I bought this to turn my old slides into pictures and transfer them online. Works great except, and this is a big except, you used kodak film to make your slides! Kodak was the most common film in the 60's and 70's for taking pictures. And almost everyone made slides because they lasted longer than prints. None of my slides taken with Kodak film will scan. They all come out as if they are a negative. I called the company and they first tried to tell me that I could fix this with photo shop! Not!!! I called back and spoke to someone else who, in passing, said that there was some trouble with Kodak. At that time, I had no idea what was wrong. Now I do. If the slide was taken using some other film, this machine works great. But if you are like me, and most of your precious memories were captured by Kodak, don't buy this converter. Keep looking. Pandigital Photolink One-Touch PANSCN05 4-Inch x6-Inch Photo and Slide and Negative Scanner
I recently purchased this item so my wife could scan a large collection of our old 35mm negatives. The simplicity of use was very appealing. The unit is very easy to set up, and the ability to use while connected to a computer or as a standalone unit is very convenient.
Operation is simple for either slides or negatives. Slides need to be taken out of their carrier, which is simple. On some slides that are relatively dark, the AI in the unit thinks that the edge of the slide has not been detected. The dark area of the slide does not appear in the scan, making the image a little skinnier than it should be. The instruction book does warn that this can happen.
For negatives, just push the negative into the unit and it feeds itself through. The AI detects the frame lines between the pictures and creates one file for each photo detected. This worked great!
The only issue I had with the unit was that the color was not very true. Overall, photos had a much bluer cast to them, making them look like they were all taken with a flash. We had some of these negatives printed professionally, and those appeared normal. There is no way to adjust the unit using software to compensate. This color difference was so distracting that I could not keep the product. I'm still on the lookout for a simple unit that scans all formats.
Very small and compact scanner. Super quiet and fast. Very good images. Does have an issue with very dark edges of photos, which will autocrop the image sometimes cutting peoples heads down. Other that that very pleased. I have a secondary old HP Scanjet 6 for those dark edged images. My wife has been busy archived 30 years worth of photos. Well worth the money.
All my slides from the 60s and 70s come mounted in cardboard holders, as I'll bet most people's slides do. They won't work with this scanner. There is no way you can get your slides out of the cardboard mounts without wasting lots of time and probably ruining your slides. Besides, the dates are stamped on the cardboard, which would then be lost.
The product description just says it does photos, slides, and negatives. It's a big oversight to fail to mention that it won't work for the vast majority of people's slides.
I got this device and started to scan my negatives. If the negative I scan is KODAK, amazingly the device will just not scan it. You will not have even a file for the scan on the SD card. If the negative is anything else but KODAK, it will be scanned greatly and converted automatically from negative to positive and even each picture will have it is own file (i.e. the device will convert a negative has 6 pieces of pictures to 6 individual files without your intervention).
More great, the device quickly scan printed pictures and it is amazingly fast and colors are nice. Also the device is stand alone and small in size to carry while you are traveling if you have family to meet somewhere else and want to scan their pictures.
My only frustration is that this device will never scan KODAK negatives. I found out they sell another device just for KODAK (model P460). Also this device will never scan your mounted slide as you have to unmount them.
The 2 stars rating has to do with the lack of honesty of the description of this device. It should clearly state that it does not scan KODAK negatives or mounted slides.
EVERY WINTER I SAY I A GOING TO CLEAN UP OLD PHOTOS-GLAD I WAITED. THIS IS WORTH EVERY PENNY! I HAVE BEEN SCANNING EVERYTHING IN SITE! WIRKS GREAT ON OLD PHOTOS TOO. I HAVE FAMILY PHOTOS FROM PRE 1900--THEY LOOK TERRIFIC. PLAN OT TAKE MY TIME AND CATALOG THE THOUSANDS OF PICTURES I HAVE AND GIVE NEAT CD,S /DVDS TO KIDS! SCANS WELL, AMAZINGLY FAST, AND SOME NOT SO HOT PICTURES ACTUALLY LOOK BETTER.
I bought this to scan my old photos (haven't used the negative or slides functionality). It scans one photo fairly quickly (a few seconds compared to my Epson flatbed scanner which takes 1-2 mins per photo); it's pretty fast to go through a stack of old photos. However, the scanned photo quality is not as good as my Epson scanner. Also, I need to feed the photo in one at a time as opposed to other devices where you can scan a stack of photos. - Photography - Slide Converter - Portable Scanner - Negative Scanner'
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