Find old slides? You NEED this product!
591677
Found a ton of old slides & B&W negatives. This view finder handles both easily. Now I can decide which to make digital & toss the rest. PERFECT Solution
3927443
Just what we needed to get a quick view of inherited slides needing sorting. I love that it cam with the batteries and a cleaning cloth! Add super fast Amazon shipping and we are all set to go.
271479
Ever since the passing of the 35mm camera with the coming of the digital cameras on smartphones, tablets, etc those of us stuck with boxes of slides and negatives have had to make a trip to an available camera company (if one can be found) to transfer our old images to jpeg status to use in communicating with not only family, but with submitting images to articles we are writing, newsletters for small businesses or holiday greetings. Now with this superb scanner/digitizer within a few seconds and with the press of a single button Presto! - out comes a storable jpeg, immediately viewable on the 2.4" LCD on the device, to transfer to a memory stick or send directly to your computer.

It really is so very simple to use that there isn't even a learning curve. Set up the machine, insert a slide or a roll of 35mm negatives, and the built in software converts your images to 14 megapixel digital images which actually can convert up to 22 megapixels - not quite the desired clarity for professional use, but certainly adequate for keeping track of images in the computer for organization and reference. Or if you prefer, you can save the scans to a memory card. There is a video out for connection to television - MAC and PC compatible.

The really impressive additional aspect of this device is that it is stand alone - no additional computer or software required. For everyone who is entering the Internet age and is stuck with loads of old slides and negatives that have become all but obsolete, here is the solution. Highly recommended. Grady Harp, March 14
308054
This scanner has done a great job converting my parents' slides to digital images.  It does pick up dust easily, but is not hard to clean with the included cleaner wand.  I can only do 25 slides at once, then I have to move them off the scanner storage onto my own disk.  I tried going direct to computer and using a usb card but couldn't get those to work.  The 25 slide limitation has been fine for most sets, except for the ones my parents stored in the projector, those I had to break into 4 groups.  I do wish the viewer window was bigger, or that I could zoom in, as I sometimes don't find out until viewing on a computer screen that I scanned a slide backwards.  It's easy to fix with the scanner if you know you've done it - there are flip, reverse and turn options.  Well worth the cost!
540566
I needed a slide viewer to check out some old slides and this was a great deal and served the purpose. Very decent quality.
435595
This product works as advertised, was easy to use and I have been able to scan in all my old 35mm slides.  All my slides are 40 to 50 years old.
401175
This works better than you might expect. Your slides probably have some dust. If so, this converter will find it. However, that's a good thing because you want you slide scanner to scan the details. Clean you slides before you scan. I'm scanning very old slide...30 years plus...it works great.
320795
This works great.  Easy to set up and connect to computer.  Going through old photo's, many slides and negatives to deal with.  When you find one you want to keep just save to your computer.  Negatives appear and are saved as positives!  love it, worth every dime!
258303
Like many a senior citizen, I am faced with literally hundreds of 35 mm slides of vacations and children BDA (before digital age)! I want our children and grandchildren to see and know family "history", but know they will just throw out slides as impossible to view - especially so many! This little machine is great.... I can use it just fine and transfer the pictures to my PC where I can upload to have a little book made for each member of the family!
3953953
This product worked perfectly for my needs.  I needed a way store my Dad's old slides after I scanned them.  These storage boxes are sturdy.  They also come with an insert to keep the slides from falling over if the box isn't completely full.  My only complaint is that the dividers that came with each box don't fit.  I already had my own dividers, so this wasn't a problem for me.
346809
This is the answer to 40 years of family slides that have been stored away. What fun reliving the memories on the computer screen!
1998906
I have been doing quite a lot of research to find a decent machine to scan my family's millions of slides.  After reading all the reviews...I will plan to do what I have done with some old pictures.

the plan is this:  have a slide show.  Take digital photos with your "macro" setting (I use a Panasonic Lumix) of every slide...individually.  It will take about 3-5 seconds each slide.  Download them onto your computer.  Play with color, etc on photoshop. Voila!  You have all your slides in one place - in IPhoto or Picassa or whatever. You will be surprised how good they come out.

Why bother with a machine? Until a decent one is designed and made, that is.
928518
Why haven't I gotten one of these before? I have zillions of slides and negs form the past half century that I am now uploading to my iPhoto and to Photoshop. I am happy with the ease and simplicity of this relatively inexpensive machine. So far, it's been my trusty workhorse.
2731928
I've been using this little scanner for a couple of years now and it is perfect for my purposes.  I am scanning in old family slides (thousands upon thousands of them).  I don't need a lot of flexibility and I'm not trying to scan slides for printing posters or anything.  I just want to preserve some family memories and the years of storage in a musty basement have not been kind to some of these old slides and negatives.  My mother-in-law loves that she can now re-live her world-wide adventures with family and friends right at her computer.  She no longer has to sort through her hundreds of slide trays and dig out the heavy projector and hang sheets over the windows to darken the room.  This is not what you'd want for professional photographs but it is perfect for just preserving the memories!  Fast and simple . . . just what I needed for this big project!
601000
Between my and my father's 35MM slides, there are between 8-10,000 slides. Even at discount prices, having them converted to digital would put me in the poor house! I have begun using the ION Film 2 SD Film and Slide Scanner in conjunction with my Mac where iphoto and Photoshop Elements are installed. I am not a computer whiz so the ease and speed of making doing the scans and transferring  them in batches to the computer was a relief. In Photoshop I was able to enhance color and crop areas where the originals had deteriorated since the early 50's. So far, it is fair to say that this is a quality product at a fair price. This is the first time that I have felt strongly enough about a product to write a review. grandpa, Corning, NY
1425034
This little machine saves hours of time to convert our old slides to digital.  The scanner we had before
took many more hours of work to get the same results.  The digital copies are just as good as
the originals on the old slide projector.  No worries with this purchase.  Great product.
3440054
Bought this for my 67 year old dad to back up his slides on his own free time. With a 16GB SD card he can do this all on his own with the LCD screen but he really likes the attachment to his TV. I couldn't be happier with this purchase! Great product and good price!