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Review on πŸ“· Enhanced Imagelab FS5CO5 Slide and Negative Scanner - 5 Megapixel for Superior Scanning by Luis Nelson

Revainrating 1 out of 5

Better than nothing.

Imagelab FS5CO5 5 megapixel slide and negative scanner produces blurry results. It's better than nothing, but if you still have a slide projector, you can get better results by projecting slides and taking photos with a digital camera. I scanned a few slides, some Kodachrome, some Ektachrome, some faint, some fairly well balanced, and then scanned the same images on a Nikon slide scanner and compared the results. The price difference between Nikon and Imagelab is $900 and the scan results show a corresponding difference in quality. I've since shipped the same slides to California to be scanned with top-of-the-line equipment. They haven't returned yet, but if the results are as good as Nikon's slide scanners, the cost savings will be worth the wait. Someone else tested the Imagelab FS5CO5 5MP Slide/Negative Scanner and said it was good for loading old slides. on a laptop for a quick trip down memory lane. I agree that this slide scanner is suitable for this. Images will be a little fuzzy in detail and a little dark, highlights will be blown out and color temperature will be unpredictable, but for a cheap "hey, remember when" it doesn't get any better than this. But if you want to get every possible detail out of your slides, try something different.

Pros
  • Quality construction
Cons
  • Expensive