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 |
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 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.
It’s easy to set up and use and quick for doing slides
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
It is a cheap product and very easy to use. So compare the price you get a very god finish.
easy to set up,just make sure slides are the right way up to view,sometimes a slide will jam in the feed.
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.
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 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.
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.
Nothing to dislike. Mind you, my recently discovered slides (48 years old) of an Australian outback road trip, came up pretty good considering their age. They survived being submerged in a river in North West Australia in 1971when I lost most of my printsI was quite pleased at being able to transfer them to my computer. Not sure how the kit would cope with more recent slides that had not suffered similarly as I have very little experience with this method. The kit did far better than I expected to be honest……
I used this for copying slides onto a computer. It was simple to use and effective. Who could ask for anything more?
I have found this item to be easy to use but have found that some of my early plastic slides with small lugs on , wont work in the Rapid Feeder and jam up, but to get around this the Positive slide holder can be used. It would be better with a 10 slide holder instead of just a 4 slide holder. On the whole I have found this scanner to be vert good for the price.
Once scanned the JPEG files can be edited on my Windows 10 PC. As all the slides scan in landscape you need to rotate them in the PC if they were taken in portrait if you want to create a slide show. When saved to an SD card they can be viwed on most wide screen TV’s that can access an SD card either directly or via a USB adaptor. Each time you switch the scanner on and start scanning it resets the file numbering system to 0001 so I have found you need to ensure you create new folders to store them in or change the individual photo file numbers once they are captured. Overall the pictures have turned out accectable for slides taken in the 1960’s/70’s when colour itself was in its infancy.
Once scanned the JPEG files can be edited on my Windows 10 PC. As all the slides scan in landscape you need to rotate them in the PC if they were taken in portrait if you want to create a slide show. When saved to an SD card they can be viwed on most wide screen TV’s that can access an SD card either directly or via a USB adaptor. Each time you switch the scanner on and start scanning it resets the file numbering system to 0001 so I have found you need to ensure you create new folders to store them in or change the individual photo file numbers once they are captured. Overall the pictures have turned out accectable for slides taken in the 1960’s/70’s when colour itself was in its infancy.
I bought this to replace one that only worked with Windows Vista. Was particularly pleased that it had a rapid feeder where you can load quite a few slides at once. Unfortunately this is not working. When you use the slider to view a slide it just slides over the top of the slide and is in danger of jamming. However the 4 slide loader works well and I like the fact that you can rotate the slides and adjust the light/dark before scanning the slide. Just make sure that you use the cleaning brush to remove any dust from the viewer on a regular basis. I also used a dry anti-static cloth to wipe the slides before inserting them in the scanner. This made a big difference to the results which I am pleased with. I’ve not tried the 35mm film scanner yet, but I’m sure this will work OK.
Ok but instructions not clear enough that transfer is through SD card in camera
So far so good in slide transferring. Instructions not as clear as I would have liked but trial and error worked.
Good product but power lead so short it’s difficult to use not close to a work top.
I purchased this to convert my late dad’s slide collection so mom could see them again. It comes with a rack to hold four slides at a time and a slide stacker for those slightly thinner mounts. It also has a rack to use to scan 35mm negatives as well. Scans directly onto an SD card
The technique for using this is simply check the size of the mounts and use the relevant feeder, line the slide up the viewscreen, check the brightness, press copy and move on to the next one.
No issues at all and mom is delighted with the results. The only tip I would give is when copying a slide, it can be advisable to do a couple of copies with differing brightness settings to ensure you get it right. Saves going back to it again if the results aren’t quite right.
All in all, an excellent piece of kit which I highly recommend.
I purchased this to convert my late dad’s slide collection so mom could see them again. It comes with a rack to hold four slides at a time and a slide stacker for those slightly thinner mounts. It also has a rack to use to scan 35mm negatives as well. Scans directly onto an SD card
The technique for using this is simply check the size of the mounts and use the relevant feeder, line the slide up the viewscreen, check the brightness, press copy and move on to the next one.
No issues at all and mom is delighted with the results. The only tip I would give is when copying a slide, it can be advisable to do a couple of copies with differing brightness settings to ensure you get it right. Saves going back to it again if the results aren’t quite right.
All in all, an excellent piece of kit which I highly recommend.
Simple and fast, good quality slides give excellent results. My slides were from mid 70s to 90s and happy with results.
Some of the thin slide mounts do cause a problem with speed loader but it is just as easy to load separately.
As this review is based on viewing on 49in 4k tv the results are easily good enough for sharing via social media.
Haven’t printed any so no idea how large you could get away with.
Works reasonably well. Only works properly with an SD card which makes it easy to transfer photos to PC. The 4 slide holder does the job but the other option of rapid slide feeder is pretty hopeless.
You can’t use higher than 32gb with this machine, took me ages to find out why it wouldn’t work, but once I realised that I had the wrong card,it’s brilliant.
It was easy to use. Included booklet so you don’t have to download them. Better to use with slide rack than the stacked slide feeder. Getting exposure levels right was tricky.
I’m not hi-tech, so it took a couple of times reading the easy-to-follow instructions while setting up my scanner. Not been able to connect directly to my PC, but then it’s that old it’s steam-driven! LOL. I have converted a lot of my wife’s late father’s slides for her and some old negatives which were the main reason for buying this baby. All-in-all, I’m well pleased.
The quick slide feeder kept jamming with my plastic slide mounts. Instead I used the 4 slide holder with no trouble. The slide copier coped well with most slides but a little disappointing with any contrast ones.tThe manual covered everything you needed to know,i used mine connected to the laptop which worked very well.
I bought this to transfer slides from 1960s to PC. Does what it says. Slide quality has affected pictures but no faulting this product.
I have many negatives of over 20 years age. To expect to recover them as was is not possible even by commercial processing. Using my computer photo workshop I can improve to an extent. I will not be able to reproduce in a seriously enlarged status. The results I have obtained have enabled me to recover some old negatives. I have not yet tried with transparencies. I have bought what I paid for. Thank you
Great little gadget to view & convert old film, negatives & slides to digital. Great present for my nan who hadn’t seen her slide photos for decades. Gave her happy tears.
The scanner seems to work well but the manual is almost unreadable. It was probably written by a Chinese person.
Is it possible for you to send me, by post or by email, a more understandable manual?
Having seen this shoebox of important slides on a shelf since 1987 the time had finally come to digitise them but cheaply. This product meets both requirements amply. Bit of a frustration that I couldn’t save direct to laptop/cloud from it despite being USB powered. Likewise the slide feed did tend to jam quite a bit – but that might depend on the brand of slide mount as much as the product. I really bought this for a one-time use but will gladly be sharing it with friends.
Found scanner easy to use and then download pictures to a computer. Had to store scanned images onto SD Card first, which I can use when downloading images. The main problem is that the SD Card could not be used in the computer, as the computer did not recognise the format of the SD Card (do not know whether I should have formatted card in the computer before using in the scanner). The digital images seemed reasonable representations of the original slides, but how good they are will depend on your preferences – have decided to leave no examples of my scans for reasons of copyrigh
Not a bad scanner. At first I thought the pictures weren’t great quality, but then I remembered that the slides were taken in the 70’s with a very average 35mm camera. Overall I’m quite pleased with the result.
I’ve tried a number of low cost scanners. Most require you to load a maximum of 4 slides in a rigid carrier — makes scanning a larger number of slides tedious and slow. The feed mechanism, which allows twice the number to simply be placed into a loading hopper is much less timewasting. Programming prior to scanning is tricky and not entirely intuitive — the first attempt produced negatives from the scanning! But now all is fairly sweet, and it will suffice for the immediate future. When I have a VERY large number of slides to scan, I will have to think of a much more costly solution with a higher level of automation.
I was able to transfer my old slides to a memory card that I could then insert in my laptop and upload the photos. This is exactly what I wanted to do and so the item works well.
It did take awhile because the default position is to view the input as a negative from a film. It took some time for me to work out how to change to slide mode.
The instructions could be clearer but the product works well.
I bought this just to convert old slides on to the computer to see if I they would be worth saving properly and it works exactly fine for that.
The slide and film holders are not 100% accurate. Required some adjustment to work smoothly. The film notches and the openings on the film did not match the appertures. Flimsy hinges that failed frequently. Hence the 4-star ratings.
Bought it to convert old, but professional photographers slides. They all high quality, but for some reason some are converted better, then others.
However very happy with simplicity of use and fast result.
I bought this to retrieve pictures of my daughter when she was little so that they could be included in a “life” photo album which was given to her on her wedding day. The reproductions were perfect and the process to digitise was simple. Very happy with the product and the results.
Unfortunately the initial item did not work and was returned for a replacement as suggested by the seller. Have to say that seller response was quick and most helpful.
The item replacement was quick and easy to and works fine.
It is easy to use and great for resurrecting those old 35mm slides.
Its a great item for the price and I am very happy with it. You have to remember though it cannot work miracles and that the output result is dependent on the quality of the slide.
Would recommend this item and also the seller.
Item arrived promptly. The instruction manual isn`t the easiest to understand but it isn`t hard to work out how to operate the copier, I found it didn`t like to copy slides with thin plastic mounts using the stacker but it worked well using the slide holder. Overall impressed with the item for the money paid.
So I’ve got over 1000 old slides to convert. This item seems to do the job well. I soon got onto a rhythm using the feeder thingy. It is not the smoothest and the slides stick sometimes but on the whole I am pleased with the results. It is worth noting that the majority of my slides are the cardboard framed ones. These fit in the feeder. The plastic framed ones are thicker and will not so you have to use the other attachment which is a lot slower.
The quality of the images is good and the fact that they are stored on an SD card makes further editing easy. The feeding tray did tend to stick from time to time however this might have been due to the fact I was copying very old slides. I was pleased with the results.
Great for scanning slides but auto- feed unit is a bit temperamental with different thickness of slide mounts, got stuck and/or would not feed the next slide. Quality of scanned slides good but dependent on the original slide quality – some of my slides (more than 30 years old!) We’re red on the edges or poor colour. No scanner can improve on them!
The results from this easy to use scanner are good/Ok depending on material. This is not a very high resolution scanner but it is not the price of one either.
For general purpose putting slides onto PC etc where you do not wish to blow them up like projection, this does the job well and it is easy to keep loading in the slides using the 35 mm loading frame.
Only just started using this scanner therefore I cannot rate Colour balance, Tech support and Picture. What I can say is that first impressions are that this product is great and appears very good value for money. I have had a couple of hours of exploring old 35 mm negatives and have been delighted so far. My 5 star rating depicts this.
I will be back on in a short while when I will be happy to extend my review.
I found the instructions with this product very difficult to interpret. It was only when I binned them and “played about ” with the scanner that things fell into place.
Once I got the hang of using the scanner I found it great.
Please Digitnow take a long hard look at these terrible instructions. I was within a whisker of chucking the scanner out of the window. They marr a great product.
Arrived when promised. Instruction book is a load of crap. Typical mis translations from Chineese to English. Machine is quick and easy to use but needs careful handling to ensure slides correctly positioned before scanning.
The only problem we initially has was with the recognition of our SD cards. We had to reformat them before the scanner recognised them. The bulk slide holder works well, most of the time, occasionally jamming but this is easily rectified by refilling the holder. The quality of the scan is acceptable considering the price of the scanner. We are pleased to have 100s of JPEGs which are more convenient to access than setting up our slide projector!
Like others I found the instruction about switching to negative,slide,b&w a little confusing but with perseverance its easy to work out. Overall pleased with quality and ease of use. I found it best to experiment with exposures on the scanner before deciding which setting was best for sending to computer. Very pleased with results. A most useful gadget.
I am using this product to convert film negatives to digital. It works reasonably well, but it am disappointed with the negative holder. The plastic hinges come apart too easily and almost every time I open it to put the next set of negatives in I have to put it together again. I have resorted to using the holder from a previous (VEHO) scanner which is much better.
once worked out how to use as instructions not very clear, it worked very well and simply. picture quality could have been better although sure if the age of the slides had a bearing on this.
it will do the job ok but remember you are taking old films and slides and they are not like todays photography so you my think the quality is poor and when you have finished will it be redundant ?
I needed something to scan in some old negatives that have been sat in a box for years. This machine is brilliant for quick scanning. All you need is a memory card. I scanned about 450 negatives and it took me approx 1hr and half. Slide the negative in, it brings the digital image up onto the screen, click the save button and it saves onto the memory card which is then very easy to put into laptop and view all photos or order prints. Just make sure you regularly use the screen duster as a lot of my images look quite dusty which I didn’t realise whilst scanning them.
The construction is a bit basic but it works. Instructions could be clearer. However, after a some tenacious attempts to make it work, it worked quite well and did all that I required it to do in copying my slides.
In summary, it does the job and it’s affordable, and very competitive compared to professional slide-digitising services, especially if you have as many slides as I have! Not an item for professionals, but fine for those with modest expectations.
The scanner works great. However, the Rapid Slide feeder only works with slides of a particular thickness. It was OK with some commercial slides like Kodak or Fuji, but didn’t allow thinner cardboard mounts or thicker Hammafix mounts, I had to use the positive slide holder for most of my slides. Hence the 4 stars, but still a good buy.
I have scanned nearly 500 slides and film to the SD card and then onto my computer and am delighted with the results.
Would highly recommend, and would definitely buy again.
This is so easy to use and the results are pretty good. Obviously, the results depend on the quality of the original slides/negatives but generally the quality is good. The device saves straight to an SD Card which means it is stand-alone. For speed and acceptable quality I would recommend this copier.
For amateur 35mm slides, this scanner is ideal since the slides can be stacked in the tray and each slide only takes about 1 – 2 seconds to scan with the sliding tray arrangement being very efficient. With a bit of practice a box of 36 slides can be scanned in less than 5 minutes.
A few reviewers have given adverse comments on the instruction manual and it’s true that it’s not that brilliant. However the menu system is quite simple so, although an OAP, I managed to work out how to use it in a few minutes. The main thing to note is that you have to scan the slides or film to an SD card (not supplied) and then transfer the images as a separate operation. I use a MAC and when I connected the scanner, it recognised the SD card in the scanner as an external drive without any driver or setting up being required. Its then a matter of copying them in the same way as with a memory stick or any other external source. I purchased a 16GB card (approx 7) and with each standard resolution scanned image being about 1MB this card will hold around 16,000 pictures! On a test print on photo paper the 1MB image on A4 is perfectly acceptable. Once the images are scanned into the computer they can be manipulated in the same manner as any other image using photo processing software.
I haven’t tried the scanner with colour or B&W negative film so can’t comment on that facility but for old 35mm slides this scanner a fast and effective way of creating digital files from them.
It works very well. You can connect it to the TV and see your negatives and slides with the option to put them into colour mode to see what a photo would look like. The screen on the device is ok but rather small. You can connect the device to a TV, computer and even a mobile. Phone, but only by cable, there is no wireless connection. My dad is in his 70’s and recently lost his wife, my mum, and he likes to put photos of her on the device and make digital copies for putting on his phone so he always has pictures of her. For this it works amazingly, thank you!
Very good piece of kit although it took us a bit of trial and error to get to grips with it. We still have some problems with the the multi-slide facility but works wonderfully as single slides. Good quality results and I would say is worth the money.
Very quick and efficient at scanning slides and negatives onto a memory card and then transferring to a PC. Quality largely depends on the slides rather than the scanner. There is an exposure adjuster on the screen but quite difficult to make fine adjustments. A finer adjustment can be brought up on the screen but not with the picture. Overall a very useful bit of kit at a good price.
I bought this to transfer about 300 old slides onto my iMac. I had read both Good and bad reviews but thought for the price I would give it a try. Glad that I did. Very easy to switch between colour reversal and negative and very easy to transfer to an SD card. The slides were about 50 to 60 years old and had deteriorated over the years but they came out OK. Using an SD card to transfer them also meant no problem with software. I know there are better ones out there but for the money I am very pleased.
I had 10 reels each containing approx 150 x 35ml slides, all at least 35 years old and all been in store all this time in the original cardboard boxes & somewhat not ideal conditions. I was recommended a slide scanner to my iPhone but the results were so poor that I nearly threw the whole lot away, but then I saw on the Amazon site, a recommendation for this product. I was drawn in by the description of it being a stand alone product scanning onto SD card. I am so glad I made the purchase. I found the product so easy to use & the one question I had about 5m – v – 10m was promptly answered by some very helpful people. I am delighted with this product.
Good product, does what is says. Not seeing much difference between 5M and 10M modes. Only annoying bit is that it does not remember changes to any of the menu settings so I have to set it up from scratch everytime I plug it in.
The bulk slide loader is frustrating in that it jams easily but it’s also easy to unblock. I scanned some 400 slides in a few hours then watched them by directly connecting the scanner via USB to my PS4. Simples and no extra power supply needed.
The LCD screen is basic and low Res but the fact that the scanner does not need to be connected to a PC is a great benefit.
This is not a scanner for the enthusiast but for digitising those old slides or 35mm film negs ( though I have not tried that yet ) it does a decent job.
The slide stacker and slide mechanism does not work well, tending to jam and mis-feed all the time. I will have to use the 4 slide frame instead.
I spent time reading people’s reviews and even asking questions about a couple of different devices before selecting this one. I initially had some difficulties totally due to my own misunderstanding that the product requires an SD card to operate you can not simply plug in the usb lead to computer and scan/view/save to computer you need to do this to the SD card and then connect and view on the pc.
I received EXCELLENT and speedy responses from Sonya when I contacted the seller and resolved this issue.
I scanned close to 1000 images from slides and a few from negatives. I was very satisfied with the functioning of the device, it’s ease of use (once I understood my misconception), and the quality of the digital images. I would note the quality was entirely dependent on the quality of the image on the slides as I found varying degrees of quality in the images I was working with. Also I had some ‘issues’ with some of the square slides as they didn’t fit properly in the slider and the images were cropped but they are probably the wrong size for this machine. Also some slides were thicker and again didn’t slide using the feeder attachment but could be put through using the other attachments they were just a bit more time consuming.
This item was purchased to be used to convert old family slides etc to digital as a surprise birthday present, it was so successful the device is now on lone to other members of the family in order for them to convert theirs. We are very happy with the results and price of this device.
If you have various sized slides, or varying thicknesses check that before you buy this one. If you want more fancy options for the software then spend more on a device that has those options.
I spent time reading people’s reviews and even asking questions about a couple of different devices before selecting this one. I initially had some difficulties totally due to my own misunderstanding that the product requires an SD card to operate you can not simply plug in the usb lead to computer and scan/view/save to computer you need to do this to the SD card and then connect and view on the pc.
I received EXCELLENT and speedy responses from Sonya when I contacted the seller and resolved this issue.
I scanned close to 1000 images from slides and a few from negatives. I was very satisfied with the functioning of the device, it’s ease of use (once I understood my misconception), and the quality of the digital images. I would note the quality was entirely dependent on the quality of the image on the slides as I found varying degrees of quality in the images I was working with. Also I had some ‘issues’ with some of the square slides as they didn’t fit properly in the slider and the images were cropped but they are probably the wrong size for this machine. Also some slides were thicker and again didn’t slide using the feeder attachment but could be put through using the other attachments they were just a bit more time consuming.
This item was purchased to be used to convert old family slides etc to digital as a surprise birthday present, it was so successful the device is now on lone to other members of the family in order for them to convert theirs. We are very happy with the results and price of this device.
If you have various sized slides, or varying thicknesses check that before you buy this one. If you want more fancy options for the software then spend more on a device that has those options.
Excellent product, compact and very easy to use. I bought this product to bring back to life old negatives that were almost 20 years old. The images are very good and the scanning speed is pretty fast. Great for reviving old memories! This item is competitively priced and good value for money.
Generally very good and happy with the product. Looking forward to transferring slides to my computer.
I’ve had trouble with negatives in that often the colour is not right, but realistically I’m not sure you would expect fantastic quality from a negative without the proper developing process? As for slides – absolutely brilliant. I’ve been working my way through my dad’s old slides and copying them to digital format. The fact that you can pop a memory card into this little machine so you don’t have to be tied to your laptop is fantastic.
There are adapters for different size slides which is great, as the ones I am working through are all different sizes. Has not failed on any of the sizes.
One of the adapters allows you to pile the slides up in in and then click through and save each picture. I would say you can probably fit about 15 slides in at a time, whereas it is four or six in the other adapters and each one is placed in its own little space so takes a bit more time.
Picture quality is really good, when you consider than some of the slides are 60 or 70 years old.
Customer service is slightly poor – I got an email through obviously to prompt a good review but when I asked a question about the settings the reply I basically got was ‘if you have any problems then send it back to Amazon’. I think the sender was probably outside of the UK so there may have been a slight language problem. However, I worked the settings out for myself and all was great.
Got this on a lighting deal so really pleased, but not 100% sure I would have paid the full price.
I’ve had trouble with negatives in that often the colour is not right, but realistically I’m not sure you would expect fantastic quality from a negative without the proper developing process? As for slides – absolutely brilliant. I’ve been working my way through my dad’s old slides and copying them to digital format. The fact that you can pop a memory card into this little machine so you don’t have to be tied to your laptop is fantastic.
There are adapters for different size slides which is great, as the ones I am working through are all different sizes. Has not failed on any of the sizes.
One of the adapters allows you to pile the slides up in in and then click through and save each picture. I would say you can probably fit about 15 slides in at a time, whereas it is four or six in the other adapters and each one is placed in its own little space so takes a bit more time.
Picture quality is really good, when you consider than some of the slides are 60 or 70 years old.
Customer service is slightly poor – I got an email through obviously to prompt a good review but when I asked a question about the settings the reply I basically got was ‘if you have any problems then send it back to Amazon’. I think the sender was probably outside of the UK so there may have been a slight language problem. However, I worked the settings out for myself and all was great.
Got this on a lighting deal so really pleased, but not 100% sure I would have paid the full price.
I have been using the bulk Slide feeder to copy my 2000 slides, but 2 other feeders come with the kit where you can load 4 individual slides or the other holder for a strip feeding negative films or transparency.
Has saved me a fortune, many companies charge up to 50p to copy a slide