the front projected face and you have the chance to adjust brightness/exposure before pressing capture. I just left it in mid position. The other choice is resolution 5 or 10M. I changed to 10M each time I turned the machine on. It plugs into a USB port to power up . You have to have a SD card pushed into the card slot for the machine to work even if plugged into a computer’s USB port, which also powers the device.
On my Windows computer, the machine appears as a folder and you can copy the photos and paste as you wish. Sometimes you have to pull the plug out and push back in again and do the same with the SD card on occasion.
The machine also stores the images on the SD card and you can view them and delete if you wish from the computer or in stand-alone mode.
Overall, the scanner does it’s job. Not sure whether purists will find the images of the highest quality, but the machine is not expensive and is far better than the last one I had.
I’m very pleased to have it and finally be able to show old pictures to my highly amused children!
Just like most people buying a product like this, I have hundreds of old 35mm sides put away in boxes and never looked at. I thought I’d buy this and finally store at least some of the slides. I unpacked and read the quick instructions and was up and running in a few minutes. I tried the flat 4-window carrier and it worked just fine but was rather slow so I tried the stack filler. This worked fine with the thicker plastic slides but kept jamming with cardboard or very thin slides. However, I found that, even just putting the slides in one by one into this carrier, it was quicker than using the flat 4-window carrier. You have to push the slide in carefully to prevent misalignment, but all in all the system worked fine.
It’s difficult to comment on the sharpness or colour accuracy without projecting the slides and comparing with the scanned image but they looked fine and I was happy to have digitised versions of those old images. You can see each silde on the front projected face and you have the chance to adjust brightness/exposure before pressing capture. I just left it in mid position. The other choice is resolution 5 or 10M. I changed to 10M each time I turned the machine on. It plugs into a USB port to power up . You have to have a SD card pushed into the card slot for the machine to work even if plugged into a computer’s USB port, which also powers the device.
On my Windows computer, the machine appears as a folder and you can copy the photos and paste as you wish. Sometimes you have to pull the plug out and push back in again and do the same with the SD card on occasion.
The machine also stores the images on the SD card and you can view them and delete if you wish from the computer or in stand-alone mode.
Overall, the scanner does it’s job. Not sure whether purists will find the images of the highest quality, but the machine is not expensive and is far better than the last one I had.
I’m very pleased to have it and finally be able to show old pictures to my highly amused children!
A bit flimsay
You get what you pay for it does a job picture quality is fai
Useful tool
The instructions about using the three frames for inserting film, negatives and slides were not clear but fortunately it was easy to work out what to do. The MENU button is a bit soft and so you have to be careful how you use it to make a firm contact. The results are fine and very convenient.
Bought this from vouchers gifted to me and arrived just in time for Christmas! Quality isn’t that great, and my negatives don’t fit into the box but it’s great for what I needed it for. Other than instructions that could do with being coloured and a little bit clearer for those who aren’t as techy as myself and fiance, this product is great. I’ve attached one of the first pictures I’ve viewed. As a Genealogist, I absolutely adore this product as I’ve been looking for a cheap alternative to going to have stuff re-printed a the shop and costing me a fortune. I recently inherited pictures from my great grandmother when she passed and this was one of them. Great value for money, even if quality isn’t great!! If you’re after something of higher detail, I suggest looking elsewhere but for the price, it’s good if you’re not fussed on blurriness.
Bought this from vouchers gifted to me and arrived just in time for Christmas! Quality isn’t that great, and my negatives don’t fit into the box but it’s great for what I needed it for. Other than instructions that could do with being coloured and a little bit clearer for those who aren’t as techy as myself and fiance, this product is great. I’ve attached one of the first pictures I’ve viewed. As a Genealogist, I absolutely adore this product as I’ve been looking for a cheap alternative to going to have stuff re-printed a the shop and costing me a fortune. I recently inherited pictures from my great grandmother when she passed and this was one of them. Great value for money, even if quality isn’t great!! If you’re after something of higher detail, I suggest looking elsewhere but for the price, it’s good if you’re not fussed on blurriness.
Worked well on slides
Have not tried Negatives but worked well on card framed slides Sticks a little with plastic Frames
Simple and efficient. Just works.
Got stuck into viewing slides on the DigitNow straight out of the box. Instructions were adequate and clear. My old slides from 1960/1970s were processed to look so much better. Very happy I can process slides quickly. My old transparency scanner has been concined to the bin.
A good product for the price
There is nothing to dislike, it is functional and does the job, even though I had to read the instructions a number of time, but go there and find that 5M in my case on slides, both negative and positive, are good and mostly sharp. The only thing I am confused about is the lead to the PC, or is it to the monitor, in that it has one yellow single bayonet, and I have none of those on the PC or monitor. I looked at the video here on the page and it showed the use of the monitor for viewing, but I can’t find anywhere to plug the yellow PC lead. Can anyone help?
A good product for the price
There is nothing to dislike, it is functional and does the job, even though I had to read the instructions a number of time, but go there and find that 5M in my case on slides, both negative and positive, are good and mostly sharp. The only thing I am confused about is the lead to the PC, or is it to the monitor, in that it has one yellow single bayonet, and I have none of those on the PC or monitor. I looked at the video here on the page and it showed the use of the monitor for viewing, but I can’t find anywhere to plug the yellow PC lead. Can anyone help?
Good fu
Very impressed. Have used it to rediscover many old and forgotten negatives. Some sprocket holes on some 35mms films don’t align with the lugs in the 35mms guide but not a big deal. Also managed to get good results with smaller films eg.110 film. Don’t expect high definition digital quality prints. You get what you pay for.
So easy, so quick!
This was great to use. I could pile up around 10 slides, into the holder, and they could be download into my computer so quickly. I did around 120 slides in about half an hour, and could make the darkish slides much lighter, and make dull slides look more of a sunny day.
So glad I got it, as I have another 400 slides to do, all about 45 years old.
Does what it says
Digitise old 35mm slides is so easy with this product.
Good value for money.
Excellent quality of digitized photos, easy to use.
A “card error” message appears though when inserting card and when scanning.
Terrific USB cable is Slide Transferer device and it does everything as described on the box the only grumble really is the cheap quality of the device the size of LCD Screen and the lack of control powers to manipulate the slide photos – however the machine does the job of transferring slides and negatives back into photo’s very well and further manipulation can be tried out with various photographic suites – I have managed to save over 500 forgotten family photos using the device which is a godsend as these slides won’t last forever, and saving as jpeg images means you can copy them and save and print them willy nilly and Cheap and Cheerful device
Terrific USB cable is Slide Transferer device and it does everything as described on the box the only grumble really is the cheap quality of the device the size of LCD Screen and the lack of control powers to manipulate the slide photos – however the machine does the job of transferring slides and negatives back into photo’s very well and further manipulation can be tried out with various photographic suites – I have managed to save over 500 forgotten family photos using the device which is a godsend as these slides won’t last forever, and saving as jpeg images means you can copy them and save and print them willy nilly and Cheap and Cheerful device
A good little device
A very compact way to show slides or convert to video on dvd.
If you've slides and negatives, this is a must have
Great gadget for looking at your old negatives on the laptop, compact and easy to setup, only thing i’d pick up on is that the cable provided to connect to external display are too short, the need to be longer or you need to go buy an adapters. Came promptly. Instruction manual could be better but I did work it out.
If you've slides and negatives, this is a must have
Great gadget for looking at your old negatives on the laptop, compact and easy to setup, only thing i’d pick up on is that the cable provided to connect to external display are too short, the need to be longer or you need to go buy an adapters. Came promptly. Instruction manual could be better but I did work it out.
I was suprised at the quality of the images from the negatives. Although I noticed I could only scan 35mm film, and not old 110 film. It was easy to use, but the slide holders were not very good, as the negatives tended to move in them, opening and closing the holders is a bit hard, you have to prise them open with your finger nails, and when you insert them into the scanner, it’s a bit stiff and jerky, so the negatives tended to move. For the money though, I can’t complain, it has two resolutions 5mp and 10mp, I don’t know why you would want to scan at 5mp,when it has 10mp!
I was suprised at the quality of the images from the negatives. Although I noticed I could only scan 35mm film, and not old 110 film. It was easy to use, but the slide holders were not very good, as the negatives tended to move in them, opening and closing the holders is a bit hard, you have to prise them open with your finger nails, and when you insert them into the scanner, it’s a bit stiff and jerky, so the negatives tended to move. For the money though, I can’t complain, it has two resolutions 5mp and 10mp, I don’t know why you would want to scan at 5mp,when it has 10mp!
Transferred old slides to modern age!
Bought this to change old slides to digital. It isn’t the best item on the market but it did what was required. The pictures can only be as good or bad as the originals, which being old weren’t great!
I looked into the digitising my slides via a company, but the cost was too great; advertise 30p per slide but that is only if you have thousands. I have culled mine to about 200 and was quoted 200.
I bought from Amazon DIGITNOW FILM SCANNER, You will also need an SD card. It transfers negative and slides and lets you adjust resolution, (although I did not do that as I didn’t understand it) and exposure, which I used a lot. There is an feed so you can stack your slides and easily scan them, a viewing screen so you can adjust exposure etc. The feeder does not work with plastic mounted slides but there is a 4 slide mount that you can put them in before you scan which is not too laborious. I didn’t use that negative feeder.
After you scan the slides onto the SD card you then connect to your computer and upload them. For speed, my computer is slow, I located the SD card on my computer then dragged the contents onto my desktop.
The instructions are in Chinglish so it takes some patience to sort it out, also realising that slides are ‘positives’ (duh) but once I got it I was away.
Top tip, it comes with a brush to clean the optic. when you do that make sure that the brush head is facing down, mine was facing up and I had a very panicky moment when it got stuck.
It was such a great project and I really enjoyed it.
I looked into the digitising my slides via a company, but the cost was too great; advertise 30p per slide but that is only if you have thousands. I have culled mine to about 200 and was quoted 200.
I bought from Amazon DIGITNOW FILM SCANNER, You will also need an SD card. It transfers negative and slides and lets you adjust resolution, (although I did not do that as I didn’t understand it) and exposure, which I used a lot. There is an feed so you can stack your slides and easily scan them, a viewing screen so you can adjust exposure etc. The feeder does not work with plastic mounted slides but there is a 4 slide mount that you can put them in before you scan which is not too laborious. I didn’t use that negative feeder.
After you scan the slides onto the SD card you then connect to your computer and upload them. For speed, my computer is slow, I located the SD card on my computer then dragged the contents onto my desktop.
The instructions are in Chinglish so it takes some patience to sort it out, also realising that slides are ‘positives’ (duh) but once I got it I was away.
Top tip, it comes with a brush to clean the optic. when you do that make sure that the brush head is facing down, mine was facing up and I had a very panicky moment when it got stuck.
It was such a great project and I really enjoyed it.
Easy to use
It’s easy to set up and use and quick for doing slides
Better Than Expected !
I have used the scanner to digitise old Kodachrome slides. The image quality is surprisingly good provided the contrast of the originals is not too great. Detail on my 27″ Mac screen is very good.
I am very pleased so far but found the instruction manual confusing, especially how to select negatives or slides for scanning. The unit defaults to negatives each time you switch on. Each scan takes only a second or so it is easy to feed through lots of slides in a session.
Better Than Expected !
I have used the scanner to digitise old Kodachrome slides. The image quality is surprisingly good provided the contrast of the originals is not too great. Detail on my 27″ Mac screen is very good.
I am very pleased so far but found the instruction manual confusing, especially how to select negatives or slides for scanning. The unit defaults to negatives each time you switch on. Each scan takes only a second or so it is easy to feed through lots of slides in a session.
Did the job.
It took me a while to figure out how to use this but once I did it was quick and easy. I bough it it digitise some family slides and it is the job really well. Next job is digitising negatives.
Minimal instructions but easy to use with good reproduction.
I bought this little scanner to transfer slides, some over forty years old, to my laptop. The instructions provided are very sparse but it was easy to work out how to use the device so I cannot comment on tech support as I did not use it. The colour balance is very good and I was able to work through the hundreds of slides quickly and easily. Good value for money. I would buy again and would recommend it.
China can make first class optical and digital apparatus (for example I own an excellent Chinese microscope) but this item is not in that category. I might call it cheap and cheerful, except that at about 70 it is not really cheap for what it produces. It is perfectly satisfactory for reproducing holiday photos from old slides, but the contrast is very high, the colours unsubtle and the result will need some adjustment in an app like PhotoShop. I bought the device to replace a flat bed scanner with slide attachment that had gone wrong. This item does not compare, but there really is nothing else, apart from professional kit, on the market.
It is easy to use even if it does not have the feel of a quality product. It offers two levels of resolution, but I cannot see the difference in the resultant images. It has the advantage that images can be downloaded to SD card, which is essential if you are using Linux rather than Windows or Apple.
If the build were more solid or the price less I could give it 5 stars.
China can make first class optical and digital apparatus (for example I own an excellent Chinese microscope) but this item is not in that category. I might call it cheap and cheerful, except that at about 70 it is not really cheap for what it produces. It is perfectly satisfactory for reproducing holiday photos from old slides, but the contrast is very high, the colours unsubtle and the result will need some adjustment in an app like PhotoShop. I bought the device to replace a flat bed scanner with slide attachment that had gone wrong. This item does not compare, but there really is nothing else, apart from professional kit, on the market.
It is easy to use even if it does not have the feel of a quality product. It offers two levels of resolution, but I cannot see the difference in the resultant images. It has the advantage that images can be downloaded to SD card, which is essential if you are using Linux rather than Windows or Apple.
If the build were more solid or the price less I could give it 5 stars.
Does the job
The trader answered my questions quickly, before the sale. Delivery was quick. For slides mounted in cardboard, or some plastic mounts, this worked a treat, changing to the next slide with a quick in/out mechanism. With some thinner or thicker mounts it was a pain, as each one had to be guided in carefully. It worked well with strips of negatives too. The quality was not bad, considering the age of the originals. It is important to keep the inside glass clean (with the brush provided) else you end up with the same dust marks on every copy.
Does the job
The trader answered my questions quickly, before the sale. Delivery was quick. For slides mounted in cardboard, or some plastic mounts, this worked a treat, changing to the next slide with a quick in/out mechanism. With some thinner or thicker mounts it was a pain, as each one had to be guided in carefully. It worked well with strips of negatives too. The quality was not bad, considering the age of the originals. It is important to keep the inside glass clean (with the brush provided) else you end up with the same dust marks on every copy.
Surpasses my Expectations
This little negative/film scanner is awesome. I found a box of old black and while 35 mm negatives that belonged to my dad and this gem of a machine made quick work of getting them scanned and into my computer. It even comes with a brush (really a padded wand) to clean your negatives first. I also scanned some unmounted color 35 mm slides. They came out great as well as could be expected as they have deteriorated a bit over the years. This scanner is tiny but packs a big punch. Thank you very much.
Verý usefull and easy to use
It is a cheap product and very easy to use. So compare the price you get a very god finish.
Does the job
DO NOT buy a 64 GB SD card as Amazon recommends in their “buy together” recommendation. I had to buy another 32 GB card to get the device to work and it tells you not to use greater than 32 GB on the quick start menu they give you. I found the menus a bit tricky to negotiate but my eyesight is poor. I eventually managed to get my 50 year old transparencies onto my computer okay.
Useful piece of Ki
This film and slide scanner does what it says on the tin, but it took a long time to set up. The manual is dreadful in the old-fashioned bad-translation sort of way and it ought to be updated if future sales projections justify the task. I bought a new SD-VS card in order to store a lot of images, but then found that the unit registered ‘Card Error’ and would not accept high-capacity ‘SD-HS’ or ‘SD-XS’ cards – only the old, plain ‘SD’ ones. However, now that I have got the hang of it, I shall press on.
it did the job ok.
easy to set up,just make sure slides are the right way up to view,sometimes a slide will jam in the feed.
Does the job
DO NOT buy a 64 GB SD card as Amazon recommends in their “buy together” recommendation. I had to buy another 32 GB card to get the device to work and it tells you not to use greater than 32 GB on the quick start menu they give you. I found the menus a bit tricky to negotiate but my eyesight is poor. I eventually managed to get my 50 year old transparencies onto my computer okay.
Useful piece of Ki
This film and slide scanner does what it says on the tin, but it took a long time to set up. The manual is dreadful in the old-fashioned bad-translation sort of way and it ought to be updated if future sales projections justify the task. I bought a new SD-VS card in order to store a lot of images, but then found that the unit registered ‘Card Error’ and would not accept high-capacity ‘SD-HS’ or ‘SD-XS’ cards – only the old, plain ‘SD’ ones. However, now that I have got the hang of it, I shall press on.
On the plus side, it’s very easy to set up and a 32Gb SD card will store thousands of images. The scanning is very quick, even on the 10mp setting. The hopper-style slide feeder is quick and possibly better than the 4-slide tray but some thicker slide mounts can jam the slot.
On the negative side the images are not always sharp and it struggles with underexposed slides. It’s very contrasty too so quite a lot of detail can become obscured. Using a photoshop-style programme can rescue some detail but it then takes time that you thought buying this would save.
In conclusion, if you simply want to store and save your old slides/negatives and pin-sharp quality and colour accuracy isn’t your aim then this item is great.
However, if you want to capture accurate details and colour from your old slides, I would recommend looking for a more “professional” item that scans at a higher pixel rate and comes with a decent photo enhancement software package.