I bought a "Kodak" slide viewer not long ago. It's actually quite good at what it is supposed to do, which is shine light through slides and magnify them. I know that Kodak just slapped their name on an existing product and charged me a little more, but I liked the Kodak logo better than the generic one
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UPDATE: Noah, not only do you have your act together, you're one very entertaining person and my hat's off to you sir. Keep delivering these AWESOME videos. It's your calling.
Me: Oh boy, an affordable option for scanning super 8 at home? Later: It's low build quality Laterer: Oh it takes a long time Latererer: And it damages the film
This item was in my Amazon shopping cart while I continued to look at other brands and prices. After watching your review, I removed it from my Amazon shopping cart and will continue my search. Thanks very much for your help. 👍
The best review as everyone else I've seen just read out the marketing blurb. Whats worse is its nothing to do with Kodak other than then name. Shows how low Kodak have gone. Says in the manual c&a marketing are the ones that made it.
Great overview! Thanks. Something the manual didn't mention, and all the other videos I watched didn't mention a word about how to get power to the unit. Maybe everyone else up here in 2022 knows how to do this, but I don't even have a smart phone. Lots of other hardware but nothing like that and it was driving me crazy until I saw you plug in the USB cable and push the power button.
Thanks a lot for your great review. I spent half of my day trying to find a reasonable review of this thing. Now I have no doubt to send my old films to the lab where they digitize it professionally on Nikon 9000ED.
I literally just picked this up a week ago. My main goal was to digitize my dads old Kodachrome slides from the 50s. He had just passed away and I wanted something quick to scan and share as much of his collection (1000+) with the family. Yes its not the best quality and you really need to play with the brightness on some slides so they don't get blowout, but for me it did the job just fine. I was able to scan over 1000 in 2 days. If I want to get a professional scan of a smaller selection of slides than I will definitely look elsewhere. Might try that triangle cardboard cutout hack for my Canon Lide flatbed scanner.
When my dad passed away three years ago, I bought a Veho one for the 35mm, 126 stuff, and two Reflecta ones. One for all the 120 format film from the 30s onwards, and the other for all the cine film that was shot. I'm still scanning them.
Well, It looks like it has better colour quality and less blurr than the "QPIX" digital scanner that I bought. For mine the colour is never quite right, you adjust one value and it will look bad in some other way, and it seems to apply some wierd sharpening or blurr effect. As a side note, I have found that with those slide holders, you can just skip it. If the slide is a tight fit, just put it right in the slot in the machine directly.
*Glad I decided to get the **Bestt.Digital** slide scanner. It us very easy to use, and as an added bonus it can hook up to HDMI on a TV and be used as a slide projector.*
Hmmmm Maybe there's an aftermarket for someone 3-D printing better quality holders that DON'T damage the film.... Thanks for the review! I have cartons of old negatives in nearly every weird format handed down through generations... 110, 126 & APS film as well as ancient 620 Brownie Hawkeye negatives (I know because the camera was in the box with the negatives). The photo albums with the prints are long lost, but I've long been curious to dredge up the past by scanning all these oddball negatives. You've rekindled the fire to explore this - probably endless, thankless - task. 😉
And all that when you can get a slide duplicator for an SLR or a semi decent flatbed scanner like Epson 4490 for about 50$ without any problems. I see a striking similarity to Rollei film scanner which also is basically a fixed focus compact camera built into a blocky backlight unit.
Thanks for this great review. I was considering buying this to digitize some old Super 8 film. Glad I didn't waste my money after watching your video :)
Thanks for the review. I was tempted to get one to replace the instant scanner I have, but seeing that I guess I won't. Mine is an old 5 megapixel thing built by Innovative Technologies (now Victrola) that I paid 5$ cad for at a yard sale. While the images it produces are not out of this world, it's got the best film holders I've ever seen in my life. Way better than the Epson ones. I use it all the time to make index prints as it's got a strip film adapter that doesn't scratch negatives.
Thank you for the review! I am looking for a scanner that's easy to use as this one, but I understand the quality isn't top notch. I am wondering if there is a higher quality option if budget wasn't an issue? I have to scan like 10.000+ photos 😅😅
I have this scanner. I haven’t found a way to format the SD card in the scanner. I formatted the SD card in my camera first and then used it in the scanner.
Thanks for your opinion on that product :) Sometimes I use the Lomography Smartphone Scanner (in the office we use a Epson V850 for better results), but the quality of the smartphonescans are not that great, they are quite small...
Hey there gotta question about this scanner, when you’re screen shooting photos does the scanner crop the photo a little? Because I know other scanners like the Zonoz does and I honestly don’t like that. But yea please let me know I have a lot of old slides and I want get one that doesn’t crop images
I have like a thousand slides and negatives to digitize that are old family films. I need a good quality image capture, because the negatives are getting trashed after scanning. So I need a fast and decent scanner that will handle this job without taking months of labor. Any suggestions?
Noah, This is Dan Gross, from Saint Louis Mo USA. First a question not related at all to photography. Why is the cost for items in Canada so much higher than the US dollar amount? Do they pay you more in Canada? I’m just old (69yrs.) and don’t quite understand! The other thing, have you ever done manual negative retouching? Thanks, Dan
Yeah when you can get a used flatbed for that much it’s not much use getting a unit like this if you’re actively taking photos on film. Appreciate your thoughts on these types of units though, was curious about their capabilities when I saw them
Looks like a newer more refined version of the Wolverine F2D Mighty that I have. The quality does look better, but sad to see it scratching your negatives, which mine hasn't done. I wonder if my older film holder would work in the newer units like the Scanza. But I think I'll stick with the Wolverine until I can afford a macro lens to scan with my mirrorless camera.
Well, what scanner would you recommend if we like some sharpness? Is there something for around the same price point that delivers good quality images? Have you tried "scanning" with a DSLR?
You might take a look at 8mm / super 8 telecine machines. I bought a Wolverine to transfer my dads ol' regular 8mm reels from the 50's. I wanted a proper transfer of this material. I found the price of this machine was lower than using a film lab to do it with a reasonable good quality image! Take a look at The Mario DeCristofaro 8mm project here on You Tube to see my results of using this machine! Episode 1 shows my dads camera and his GE light meter used to shoot this 50's footage from Long Island Queens NY.
If you could answer this would be a big help - do you think it possible to saw a side slot in this thing to slip reel-to-reel film in without having to thread it from the beginning? I need to view and scan 16mm microfilm that are on 50ft rolls.
What's your thoughts on flatbed scanners vs. these portable ones? The portable ones seem to basically be little digital cameras vs. the scanner. Keeping resolution in mind, what's your opinion? I have a mixture of slides (35mm and 127) and other positive film.
Absolutely a flatbed scanner. These little portable ones do a very very basic job and it’s absolutely no comparison to what a flatbed that’s capable of film scanning can do.
Bonjour merci pour votre vidéo Je cherche à sauvegarder mes vieilles vidéos super 8 pourriez vous me dire quelle est la meilleure option ? Avec mon Kodak les captures de film sont floues 😞 J ai pensé acheter un vidéo projecteur et filmer la projection. Merci pour votre aide Mélanie
I've got quite a few reels of super 8 footage from my dad that is almost 70 years old and in pristine condition. Its been stored in airtight metal containers . I live in Arizona, so the dry climate has helped maintain its high quality. The film are home movies from the first 18 years of my life. I would like to digitize some of the individual frames and print them out. A few years ago I had all the footage put on cd's and mini dv tapes. ( I also happen to have a Canon Vixia hv40 mini dv camcorder that has a usb port.) I dont have a big budget. What recommendations do you have ? Thanks in advance for your guidance.
Super 8 home scanning isn't something that has both an easy, cheap and quality option unfortunately. Units like these Scanza's do a very poor job in my opinion based on what I experienced here. The only like dedicated consumer grade Super 8 scanner is the Wolverine Scanner, but it's also something that has a bit of a reputation for being rather poor as well. Beyond that things get into the thousands of dollars for another product that you can just outright buy. The other alternative is just to make something work with a projector and capture things that way. Many people will convert projectors for setup to capture high resolution single frames that way, but again that requires a lot of work and multiple components. Having things scanned by a dedicated lab is expensive, but the results you achieve are often unachievable at home. www.wolverinedata.com/products/new-wolverine-8mm-and-super-8
Well ,,,, that is probably the last product you receive from Kodak.... lol...being the company they are,,, one would think those scan holders would have some felt padding on them.... maybe metal with felt?? That would be awesome....hopefully next they send you the goddam super 8 camera to review 🤞
Noah, I'm asking this question of you. Have you eveer seen a scene where the sunlight is coming in from an angle and is flaring the interior of the camera and showing the shutter flickering. It only happens very few times but I'm still wondering how this happens in today's tech savvy world. Have you ever seen this?
I am having a problem transferring the picture to my laptop from the SD card. I even tried to go directly from the scanner to the laptop and the pictures are not showing up (even though they are in the gallery on the device) Anyone have any ideas?
Hi, I'm a big fan of your channel and I would like you to ask me a question; Is it possible to make an animation using photographic film? Obviously a camera would be used for the job. Thank you!
I wonder if anyone can tell me how the larger/fatter 135mm slide holders can be used with this device? I cannot make them feed in. The slides I have with paper slide holders do produce great copies but the majority of my slides - over a 1000 are in fatter holders. The network symbol will allow you to download your slides directly into your chosen directory without moving the SD card.
And the funny thing about it is that this scanner right now still costs a $169 in some places they want 200 bucks for it.... I mean it can't be as bad as this guy makes it seem if it's the same price and it's some places higher like I said don't go by this guy's reviews on anything....
I'm still dipping my toes into 35mm film photography. And I think ideally I'd like to scan my own negatives. However what scanner would you recommend for a 200-300 budget? Sure an Epson V700 would be nice but I guess I'm looking for something more mid range than high end.
Correct - this plus other scanners like it output JPEG complete with significant compression artifacts - you'd need to pay a bit more for a Plustek or something similar to get RAW files
I have some professional slide photos I need to convert into super high quality digital images for display in a gallery for buyers to purchase. Is this scanner good for the job I require or do I need to find something higher quality?
My mother has lots o carousels of slides, so... we've been looking for a new slide scanner. Last thing she had for it was something (it's still under my desk lololol) meant for Windows 98? Can't find the card for it, and I doubt the quality from those days of tech would keep the quality of the slide. Sounds like this is good for slides and not much else? Maybe there's a taaaad better one out there... good review though!
I wanted to use this scanner and save the scans on my computer. So, there is no way to hook this up to my computer? What in the hell is that all about?
Definitely a bad cellphone scanner, made by some unknown brand that kodak just put they name and changed 50€ more. Good product for the very old people that want to scan old memories, and show to the grandsons. And then we will see people saying, film is bad quality stuff 😂😅. Cheers
@@AnalogResurgence Thanks for fast response. So does the scanner S/W recognise the frame boundaries and create jpgs accordingly ? If you had a Nikon Coolscan 5000 would you use that instead ?. I never thought about flatbed scanners being any good for film.
💥✨💥 Thanks for this greatly informative review. Can you recommend something of better final result quality (sharper) for a similar cost or slightly more. .?? 🤟🏼 I set up a slide projector and a white piece of paper. I’m projecting each image on the paper and I set up my camera on a tripod. I am photographing each image and I’m wondering if my way is any better or worse than these mini scanners. 🤟🏼
At this point you can get a flatbed scanner like an EPSON V600 which will probably be fine for most uses at a similar (if not slightly higher price). A flatbed scanner might involve more learning and takes a bit more time, but will produce much much better results!
So true. Licensing their brand to put on poor quality products is destroying whatever remaining value their brand has. Still after emerging from bankruptcy I guess they are desperate for cash.
Anybody else who's used the Kodak Slide n Scan product run into an issue with it not starting up? Can't find any forums or faqs online, and customer service wasn't helpful. When I turn it on, with an SD card inserted, it lights up with a yellow start screen and logo, but never transitions to the home screen. And yet, when I take the SD card out and turn it on, it goes to the home screen no problem. The last time it did this, I had an SD card reader so I could do in and delete everything on the card, and it worked after I inserted a clean SD, but I know the current SD card(s) I have I know is empty. No amount of turning of and on again, pulling the power or hard resetting seems to make a difference. If anyone else has experienced this help a girl out!
This works great as far as scanning the negatives. Here’s my issue. I got the error message my 4 GB SD card was full. So I uploaded all my pics to my PC. I deleted all the photos from my SD card yo continue. When I tried to save photos, I’m still getting an error message that it’s full. I put in another SD card and used it till it was full. I deleted the pictures, re-inserted and same thing. Now this one says its full. Help please.
If possible you can try using a high quality DSLR and a macro lens to capture a digital image of the frame you would like. Placing the film on a USB light pad and mounting the camera above it could give you good results.
Nothing quite like the size of a Super 8 camera. 35mm is large and the cameras get big as well for the format, but the smallest cinema camera for 35mm that I can think of is maybe the Bell and Howell Eyemo. You also can't currently get 35mm color reversal film in large rolls for motion picture sadly.
@@AnalogResurgence 0of The only small Motion Picture 35mm camera I know of is the lomokino currently sold on the lomography store and the film photography Project store It's around 8 years old and *I'm not sure if they're producing it still* . It takes normal canisters a film but the *"only"* problem is that It's hand crank powered meaning you won't get a consistent frame rate And I'm pretty sure you can only use coloured of b&w slide film and a 35mm projector *that works* for home use isn't easy to come by ;-; Also I'm just getting into this analogue photography stuff , My aunt gave me three cameras the only thing is I don't know what to shoot , *Like what film to shoot?* I have to 2 point and shoot cameras and I think an "Konica" SLR I haven't got them yet from my aunt
Nikon still makes these, they're called the ES-2 and are made to thread into the filter ring of a Nikon macro lens but can be used with any other macro lens with a 62mm filter thread or with a step-up adapter for a smaller lens. Wish somebody else made a cheaper one though.
what a pos, I go reflecta 3in1 it's cheaper, has holders for 6 exposures at once, holder for 3 mounted slides at once, it's also a print scanner. The only things that it hasn't but scanza has are 8mm and 110 holder, tv output and it's 16mp highest(but from what I see it has better resolution). I can't imagine what else will kodak do.
