Kodak - Mini Digital Film & Slide Scanner – Converts Film Negatives & Slides to 22 Megapixel JPEG Images – 2.4 LCD Screen - Black
Model: RODFD20
SKU: 6325584
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Customers recognize the Mini Digital Film & Slide Scanner for its user-friendly design. They appreciate how easy it is to use the scanner, making it accessible to users of all skill levels.
Overall, it does a good job of scanning/digitizing. It is easy to use. The price is good. Unfortunately, it is hard to keep clean. Old slides mounted in cardboard frames tend to shed lint-like stuff from their edges. It quickly collects on the mirror below your media (slide or film negative). The mirror reflects light up through your media during scanning, so any dust on it makes a shadow in the scanned image. The only access to the mirror is through the slot (see photo) where you insert the carrier for the slide/film. Kodak provides a dust wand to clean the mirror, but I found it to be inadequate. I found that I could wrap a microfiber cloth (the kind for wiping eyeglasses) around the wand and that way could clean the mirror effectively. Clean plastic-framed slides or film negative strips are less of a problem.
Posted by OldSlideTaker
This is a nice compact unit. Using it is fairly straightforward and simple. Resolution is acceptable if not excellent, as results vary based on the condition of the film/slide being scanned. All film/slide media adapters are clearly labeled (as in photo). The one drawback is that the scanner's scanning area is limited and may cutoff/crop a small part of your slide. All that being said, the scanner has good value, and has good performance in a compact unit that does not take much room.
Posted by bbreviewer
This is a fine device if you're planning to use it purely to view and digitize old negatives, but don't plan on getting quality images with it. I got this to use for processing and digitally editing my negatives without having to spend hours in the darkroom. For one, the dimensions are much narrower than the width of each 35mm exposure, meaning the left and right edges of your photos will be cut off. Second, the device itself attempts color reversal but the colors are very off. I tried to adjust this using RGB curves in photoshop but it's much too time-consuming and difficult to get it close to the original. I'd typically reverse and color-correct my negatives in post with regular flatbed scanners, so I tried scanning negatives using the slide film setting and it still doesn't stay very true to the original colors. Additionally, I shoot mainly in black and white and always scan in color to try to bring out more details, but both the black and white and color settings on this strip the midtones from my b&w negatives, leaving them very contrasted and flat looking. I decided to purchase this after reading about how it's a real alternative to scanning rows of negatives at 4800-6400 DPI and being left with gigabyte-sized files, but the highest resolution option is still pretty low and the photos do not hold up when blown up to 10x8" size. I was hoping this could be used as a cheaper alternative to a flatbed scanner, but sadly I'll probably be returning it. I've attached a few unedited scans compared to my original prints to exemplify this.
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