I agree with the other positive reviews on this device - and thank them for helping me make the decision on this item. It looks and feels very well built - and after scanning over a hundred slides - it seems very durable. It's somewhat hard to comment on the quality of the scans - because I cannot really know the quality of my very old slides. But the best of my slide pictures turned out very good. For an example: on some of the slides that were very under-exposed and dark - using the brightness increase feature of the scanner seemed to have no effect; - while on others that just needed a little tweaking - the brightness feature worked very well. My conclusion is - nothing can bring back totally bad slides - smile. Overall - for the price - I believe this is the very best solution available. I especially liked using it with my computer attached. It uses USB power in scan mode and USB connection for uploads. I scanned a package of slides into the memory card on teh scanner - and then just punched a couple buttons on the scanner to upload the scans into the computer. After copying / editing the slides on teh computer - I used the computer to erase the copies on the scanner's memory card - then pushed a couple buttons on the scanner - and I'm back to scanning.
My parents kept all their most precious memories in the basement in slide reel boxes and haven't seen any of their pictures in well over a decade. Their wedding, honeymoon, pictures of them as children, all my childhood/baby photos were collecting dust and in danger of never being seen again. I bought this device online and decided to surprise my family by putting all of these photos on the computer. The pictures came out wonderfully! My parents were so excited and spent the next few hours looking at old photos together. It was really great, and now they don't have to worry about what to do with their slides anymore. Money well spent, and I was really happy with the outcome.
The only reason for the 4 star rating is the tediousness of the process in general. The slide cartridge holds four slides, each of which needs to be manually slide under the scanner, scanned individually, saved, and then transferred onto the computer. One slide carousel (120 slides) took me appx 45 minutes once I feel into a rhythm. The pain of removing the slides from the carousel, the amount of manual work involved with the machine, and then placing the slides back in the reel made me want to run screaming into the night by the fourth carousel. The only thing that kept me sane was my happiness at seeing photos that I hadn't seen in a very long time.
This machine certain got the job done and the pictures came better than I was expecting 25+ year old slides to look. I would definitely recommend this product to anyone interested in transferring hundreds of old slides onto the computer.
Additional note unrelated to this product: I have a new found burning hatred for slides and slide carousels.
I have thousands of slides and negatives that were shot over the last 50 years, but I didn't want to pay an outside service to digitize them. I have a flatbed scanner, but it would take entirely too much time to scan, plus the computer would be unavailable to others during this time. After some research, I decided this is the one I would buy, and I bought it almost nine months ago, but it is only within the last week or so, that I started putting it to serious use.
Here are my observations:
1. Once you get in "the groove," it's easy to scan dozens of negatives.
2. Adjustments can be made to color and exposure, but that will require additional time if you choose to do it (On 99% of negatives I make no adjustment).
3. There are two trays, one for negatives, and one for slides. I have only used the negative tray, so far.
4. If you insert the negative incorrectly (upside down or backwards), you can achieve the right image by pressing a button on the machine. That is, you can flip it, or scan a mirror image without having to change the negative placement. I don't do that, though, I just make sure that the photo information printed on the negative, e.g., "Gold," "Kodak," "Fuji," are readable, then it's correctly inserted.
5. The product comes with a small felt pad that is used to periodically clean the glass to remove any dust spots from the scanned image. Since the projected image of your photo is very small, it is extremely easy to miss seeing the dust spot, until after you display it on a larger display.
6. The quality of the finished product is not as good as what you would get with a flat bed scanner, but, for my purposes, it is an acceptable compromise.
One final observation, since I bought this product, the company has come out with a newer version, which sells for a few dollars more. If it had been available when I bought product, I would have spent the extra bucks for the extra convenience. Here's why: from what I have read, the newer model doesn't require you to fit the negatives inside the holder, you can just slip them individually into the scanner. To me, that would seem to save a lot of time. If you are thinking about purchasing this model, I suggest you check out the reviews for the other model. Thanks for reading.
In the early 30-60's slides were the way to capture your adventures and life events...Do you have old slides that you want to digitize? This little scanner is perfect...the slide tray holds your old slides in place covering and securing those frayed edges on your slides. Quick and easy capture and save mode..directly to your computer, or use it alone with an optional card. In just a few hours, I have been able to re-live my childhood cross country trips, birthdays and graduations, etc. with my family and I am planning to share these with my siblings (via thumb drive) as a priceless gift to them too....THANK YOU for making this so easy. Very good quality images produced...attached photo is from a 1961 slide (I am the little one in the red shirt with my mother and 2 older sisters looking across the "Painted Desert")
My film negatives have been kept at our drawers for more than 10 years.
When this scanner was offered during a lightning sale, I immediately grabbed one.
The unit is pretty straightforward, you place the film negatives inside the included film holder and slide it on the scanner.
Being a 22 MP resolution scanner, the output quality is great.
The one thing I noticed is that the output file is yellowish in color no matter what settings I use. I don't know if that has to do with the film in general or within the unit itself.
So it takes a lot of effort to edit the white balance of the output photo since you have to edit it one by one, especially we're talking about thousand of photos.
Overall, this scanner works as advertised and it gives the owner one thing:
the joy of seeing your old self, no matter if it'a a clear or dark photo :)
Feature Product
- Converts 35mm/135, 110, 126KPK and Super 8 films,Slides & Negatives into digital JPEG format within 2 seconds.
- Stand-Alone and no computer required, tranfers your old film/slides to Color or Black&White picture in SD card(up to 32GB, not included) and supports to adjust the brightness or color of image.
- With software interpolation, digitized photo quality up to 22 Megapixels.
- Mac & PC Compatible, transfers high resolution images to your computer, laptop, smartphone and tablet.
- View the scanned photos directly on integrated 2.4" color LCD screen, or connect it to TV for larger screen display. Easy to operate for elderly.
Description
Have any old 35mm films or slides? Here's the perfect device to help you easily organize and externalize them. This Jumbl scanner sports a powerful 14-megapixel sensor that reads every detail contained in your films and slides. You can choose between the standard 14-megapixel scan, or enable the built-in software interpolation, which applies some image magic and ups the quality to an astonishing 22 megapixels. At the touch of a button, the Jumbl image digitizer will scan and convert your old memories into sharp, vibrant digital images in JPEG format. These can then be viewed on your computer or other device, or printed out as regular photos.
With our film and slide scanner, all you need to convert your images are included in the box. There is no need for a computer connection to operate the Jumbl scanner. It scans, and converts images on its own, making it a very portable, accessible solution for digitizing films and slides. Scanning is also very easy and straightforward. Simply load the film or slide onto the negatives or positives holder, respectively. Follow the included instructions to slide the holder into place, and press the "Scan" button when ready. Snap! Your image has been converted and saved to the internal memory or an optional SD card.
Once scanning is complete, the built-in 2.4-inch color LCD screen will display your digitized image. A clever piece of software allows you to flip the scanned image around by pressing a few buttons. This helps compensate for user error during scanning, and also adds some flexibility with image conversion. In addition, you can also adjust scanning resolution, brightness and coloration in the easy-to-navigate Capture menu.
In the Box You'll find:
1 x Digital Scanner
1 x USB Cable
1 x Negatives (Film) Holder
1 x Positives (Slide) Holder
1 x AC/DC Adapter
1 x Cleaning Brush
1 x TV Cable
1 x User Manual
I needed this because I have hundreds of slides and negatives from years past that I want to digitize.
The operation menu takes a little while to figure out, but once you understand the proper sequence for selecting the menu options, it becomes pretty rote and repetitively simple to operate, such as when you are scanning a large batch of slides in one sitting.
To use the color correction feature, it seems best to scan each slide multiple times using different color adjustment settings, and then choosing the best image later after you download the images to your PC. The same thing goes for the brightness settings.
The slide holder tray is a little difficult to use, so I ended up removing the tiny latching tabs (with small needle-node pliers) so that I could open and close the tray more easily and quickly.
This scanner probably won't work well for a professional lab who needs industrial type equipment. But for the home user who just wants to scan old slides and photo negatives into .jpgs, it will work just fine. It couldn't be simpler to set up and use. The instructions (which are obviously translated from another language) are pretty indecipherable, but you don't really need them. Just plug it in to the computer and you are ready to go. If you want to save anything someplace other than your computer (it also works as a stand alone device), you will probably want to purchase an SD memory card - it does have an internal memory, but it is limited. Other than this highly recommended memory card, the scanner comes with everything you need and you will be viewing your negatives and slides within 5 minutes of opening the box.
One neat thing about this scanner is that you can view your negatives on your TV (cable included). The scanner displays negatives as positives.
I wanted to sort and scan my Father's slides after he died. He was a prolific photographer and had over 5000 slides in cases. I read the reviews and decided on this product. I am so glad I did. Once the slide is loaded into the slide holder you literally just slide it into the Jumbl and push a button to scan and another to save and you have finished scanning and saving a slide in seconds. I bought an SDHC card to store pictures on Jumbl. It has an internal memory but I wanted lots of room for pictures. I did a project a few years ago and scanned in some slide with my big HP photo scanner and it took months to complete. I wish I had known about this product back then. I just transferred my scanned pictures to my PC using the USB connection. This scanner does allow some picture adjustment but I didn't bother since I can adjust the picture on the computer if I need to. What took the longest was sorting the slides as Dad was a very poor labeler of his pictures. You do have to sort and load the slides into the holder but that is true of all products. You cannot label the picture with this scanner but I did it with the computer once imported.
→ The Jumbl High-Resolution 14MP Scanner/Digitizer takes what could be an expensive and time consuming task, and gets it done quick and right. If your like me, you probably have a tub or tote somewhere piled full of printed pictures with their negatives safely tucked inside. This product can help you convert those pictures to digital, and also will help you get the best resolution possible by using the source film vs. a flatbed scanner.
→ This product is designed for use with slides or 35mm negatives.
→ The package includes all you need to get setup, your power adapter, a USB cable (can be used with a computer), a video cable for showing your pictures on a TV, the Jumble image scanner itself, a cleaning brush, a slide holder and a negatives holder. A detailed users guide is included explaining all the features and how to setup and use the image scanner.
→ In the video, you can see I have the unit setup and in use in less than about a minute. The product is really simple to use and incredibly straight forward. I would recommend if you have lots of negatives that are dusty to keep a can of dust remover nearby. You may also find it easier just to save your image scans to an SD card, so having one of those nearby would also be handy.
→ Personally, I find a product like this to be invaluable to preserve precious picture memories, especially of family and friends. The Jumbl High-Resolution 14MP Scanner/Digitizer is easy to use, produces great results, and is a wonderful product to own, especially if you have a closet full of old negatives and films like I do that you want to convert to digital format to share with friends and family. After converting a picture to digital, it's easy to email and share with friends, truly fantastic.
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I was very pleased with the Jumbl 22MP. The process of scanning the slides went very quickly once you got your stuff organized. I first used the 22mm mode and found that the file size was very large (over 2.5 meg) and it didn't make a difference in the quality of the printed pictures or slide show that I produced using PowerPoint. I switched to the 14mm mode and then used Photoshop Elements to resize the image to 4X6 and saved it at Medium size (5) which generated about 850K files. These files were fine for 4X6 printed pictures or emails in fact I printed one of the family slides in 8 1/2 X 11 on my Cannon MG7120 and people were amazed at the clarity and rich color. I made some slide shows with 15-20 slides and then emailed them to family and they were all received well. I displayed them on my 27 inch monitor in full screen mode and they really turned out great.
These slides were very old from 1954-1978 however they were in good physical condition. I really understand now how far we have come with digital cameras and wish I had a better know how using the editing features to correct some of the lighting and contrast capabilities of those programs that are available to enhance some of my slides. I would recommend this product to anyone.
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