DIGITNOW! Slide Scanner Convert 35mm Negative Film &Slide to Digital JPEG Save into SD Card with LCD Display No Computer/Software Required.
Had the urge to review the old photos and wanted to find precious memories of the past time? Old photos freeze each memorable moment. A portable cube can easily meet all your fantasy. Without any PC or software, it supports converting film and slide to digital photo promptly.
You are supposed to load slides and negatives in board holder. After that insert an SD card to the back card slot. Plugging the scanner in power, to turn on scanner, you need to press scanning button. Then you can operate according to indication of manual on device screen and scan. You can read it from PC through USB connection.
Support to 35mm/135 mm Negative & Slide, transform to JPEG format, saved directly to 32 GB SD card (Not included).
This item can be powered by DC 5V or USB cable with charged device. Without any limitation of PC operation, can work with Wins XP, Wins 7, Wins 8,Wins 10 and MAC. Just need an USB cable, you can view and edit the digital format that just scanned in PC.
Pressing manual key to enter into main manual, you can choose slide style on shooting mode. Choose needed image type like positive film, negative film, B&W. If you want to scan B&W film, you are suppose to choose B&W. And you need to choose positive film if there is positive film at board holder. When the negative film at board holder, please choose negative film. Meanwhile, you can adjust exposure compensation to make sure that you get the best scanning result.
Package included:
1 X DIGITNOW! Scanner
1 X USB cable
1 X Video cable
1 X 135-Negative film holder
1 X Positive slide holder
1 X Rapid slide feeder
1 X DC 5V power adapter
1 X Cleaning brush
1 X User Manual
| Weight: | 269 g |
| Dimensions: | 10 x 8.5 x 8.5 cm; 268.9 Grams |
| Brand: | DIGITNOW! |
| Model: | M121 |
| Colour: | M121 |
| Batteries Included: | No |
| Manufacture: | BR |
| Colour: | M121 |
Ease of Use
Easy to use.
Using it to save 35mm negatives from 45 – 50 years ago in a digital form.
Great gadge
Worked straight from the box with very little effort. You don’t even need to read the manual.
I would highly recommend this product. I am confused by some of the previous reviews saying it was complicated, which nearly put me off buying it. So pleased I ignored them, it is in fact really simple and straightforward, could not be easier. After my parents passed away I had approximately 1500 slides to view and it took me just a couple of days to work through them and make digital copies.
Value for money
Ideal for scanning in slides or negs, although the slide and neg holders are a bit awkward to open and close. Easy to operate. You need to insert an SD card in the back of the scanner, which isn’t made clear in the handbook
Value for money
Ideal for scanning in slides or negs, although the slide and neg holders are a bit awkward to open and close. Easy to operate. You need to insert an SD card in the back of the scanner, which isn’t made clear in the handbook
Superb
Great product, managed to convert 30 years old negative to digital… those pictures are priceless… the only reason I am giving 4 star instead of 5 is due it’s price. Bit expensive… otherwise worth to buy.
I only gave four stars for easy to use as the instruction book was virtually impossible to follow,after trial and error experimentation and finally figuring it out it is very easy to use
Good results and easy to use
Used for copying slides. We liked its ease of use and the good results. Good value for money
Ordered this with low expectations – the only reason I haven’t given it 5 stars is that I think it’s a bit over priced but it does exactly what I wanted, very easily. I wanted to copy a lot of very old 35mm slides which belonged to my father, most are over 50 years old. It is so simple to use, easy to select type of film and copy to sd card. You have to select the appropriate setting to be able to read from the scanner via USB – or just transfer the sd card. I haven’t opened the instructions, a few minutes playing with the settings gave me everything I needed, I would say most of the negative reviews were issues which could have been solved with a bit of perseverance! Sample image is from basic settings without any subsequent alteration or enhancement. I remember camping in that tent as a boy!
Great value
Easy to set up and did just what I needed it to do.
Very easy to use
Very easy and retrieved a lot of old slides we had forgotten abou
Easy to set up. Produced excellent scans of my slides. Holder takes 4 slides, which scan very quickly. Easy to put next 4 slides in, so quick to get through a batch of slides, saved on SD card, which then allowed me to work with on computer.
Fiddly to use
The plastic container were you put the negatives is very flimsy and falls appart quite easily. Also some negatives don’t fit in very well.
Read a lot of reviews on this before I bought but have to say it’s a great scanner for the money. Considering I was intending to scan some pretty old prints I appreciated the end results would rely just as much on the slide quality as the scanner. Out of the box it was well packaged and as I had read some negative reviewers about the instructions I decided to ignore them. To be fair the menu is self explanatory and I got it figured it out fairly quickly. Couple of points to help any new buyers. I found the standard settings created a image slightly too bright for my liking so I set the brightness to -1 which gave better results. Also I have some slides from the 1950’s to scan and these older thinker slides did not fit the holder very well. I got them scanned but would not want to do too many of them. Agree with other reviews that the slide and negative holders are a bit fiddly but soon got used to it. I’ve scanned in both 5M and 10m and have to say the scan is lightening fast so takes no time at all to get through a good number of slides. So for someone looking for an inexpensive scanner I’d certainly recommend this. All seems pretty robust and I’m hoping it lasts well under use.
I haven't had time to use the product properly yet ...
I haven’t had time to use the product properly yet i.e. haven’t saved negatives or slides to files. But to review my negatives, it does the job.
Five Stars
YES IT VERY GOOD JUST WHAT I WANTED IT DOSE THE JOB IT SAYS IT DOSE.
Excited
I bought this item for my father for Father’s Day, as he ha lots of old negatives, so,I haven’t seen it in use but very excited to see it work
Excited
I bought this item for my father for Father’s Day, as he ha lots of old negatives, so,I haven’t seen it in use but very excited to see it work
I'm not very tech savvy so very pleased that it so easy to
Just what I wanted and at a very reasonable price. I’m not very tech savvy so very pleased that it so easy to use
Four Stars
at last if it does what it says it does.
Four Stars
Negative holder maddenly fiddle but otherwise not too bad – nice to see long forgotten pix
... from 50/60s in format that she can use - excellent value for money and easy to
got it for my mum to get slides from 50/60s in format that she can use – excellent value for money and easy to use
slide scanne
very pleased with scanner, the only drawback was the written instructions, they could have been much clearer. Once I knew how to use it though it is very straightforward and effective. I am racing through my slides! So easy to put on sd card and not bother with software for pc.
Four Stars
Neat and competent. Does the job of archiving old slides but don’t expect professional quality.
Five Stars
Did exactly what I needed working perfectly and arrived on time. Many Thanks
Very pleased
I am very pleased with this negative viewer as I’m seeing old photos I’ve never seen before. My only criticism is that the tray you clip the negatives into is very flimsy and you have to be very gentle with it or it will break.
Easy to use
Just the job: Easy to use, fairly good quality scans & quick.
Easy to use
Easy to use. Just plug in and insert SD card in the back and you’re good to go! Have tried using 35mm negatives and APS negatives. No problem so far!! Great item, would recommend. Image scan quality is high.
Easy to use
Easy to use. Just plug in and insert SD card in the back and you’re good to go! Have tried using 35mm negatives and APS negatives. No problem so far!! Great item, would recommend. Image scan quality is high.
DIGITNOW Scanner - SUCCESS!
The scanner was easy to set up, although at first I found the slide/film holders a little bit fiddly to load. The simple editing facilities are, again, easy to use although I found for any corrections, I preferred to use my old “faithful” Picassa.
So…only another 2,999 slides to go…should keep me busy but I shall be able to view them all on my TV once done!
Five Stars
easy to use once i worked out how to set it up for slides
Nostalgia
This has been so much fun looking at negatives from years ago
I like many others of my generation , have boxes of slides sat about the house. nobody has looked at them for years,to much hassle,screen, projecter etc.I saw this for sale at a good price. I would make the following observations:
My slides are all 30/40 years old, taken with a cheap camera,& have a fair amount of wear &tear.
This Gaget is ideal for this situation.
It is compact, easy to setup,quick to use & the results ,when put thru a photoshop are pretty good
If you have slides more recent & taken with a high resolution camera you might want something a bit more sophisticated.
I have used the device over the last few weeks & copied on to my computer aprox.800 images, I am well satisfied as to value for money
Only quibble,cannot source extra slide tray
A great piece of kit, but needs a better instruction book. To copy slides (1) Insert memory card and switch on (2) Press Menu: Capture is displayed (3) Press Scan: Film Types is displayed (4) press scan again: Negative Film is displayed (5) Press Rt Arrow: B and W is displayed (6) Press Rt Arrow again: Slides is displayed (7) Press Scan OK (8) Start scanning |
A simple to use unit that does the job. ...
A simple to use unit that does the job. Using in a dusty area spoils it’s performance, once dust gets inside the unit it is hard to remove and will leave minute bright specks on reproductions. Make sure work area is spotless before even unpackaging this device. Arrived intact, on time.
Bought this for my husband who is a bit of a technophobe! He was sceptical how good it would be as we bought one several years ago. He absolutely loved it. He’s already scanned about 300 old slides. Very good quality and great that you can rotate slides etc. It’s his favourite Christmas present! He’ll be using this quite a lot and it’s great that you can digitise and look back on old slides! Good service and delivery. Would recommend. Thank you!!
Brilliant, Just Buy It!
This should probably be classed as an ‘impulse purchase’ as I was slightly drunk on Christmas Day and got tempted by that one click ordering thing! However, my only comment is wow! It is brilliant for the price, it displays the image from negatives, B+W or colour and also from slides. It has holders for both which are easy to load. It scans in excellent quality high res in no time with one button push. I did about 40 packets of film and three boxes of slides in the first hour and a half.
Great product.
Excellent product. Done exactly what I needed it to do. Easy to use. Packaged well. Delivery quick. Customer service brill.
love this negative scanner. I have digitised around 200 35mm slides and 1,200 film negative pictures so far. Printed photos are very sharp and every bit as good as the originals with good colour balance.. Don’t forget to get an SD card. 16meg card will hold thousands of pictures.
The slide trays are a bit fiddly to use but you very quickly get into a rhythm loading the negative strips. Images can be edited and flipped using a number of photo utilities and the SD card will retain the edits.
Four Stars
Bit fiddly to use, but after decoding the ‘instructions’, got acceptable results
Used this to scan and digitize a bunch of old negatives that I had squirreled away a good few years ago. It was easy to use and gave good results.
Easy to Use Value For Money
I have a large number of slides to digitise. So far I have completed 150. Compared to using a flat bed scanner this is simplicity itself. Quick and easy to use and very acceptable results. Order with a memory card, not supplied, and scan as a stand alone unit then transfer to computer via supplied USB cable. So far very pleased with this item.
This is excellent. I have only used it so far to ...
This is excellent. I have only used it so far to view old negatives, but it is so useful to know that I can scan them to an SD card and then save them on my computer as well. Very pleased.
This is excellent. I have only used it so far to ...
This is excellent. I have only used it so far to view old negatives, but it is so useful to know that I can scan them to an SD card and then save them on my computer as well. Very pleased.
ice to see photos that were los
does what it says, nice to see photos that were lost, thank you.
Four Stars
Excellent seller with the product quickly delivered. Easy to use with sound results.
Great gadge
Really pleased with this piece of kit, does what it says it will do and is easy to use. It will be a good job to get our slides on to memory cards and this is just what we needed.
Great gadge
Really pleased with this piece of kit, does what it says it will do and is easy to use. It will be a good job to get our slides on to memory cards and this is just what we needed.
It works quite well although as with any copying you ...
It works quite well although as with any copying you tend to lose a little of the quality from the originals. I have transferred over 500 slides to an SD card which can now be viewed on the TV or computer.
5MP scan and 10MP 'interpolation'.
I was convinced the unit did not achieve a 10MP scan. Upon questioning the supplier the reply was that it is a 5MP unit with10MP ‘interpolation’. This apparently is a frequently used method by manufacturers utilising algorithms to create the additional detail for the 10MP ‘scan’. The unit still provides serviceable pictures from my slides though not as detailed as I was expecting.
Competitive pricing attracted my attention. Prompt arrival added to the sense of value. The product is compact and solidly made
with top surface controls and an adequate size viewing screen. The input slide/film holders are limited to the content they can
hold but are simply made of durable material. The accessories match what was expected for this economy purchase and my
use of SD cards in the past was a primary factor in choosing this product as I am able to transfer the SD card to another
portable device to view/delete before deciding to upload them to my laptop. My only reservation is the “User Manual” which
is not the most straightforward logical step by step instruction process, especially for this technophobe. But after fiddling
and deleting failures of copies of old colour slides (the reason for my purchase), I think I’m getting there…slowly!.
5MP scan and 10MP 'interpolation'.
I was convinced the unit did not achieve a 10MP scan. Upon questioning the supplier the reply was that it is a 5MP unit with10MP ‘interpolation’. This apparently is a frequently used method by manufacturers utilising algorithms to create the additional detail for the 10MP ‘scan’. The unit still provides serviceable pictures from my slides though not as detailed as I was expecting.
It works quite well although as with any copying you ...
It works quite well although as with any copying you tend to lose a little of the quality from the originals. I have transferred over 500 slides to an SD card which can now be viewed on the TV or computer.
I am pleased with the results I have obtained
Used this device to scan colour slides onto my computor in order to be able to print
photos from them. I am pleased with the results I have obtained. You should make it
clear in your advertising that the device only functions with an SD card, which is not
supplied. I also found the instructions very minimal and they need to be re-written in
good English! Otherwise pleased with my purchase.
Change old slides into digital format in seconds
Bought to change old slides into digital format, does 4 at a time, you can also do negatives. Have already changed hundreds of slides onto SD Card. Film scanner is very easy to use, with great results. Would recommend this scanner for changing old slides into digital format.
Spot on…
Took 5 minutes to set up – a 4gb card gives you around 3000 photos set at 10 megapixel.
I processed 500 negatives and got them onto the laptop in just under an hour. Quality of shots is amazing considering some negatives are 40+ years old (digitalising late in laws negatives)
Brill idea to be able to share photos across the family more easily
Photo shared shows quality of a photo taken probably in the 70s / 80s
Good quality product, does the job well. Easy to handle and store. The screen function is a good feature to preview the image.
The team are very responsive and very professional. I recommend this product as it’s compact size save spaces at home.
Very simple tech and no set up software which is ...
Very simple tech and no set up software which is a bonus. I was using it for slides and the only comment I’d have is that the slide tray is a bit harder to open and close than it should be.
Very simple tech and no set up software which is ...
Very simple tech and no set up software which is a bonus. I was using it for slides and the only comment I’d have is that the slide tray is a bit harder to open and close than it should be.
Five Stars
Prompt service and a good price for a good product.
35mm SCANNER
This is a budget scanner that is great value for money. Using the scanner with Adobe Photoshop is a great way of satisfactorily digitally storing negative and slide film material. My only criticism are the poor instructions that allow you to vary settings within the device. However, I found a similar product made by another company and used their instructions to adequately customise my scanner.
I have a whole archive of 35mm slides from a local operatic society covering 60 years of shows and needed to digitalise for storing online. This unit was affordable and seemed to offer a good solution. It takes four slides at a time and comes with holders for film and slides. It doesn’t scan the slides, but instead takes a 5MP photo of each and then stores them on an SD card. Once you’ve finished with the slides, connect via USB to a PC and the images are transferred. The quality of the images is remarkably good and once on the PC they can be edited and cropped, if necessary. All in all I’m really pleased with this product. I’d recommend it to anyone with batches of 35mm slides they want to transfer into digital format.
Copying 35mm negatives.
Easy to use, does the job I purchased it for very well (rubbish instructions/translation).
Five Stars
hought I did this really easy to use great produc
I found a bunch of 35mm slides i had forgotten about from 35 to 37 years ago and decided i wanted to make them digital. This little scanner did the job perfectly. As usual, didnt bother with instruction but sussed out how to operate within 5 mins of going thru menu. Had to select slides and 10m size as the default seems to be for scanning negatives. There are two plastic feeders, one for negatives and one for slides. Figured out which one to use for slides. Initially a little finicky to open and install 4 slides at a time, but quickly got into the way of things. After that its a breeze. I stuck an 8gb SD card in the back, sat down in my living room watching the telly and fed in slide after slide. I could have scanned direct to my computer via usb cable if i had wanted. Only takes about two seconds to scan each slide. After that loaded photos onto computer via an SD card usb adaptor and that was it. Picture quality was very impressive, if the orginal slide was good then so was the photo. Turns out i wasnt as good at photography back then as i thought i was, quite a few basic mistakes !! great little scanner and would highly recommend.
Good product.
Bought this as a gift for someone and they are very pleased with the results. Used to view and scan old negatives and works as expected.
Digitnow Negative and slide viewe
It arrived as stated, well packaged and in excellent condition. I have only used this to view old 35mm negatives in the stand alone viewer to enable me to decide which ones to transfer to computer at a later date. It’s easy to load the negatives into the holder. The holders feel a bit flimsy, but as long as you handle it carefully, there should be no problem. I have volumes of negatives and slides belonging to my late father-in-law, as well as my own, to check before transferring to computer and printing copies. I can’t wait to see the finished results!
Digitnow Negative and slide viewe
It arrived as stated, well packaged and in excellent condition. I have only used this to view old 35mm negatives in the stand alone viewer to enable me to decide which ones to transfer to computer at a later date. It’s easy to load the negatives into the holder. The holders feel a bit flimsy, but as long as you handle it carefully, there should be no problem. I have volumes of negatives and slides belonging to my late father-in-law, as well as my own, to check before transferring to computer and printing copies. I can’t wait to see the finished results!
I bought this scanner as I have packets and packets of negatives that have become separated from the original photos. Lots of them were my Mum and Dad’s and I wanted to get rid of loads of old photos due to storage and needed a simple way of scanning them into my PC. I also wanted to view the negatives in to see if they were worth keeping. I’m not very ‘techy’ and didn’t want to spend a fortune and this little scanner does the job. It’s simple to use and the result is pretty good. I suppose it depends on the quality and age of the negatives but so far so good for the price. The only issue I have is the negative holder. One of the reviews I read said it wasn’t very good. It actually holds the negatives in place very firmly and clicks shut but trying to open it again seems to pull it apart and I have to keep putting it back together. It’s not really a major issue, just a bit irritating. Perhaps a better hinge system would do the trick. Other than that I’m happy with my purchase.
"Magical Memories!"
To rescue and relive memories lying dormant on transparencies and negatives this device is priceless! Whether you have few or hundreds of shots to process the results are guaranteed to bring smiles to faces. I read reviews before purchasing and agree that the instructions leave a lot to be desired. It is only with perseverance I managed to learn the process which gave delightful results to say the least! Once you manage to get the working sequence in order it is well worth it!
Great - simple to use.
A simple and cheap way to capture your old slide and negatives. It basically takes a photo to and SD card. You can then import and play with the image with your own image manipulation software if you wish. Does the job well and they all seem well exposed by the machine. Tried BW and colour negatives and also colour slides of many different makes. They all worked fine. Can save as 5M or 10 M pixel and so files aren’t too large to be silly.
I have been searching for quite a time for a decent slide scanner but, as usual, there are the 5 star reviewers and the 1 star reviewers, so it’s always difficult to judge which is the best to choose. I must admit I chose this one as the price had been drastically reduced! I have a vast amount of old slides which I want to edit and scan onto my Mac for reference, so wonderful quality wasn’t my main aim – I just wanted a decently good image! I am therefore extremely pleased with the results I’ve had so far! As expected, the quality is not fantastic but, all in all, the colour is certainly not bad but I’m more than happy with this little product. I expect I would realistically have to pay 250 – 350 for a slide scanner which produces really wonderful images…..but I’ve seen reviews which dispute that as well!
I have been searching for quite a time for a decent slide scanner but, as usual, there are the 5 star reviewers and the 1 star reviewers, so it’s always difficult to judge which is the best to choose. I must admit I chose this one as the price had been drastically reduced! I have a vast amount of old slides which I want to edit and scan onto my Mac for reference, so wonderful quality wasn’t my main aim – I just wanted a decently good image! I am therefore extremely pleased with the results I’ve had so far! As expected, the quality is not fantastic but, all in all, the colour is certainly not bad but I’m more than happy with this little product. I expect I would realistically have to pay 250 – 350 for a slide scanner which produces really wonderful images…..but I’ve seen reviews which dispute that as well!
going to have fun looking at old negatives thank you
superb delivery 1 day ahead of the due date, going to have fun looking at old negatives thank you
Four Stars
very pleased but just found LIDL is selling today much cheaper. I don’t like this.
Compact reasonably priced scanne
I have just bought this scanner for the purpose of scanning slides taken mainly in the 1960/70’s . The unit was compact and reasonably priced and had the capacity to scan up to four slides at a time. I also bought a memory card to go with it . I have scanned about 80 slides so far, and found it fairly easy. I need to improve my assessment of the contrast level needed for slides when scanning them especially where there are strong contrast levels in the colours on the slides and expect this will be a case of practice. I would have liked the instruction manual to be a bit more detailed . Overall I think the scanner suits my needs well
I like this unit for the price, especially the ability to change the resolution and exposure level when scanning slides in order to compensate for errors when the slide was taken.
Manufacturer – get someone with a better knowledge of the unit and English language to re-write the User’s Manual
May not be a professional tool but more than adequate for most needs and pleasantly surprised with the quality after reading some reviews
Easy to use & scans each slide very fast to SD card.It took less than 10 mins to unpack and start scanning.
N.B .SD Card not SUPPLIED and was purchased separately.
My semi-professional and rather expensive scanner had given up the ghost for some reason and I needed to re-scan several very old 35mm negatives. I saw the Digitnow!5 listed in Amazon at a reasonable price and ordered one. It arrived very promptly and I put it into use. The quality of the scans I made faithfully captured the deficiencies of my ancient black and white negs. My only concern was the plastic negative holders. They don’t hold the negative firmly in place in the holder and when I withdrew after one scan I found the negative strip had become badly creased. This was my only criticism and I shall be more wary when scanning again. I intend to dig out the negative holder from my old ‘now deceased’ scanner and see if that will operate OK in the Digitnow!5.
seems adequate for my needs and was a good bargain.
Not had a chance to use it yet, seems adequate for my needs and was a good bargain.
Good basic scanner. No problems setting up under either Windows XP or Windows 10 since it saves images to an SD memory card or uses USB file transfer. Alignment of slides isn’t very positive, but satisfactory. Does colour negatives as well as slides, and gives good colour rendition. Quick and easy operation.
This slider convertor is as expected. Bought it to my dad’s birthday and was worth it. He was very happy with it, we managed to save a few slides and they were looking very good. Normally slides are old (from 1960’s) so don’t expect very high quality on this (which I didn’t) and I had good results, even better than expected. So I was very happy with this purchase and with this product. I would recommend this product to anyone. Is not a professional machine but it is good to use at home.
Slide Copier review.
Excellent value,quick operation and well made for the price.recommneded.
Four Stars
Useful piece of kit , however the slide carriage is a bit slow and fiddly to use.
A bit of a fiddle until you get used to ...
A bit of a fiddle until you get used to it, but it does the job to my satisfaction in conjunction with “Paint”
Easy to use and good value for money
Very good results in converting some old slides that belonged to my wife’s mother. They were starting to deteriorate but hopefully they are now saved and future generations can see their ancestors. No the easiest of instructions with the scanner but enough to get going and then it’s quite easy to use
Easy to use and good value for money
Very good results in converting some old slides that belonged to my wife’s mother. They were starting to deteriorate but hopefully they are now saved and future generations can see their ancestors. No the easiest of instructions with the scanner but enough to get going and then it’s quite easy to use
Delighted with this little compact item
At long last I can view and save photographs from a huge pile of negatives taken when I was a child. Original photos just seemed to have got lost somewhere. Delighted with this little compact item. The supplier was very communicative and although the first one didn’t work they were quick to send a new one so I am pleased with them too.
Delighted with this little compact item
At long last I can view and save photographs from a huge pile of negatives taken when I was a child. Original photos just seemed to have got lost somewhere. Delighted with this little compact item. The supplier was very communicative and although the first one didn’t work they were quick to send a new one so I am pleased with them too.
doesw exactly as it says. Customer service second to ...
doesw exactly as it says. Customer service second to none, very well pleased
Very good value for money, a little awkward to use – at first, but once familiar then it can be very quick to use. I scanned some 500 slides in an evening. Cartridge is a little awkward but I wouldn’t be put off by it. Quality is determined by quality of the original film/slide but I thought it was adequate for most non-professional purposes. I wished to put slides onto a memory stick and it worked well for this. Essential to keep slides free of hairs and dust cause they don’t half show up.
Very good value for money, a little awkward to use – at first, but once familiar then it can be very quick to use. I scanned some 500 slides in an evening. Cartridge is a little awkward but I wouldn’t be put off by it. Quality is determined by quality of the original film/slide but I thought it was adequate for most non-professional purposes. I wished to put slides onto a memory stick and it worked well for this. Essential to keep slides free of hairs and dust cause they don’t half show up.
Quick and Easy
Good price and does a decent job, quick and easy to use so very happy with i
I purchased this scanner based on earlier reviews.
The slide carrier is a little cumbersome to open and the instructions could be more explicit.
However, it appears to perform the function for which it is intended.and is priced sensibly.
I have scanned 16 slides and have just another 4000 to process!
JE
cheaper than having my slides transfered transfered by companies – saved os much money and good quality too – instructions should make it clear you have to have the memory card in to work
I bought this scanner as a present for my dad who has a lot of old (1960s) slides. Easy peasy to use. Load up the slide tray, four slides at a time, make sure you set the scanner to ‘slide’ and feed the tray through the side of the scanner, one slide at a time, pausing each time to push the scan button. This is the really good bit, only about 3 seconds to produce the image. The image is saved to an SD card (full size, not micro) which is not included but are cheap to buy from elsewhere, so no biggy! I used a 16gb card, which for a 5 mega pixel image size should hold a load. The quality of the images seem really good as well, but remember that any flaws, dust and the like will be reproduced in fine detail as well, so prepare accordingly. I can’t comment on the 35mm negative part of the scanner, only to say that another tray for this is provided and that I would expect similar quality results to be achieved. Overall, very pleased with the scanner, my dad’s a happy bunny and the seller delivered promptly. All’s good. Hope this helps.
I bought this scanner as a present for my dad who has a lot of old (1960s) slides. Easy peasy to use. Load up the slide tray, four slides at a time, make sure you set the scanner to ‘slide’ and feed the tray through the side of the scanner, one slide at a time, pausing each time to push the scan button. This is the really good bit, only about 3 seconds to produce the image. The image is saved to an SD card (full size, not micro) which is not included but are cheap to buy from elsewhere, so no biggy! I used a 16gb card, which for a 5 mega pixel image size should hold a load. The quality of the images seem really good as well, but remember that any flaws, dust and the like will be reproduced in fine detail as well, so prepare accordingly. I can’t comment on the 35mm negative part of the scanner, only to say that another tray for this is provided and that I would expect similar quality results to be achieved. Overall, very pleased with the scanner, my dad’s a happy bunny and the seller delivered promptly. All’s good. Hope this helps.
I purchased this as a lightning deal and, because it came without the advertised SD card, received a partial refund from the seller. I found their after-sale support prompt and helpful. I have many negatives and slides which I wanted to digitize and this offered to do that. I found it to produce decent scanned images of 36mm slides and negs but I found the two cartridges for loading the films to be clunky and cumbersome. I have many non-standard 36mm negative film strips whose perforations do not match the template of the cartridges and, for these, I cobbled together something simple using cardboard strips which worked quite well and made me wonder why the manufacturers hadn’t done something similar. So, if you are wanting to scan standard negs and slides this produces very acceptable results. For anything not quite standard you’ll need to be creative.
One star deducted because of this limitation and because the cartridges are difficult to open, making bulk scanning a rather tedious process. I have not tried other similar scanners so cannot comment on how well this fares with the competition or at its price point.
I purchased this as a lightning deal and, because it came without the advertised SD card, received a partial refund from the seller. I found their after-sale support prompt and helpful. I have many negatives and slides which I wanted to digitize and this offered to do that. I found it to produce decent scanned images of 36mm slides and negs but I found the two cartridges for loading the films to be clunky and cumbersome. I have many non-standard 36mm negative film strips whose perforations do not match the template of the cartridges and, for these, I cobbled together something simple using cardboard strips which worked quite well and made me wonder why the manufacturers hadn’t done something similar. So, if you are wanting to scan standard negs and slides this produces very acceptable results. For anything not quite standard you’ll need to be creative.
One star deducted because of this limitation and because the cartridges are difficult to open, making bulk scanning a rather tedious process. I have not tried other similar scanners so cannot comment on how well this fares with the competition or at its price point.