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Review on πŸ” CozyKit LED Lighted 35mm Slide & Film Negative Viewer, Desk Top/Portable LED Viewer with 3X Magnification, USB Powered Film and Slide Viewer by Kevin Mariappan

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Extremely Fast Negative Scanning

I scanned about 500 negatives in about five hours. The scanning process is very fast. I just scanned them as is since I run everything through Photoshop anyway, which is much more accurate than the "stepped" features for brightness, color etc. These were old negatives that were 25+ years old , so some colors could change . as well as saturation, which I sometimes found too much. This could have been the result of the original negatives or the scanner, but most of the scans were fairly accurate. A tip: I use lint-free gloves when handling negatives, but old celluloid strips tend to attract dust. This is transferred to the plate in the scanner, where the slides/negatives lie alone and tend to get lost. It will then appear in your scans. They give you a dust removal tool that is very good. However, if you only slide the strips in and out on one side of the insert, dust often gets stuck on the plate. It's best to always go in one direction. This way most of the dust that gets in is pushed out the other side, reducing the number of uses. I also wipe the tool with a piece of tape after each use to prevent tool dust from getting back into the scanner. Second, the base resolution of 14 megapixels is sufficient. A 22MP resolution is only 14MP reinterpolated to 22MP. If you need a higher resolution and are using Photoshop or Corel Paint Shop Pro, interpolate there. You can easily print 16x20 prints with a resolution of 14 MP. The additional 8 megapixels of resolution can only add unwanted artifacts to your image files. I am very happy with this device, as well as my children and grandchildren with memories!

Pros
  • Office Electronics
Cons
  • High Price