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Review on DIGITNOW Digital Film and Slide Scanner with 4.3 Inch TFT LCD Display - Converts 35mm, 110, 126, Super 8 Films, 8mm Film Negatives, and Slides into 22 Megapixel JPEG Images by Tim Larsen

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Affordable scanner with unique features.

If an inexpensive product can be easily customized to do exactly what you want and achieve good results, it deserves five stars! This is a very small, well designed device which in my case, as shown in the photo, sits on a makeshift wooden platform whose sole purpose is to simplify the task of digitizing several thousand 35mm slides. The platform raises the scanner, making room for a box to catch the ejected slide, and a support under the slide stacker to hold the scanner in place in case you need to push loaded slides to even out warped or uneven slides that could oppose entry. With this setup I can scan about 20 slides per minute. All other devices I've checked use the same holder for four slides, which considering loading and unloading times could do four in a minute. The screen is small, a price paid for the overall compact design, but the included cable can be plugged into the AV input of any TV or monitor. The fact that scanned images are stored as JPGs on the SD card means you don't have to worry about software. The quality of the scanned image is quite good and adjustments can be made. For my purposes, to save maximum bandwidth, all editing is done on the PC.

Pros
  • Great for outdoor activities
Cons
  • Not sure