Flashpoint 35mm Film, Slide and print Scanner

2014-04-14T21:00:00

Strictly speaking, this is not a scanner. It makes a digital photograph of a slide, negative, or photo and writes it as a highly-compressed JPEG file to a memory card. Problems: 1. In spite of the 14 mpix sensor, the resolution is poor, either due to poor quality optics, out of focus, and/or excessive compression. 2. Color reproduction is very poor; it would require extensive work in photoshop to recover the colors of the original, if at all. 3. There are no controls or adjustments except for exposure. 4. The User's Manual is nearly useless; it reads like a bad translation from Chinese.

Grouch

2013-06-03T21:00:00

This is a great little scanner, really quick, and easy to use. I wish it could handle larger sized negatives, but for the price is decent enough.

GARY S.

2013-05-06T21:00:00

Used to digitize photos and slides. Dynamic range of CCD array isn't large enough to match the whole dynamic range within some slides and negatives I digitized. Controls are cumbersome and not well described in the user manual. For example, what is the EV adjustment, what does it do, and how should I use it? Needs better access to internal components to remove dust particles.

freddy

2013-01-28T19:00:00

Best used with an external monitor. Bit tough to clean the dust. SD card should be on the front. Would be nice if it had an HDMI port.

DENNIS J.

2011-09-14T21:00:00

Great for converting slides to digtial format

black-car

2011-09-05T21:00:00

Very disapointed for tha bad quality of scans

Juan C.

2010-01-09T19:00:00

Not top of the line but definitely good for the money. Some adjusting before up and running.

Bluebug

2009-11-14T19:00:00

I am somewhat disappointed with this product. It appears as though the ArcSoft software does not like my computers, or maybe my computers don't like it. My brother purchased another brand from a local wholesale warehouse, for about two thirds of the price I paid for this one, and he had a much easier time with his. The software his came with was Photoshop Elements 5. I feel the software for this is complete garbage, and will try to see if I can intergrate the scanner with Photoshop Elements 4. I will try to contact ArcSoft in reference to their software. Otherwise, I will just go and get the one from that same wholesale warehouse.

Bruce S.

2009-11-05T19:00:00

Many photo pros use Mac exclusively . Too bad you don't make the leap .

Barry

2009-11-01T19:00:00

The scanner is used to scan old photographs or slides that are filed away but are of real good quality.

tony

2009-09-11T21:00:00

We hoped this would preserve our parents' old slides, but the hardware overexposes over 70% of them. The information isn't even getting scanned, so it can be photo-shopped. Very disappointing.

Sam C.

2009-08-23T21:00:00

Slides are poorly positioned inside the holder. After scanning, there is a large off-center mask surrounding the image and it is extremely difficult to position a slide accurately so the desired image is complete. It has a definite tendency to overexpose the image and is resistant to correction in Photoshop.

Eric

2009-06-23T21:00:00

I should be using again my flatbed scanner with slides adapter or my slide duplicator applied to my DSLR.

Juan C.

2009-06-10T21:00:00

This unit works well. Resolution and bit depth just OK.

JAMES H.

2009-05-30T21:00:00

I call this scanner my Energizer bunny because it just keeps going and going with no jams. I have scanned over 5,000 35mm slides using the Braun Paximat magazines that hold 100 slides and it has never failed me. The Digital ICE is great and the old slides look better than new. It is a batch 35mm slide scanner of the highest order. I use VueScan with it and the slides only need to go into Photoshop Elements for color correction after being scanned. If only my $4,000 batch photo scanner worked so well!

Marc

2009-05-04T21:00:00

used for a month with good results

santa c.

2009-05-03T21:00:00

It's a tad slow since you manually move from 1 negative to the next but, It does provide a good quality scan of my negatives

Steve

2009-02-15T19:00:00

I set this up relativly quickly. Unfortunatly the quallity of scans on this were poor. Whites were blown out and colors were not accurate at all.

7thwheel

2009-01-23T19:00:00

this unit is not too complicated to use, and it works fairly well on an XP machine but locked up my Vista machine hopelessly. How about telling the Flashpoint people to redo their software so it works as they claim is does! [...]

Atit

2009-01-11T19:00:00

I ordered the Flashpoint and they sent me the vuPoint, which looks similiar, but there is no control over the exporure, which is stated as automatic. You can't correct over and under exposed film and slides like i can with my simple digital camera and slide duplicator. If would have been nice if you could adjust the exposure before adding the slide or negative to the supplied software. This will work (even with the editing software) only if you are converting PERFECT slides or negatives.

PAUL M.

2009-01-08T19:00:00

This is a great little slide & film scanner. I had a large selection of 35mm Kodak slides catching dust.I am now coverting them to digital. I have 2 minor gripes.1 with the hardware & 1 with the software. 1/ The slide tray is difficult to open- It could be improved with a better gripping tab. 2/ when a slide is scanned you should be able to do any editing before transferring it to your computer file. Other than these 2 gripes I have found it easy to edit/enhance/crop images (after saving them). I found that the software can also be used to edit your other digital photos.

Parkie

2009-01-06T19:00:00

Itriyed to answer to BDAllen from Waunakee, WI on 11/14/2008 I wrote a few days when I installed the software at Vista computer and its works fine; but 2 weeks later I tryed to instal in an XP Computer and didnt work and the message was "cant find the camera or somthing like that" I belive that the problem was the Twain Driver, because I installed Drivers for CanoScan Lide 25 (Cannon FlatBed Scan) and PhotoStudio of ArcSoft 5.5 And the problem gone and all works fine.

jjulio

2008-12-31T19:00:00

The FLASHPOINT 35mm Scanner is a treasury of technology, because it´s allow to recover the past, where photos does not exist anymore. It is priceless !!! Now ADORAMA could evaluate the possibility to use the same scan platform in order to produce a SUPER-8 Film milimeters Scanner, that will be perfect to recover our old domestic movies. Marcos Rachid Porto - Rio de Janeiro - BRAZIL

Marcos P.

2008-12-30T19:00:00

It's fast enough to get my negatives seeing the light of day again. It allows me to screen for the pictures that deserve a high res scan.

ROZEL C.

2008-12-28T19:00:00

Slides are entered into the unit three at a time. Up to 12 slides are then saved to your pc. Slow process. Quality was ok, directions were ok but a bit lacking in detail. Good tool for converting old 35mm slides to your pc. I would recommend it for an inexpensive way to capture those old pictures.

Heather

2008-12-28T19:00:00

We have enjoyed this slide converter so much. It was easy to use and converted our slides right to our computer. If we need to make prints we can also do that. It has been over 30 yrs. since we saw those slides. I'm also looking forward to converting some of our negatives to pictures. This product is wonderful!

Carlene

2008-12-28T19:00:00

For me The best product That can find and affordable to my bag

jjulio

2008-11-14T19:00:00

I have about 10000 underwater slides to somehow get in digital form. This scanner is OK if you have a handful of slides but no good for any volume.

rmt

2008-11-13T19:00:00

I rec'd this unit in early November 2008. I hopes and excitement of using the unit have been shattered by the message CAN NOT FIND CAMERA, PLEASE CONNECT OMNIVISION SUPERCAM. After many attempts of uninstalling and reinstalling the software on Windows Vista, the message continues to show up. Are there any other users having this problem, or am I doing something wrong? Advice greatly appreciated......

BDAllen

2008-11-02T19:00:00

Ok I was looking for a low Cost Film and slide scanner as Money as we all Know s tight these days a friend told me about the Flashpoint slide scanner so I thought I would give it a try. First off this has to be the most simple to use device I have used in awhile. Load the software,then plug in the USB cord wait for it to find the scanner and your up in running I think I had scanned my first picture in like 10 minutes. the only thing I would tell people is the software that comes with the scanner is a little lacking. and could be better I used the free version of GIMP you can download it online its a photoshop online clone photo editing software program. that makes this little scanner shine. I have included a photo in my review of a negative my dad shot in about 1954 of one of his classic cars. So yes it was well worth the money.

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