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.

This is a great scanner for converting slides into jpeg files for viewing / storing on a computer. I've got an Epson full size scanner which can scan slides but the process of loading the slides is quite fiddly and time consuming.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.

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!

I have only a few 35mm and 110 slides to transfer into a jPeg image. I know that what you see is what you get, but the slides varied in quality and the bad images came out very contrasty, even when I changed the exposure compensation. The Kodak slides I had with the cardboard mounts I had not problem with inserting through the slider mechanism, but the plastic AGFA 110 slide mounts were thicker and therefore tight in the mechanism to push them through the holder didn't work, and it jumped over them. I had to manually insert them.With the instruction book, it appears to be easy to use, but the way it is written is not clear, and was confusing to use and it was by trial and error is how I found how to use it.As slide copiers go, yes, it does the job, but if you have a lot to copy, it may be worth considering paying more for a better built machine. Just one thing to remember about it ..... it's a slide copier, and that's all it does. I found by enhancing the photo by post production does help with special software to correct sharpness and colour balance, but if its a poorly processed image in the first place, you cannot do much with it.The video showing how to operate it is good, but don't be fooled by the image, as what I took was okay but not really good. Unfortunately I haven't got any professional images to see what it can actually achieved by this machine.