This slide converter from Kodak is very easy to use. I just plugged it into my laptop and started using it. Capturing a digital image is easy; Editing is easy too and I get better quality digital images than the original 35mm slides! I have thousands of slides from my pre-digital life that I haven't looked at in years, and now converting them to digital is fun and pretty quick. You can insert slides into the holder and run them through the converter with minimal effort. A few years ago I wanted Walmart to convert the slides for me and it cost a fortune considering how many slides I have. I have now found that the resolution of the images is very good and when edited they produce great images. This converter will pay for itself many times over after the completion of my project. It also saves me about half a closet in the space currently occupied by stacks of carousels in their boxes. I am very, very happy with this Kodak mini digital scanner.