Features:

  • Scans & Digitizes 35mm Slides & Negatives, 110, 126 KPK, and Super 8 Slides & Negative
  • Included Speed Loaders Means No Reload for Each Slide/Negative
  • Built-In Software Interpolation Can Improve Quality to 22 Megapixels
  • No Computer Required; Saves to Internal Memory or Optional Memory Card
  • Video Out for TV Connection (Cable Included); Mac & PC Compatible
After two years of photography, developing film by hand, this was the device I chose. I love it.

Yo, AMAZON, you sent me a scratched product!! My JUMBL arrived SCRATCHED on the small LED screen. Thanks oh so much for the screw up. The product actually deserves five stars. I love this little device. It certainly beats having to send off boxes of Kodachrome slides from the 1960's. I refuse to send my old slides out of my home to have them converted from a slide format to a jpg. The slides I have were originally shot on 110 film. I noticed that if I pulled the slide under the 110 setting, it seemed to crop out some of the original photograph. I tried to then pull as a 126, and then a 35 mm. Guess what?? I actually saw more of the original photograph when I used the 35mm setting on these old 110 slides. I ended up pulling some really special photos, under each of these three settings. I noticed I had discoloration problems. I tried correcting this on the MacBook Pro, using iPhoto software. I actually pulled the photos again from the JUMBL device. This time, I enjoyed color correcting from the JUMBL device. Just be sure to be weary of dust!

AWESOME AND USER FRIENDLY!!

Having rec'd a box of old photos and LOTS of negatives and slides (varying in sizes and age) from my father's estate, this was JUST WHAT I NEEDED!!! I rec'd the items in 2014, and had no idea what was on the slides and the negatives. There was every size imaginable for the negatives and it would have cost a pretty penny to pay someone to get these developed. Some were things that I wouldn't even want to spend the money on, but having this gadget, oh my goodness. Just awesome. I have negatives that were too big for the adapter, but, could easily still slide it in to view/scan it. Having had my father pass away over a year ago, and then to be able to finally view these pictures, pictures that I didn't even know existed....what a treasure. Took a few tries to get the hang of it, but SO EASY to use and pretty fast once you get the hang of it. Even used it for super 8 films. If you're looking for something to do what this gadget does, this is a great deal. Paid $99 for it and it was a great investment. Lots of memories and happy tears when I was able to discover lost pictures. And, even having used a slide projector when we first found these items, this is MUCH better. So much better clarity when you can view the image digitally. GREAT item.

Most supurb investment ever and saved my self 100's by not having to send off my negatives.

Yes it was slow and tedious but only took me a week total to scan in all my negative and did so while watching netflix. Was easy to connect, operate, and navigate between the various negatives. My only suggestion is to make sure you dust off negative prior to scanning them really well or you will not only end up with them on you scanned images but you will also end up cleaning out the machine more than you want. This is just one of the examples of the scan it did on a 110 neg from almost 20 yrs old no that great of a shot and negs were not in the best of condition but scanned on the 22 mp and it turned out better than I could have ever hoped for.

Great Quality

All it says it is. I was considering having to buy a new scanner to transfer my 35mm slides to a digital format. When I saw this I thought I would give it a try as cost wise I felt I didn't have anything to loose. Well after transferring about 75 slides I am in love with it. The transfer rate is fast and the quality is a lot better than expected. The internal storage isn't all that great (about 28 slides) but there is an expansion slot. I find that just filling it up and then transferring them to my computer works well. There is some editing features but the only one I recommend using is the 'flip' feature. If you are like me you have a favorite picture editing software product on your computer which you are comfortable with; use that.

Bring new life to old film

I'm a semi-pro photographer, but all of my pro work has been done with a digital camera. I have quite a bit of experience adjusting digital images, so I feel like I can give a useful review of the negative scanning process and this particular device. The negatives that I want to scan were from my "fully amateur" film shooting days. In other words, they're just snap shots of varying quality. I also retrieved quite a few negatives from my early childhood from my parent's house. I had looked at negative scanners in the past, but never pulled the trigger. When I saw this one on sale just before Christmas, I gave a strong hint to my wife and lo and behold it showed up under the tree! Technically, it is exactly what you see in the product photo. I've only used the 35mm negative adapter, but it holds the strips very well. The process involves manually positioning the negative so that you center it with the viewfinder. Once that's done you press the "scan" button and then the "ok" button. The processor takes the photo and maybe 2 seconds later you have a 14mp file. There are rudimentary exposure and color adjustments and they are fine for my purposes. I use Adobe Lightroom and plan on doing additional color correcting once I have all the photos scanned. You can use Preview on the Mac for one-at-a-time processing and cropping and it works pretty good also. I haven't tried other negative scanners, but I can tell you for sure that if you have the negatives, this is definitely the way to go (vs. scanning the prints). I suspect all of the scanners in the $100 price range will give similar results. I used this device in my lap while sitting on the sofa watching TV over the Holidays and ended up filling up a 2GB SD card over the course of a day. It was around 450 images. I have quite a ways to go, but the task is now within reach. I had one image from my 8th grade graduation. It was a wide angle shot showing the attendees. I tried using the 22mp setting and was able to see a difference when zooming in to try and recognize people. That's the one use I can see for the interpolated higher res setting. Otherwise I intend to use the 14mp standard setting. From what I can remember 12mp cameras were the point at which reviewers started saying that digital images equalled film. I certainly believe that this scanner is capable of extracting "everything" from the 110 camera that my Mom used way back when and also most of the snapshots that I took with my Canon film Rebel in the early 90's. In short, if you don't know whether this scanner is adequate for you, then I'm 99% sure that it is. IF you're doing mission critical pro work, then you might want to look elsewhere. It won't work miracles. If you have poorly exposed or blurry negatives, then that's what you'll get. However, if your negatives are decent and the exposure is within a half-stop of being correct, then you will have very good results with this scanner. I have had a lot of enjoyment seeing old 3" x 5" prints displayed even on the little built in screen, but they're really enjoyable on the typical screens on today's desktops and laptops at full screen size. It's a memory saver if your prints are damaged!

Aces.

I purchased this for a Christmas present for my husband to replace another brand that had pooped out. He is archiving a lot of old film negatives and he tells me that the product suits his needs just fine. Sturdy quality and gets the job done.

Very happy with the purchase

Overall, I am extremely happy with my purchase. I was able to digitize 35mm slides from the 60's and 70's that would have probably just sat in a box in my attic, never to be seen again. Those priceless memories have now come to life again thanks to this little machine. As with all slide/negative digitizers of this type, it does cut off a little of each slide, but not so much that, as a non-professional, it matters. Also, the quality condition of the slide/negative dictates how well the digital copy will be. This is very important to remember. If the original slide/negative has not been taken care of over the years, this machine does not repair it. It'll digitize the slide/negative as is, then you need to repair the picture using some other software like Adobe. (Free picture programs like GIMP, Picasa, or IrfanView will do the trick too. I used IrfanView; it has an "auto adjust colors" option under "image" that automatically fixed some of the older slides I copied). I highly recommend that you gently wipe each slide/negative with a lint free cloth, and blast it with compressed air before you try to scan it. After you feed the slide/negative in, it digitizes it in about 3-5 seconds and saves it to a SD card. After about 300 slides, I transferred the pics to my computer. It's a very simple process. This machine is perfect for my purpose.

This scanner is perfect for digitizing my father's slide collection

This scanner is perfect for digitizing my father's slide collection. To use it, I simply feed the slides into a slot on the side and push a couple of buttons. Without an SD card, the unit holds about 45 images, which I can upload to my PC with a USB cable (appears in Windows Explorer as an external device, like connecting a camera). The images are satisfactorily clear using the default settings. My whole family is so excited to see these "long-lost" pictures again! It took me a few minutes to figure out how to use it (the instructions being somewhat lacking), so here is what you need to do for basic scanning of slides: 1. Plug unit into PC via USB cord. 2. Insert slide feeder into slot on the right side until it clicks into place. 2. Turn on unit via power button (red circle). 3. Push "mirror" button twice to get to "film type" option, then push "OK" 4. Push "flip" button to select "slide positive", then push "OK". 5. Push "OK" to select 135-type slide (the default, since it is the most common). 6. The unit then goes into capture mode, and displays the image to be scanned (which will be blank if you have not put in a slide). 7. Feed the first couple slides into the unit from the right, until you see the image of the first slide. 7. Push "Scan Menu" (which will display options with "save" being the already highlighted), and then push "OK". 8. Push another slide into the right side of the unit (first slide will come out of the left side), and repeat step 7. 9. When you are ready to upload images to PC, push "scan menu", and click "flip" twice to highlight "home", then click "OK". On main menu, click "flip" 3 times to highlight "USB MSDC", and then click "OK". This will make the unit available to your PC. Copy the images to your PC, and then use your PC to delete them from the scanner.

Perfect! So easy to use. Such great results!

I have only had this for one day, but it is the best hundred buck investment I have made in a long time. I have scanned about 50 slides from my father's Navy days back in the mid-1950s. These slides are over 60 years old. Amazing, amazing, amazing!!! The little slide holder is perfect. You just slip it in the slot and then push your slides through one at a time. They push each other along and out the other side. When you see one you want to save, you just push the scan button and confirm. Done. Best of all, you can put an SD card in it (which I did) and just sit comfortably on the sofa and go through them without having to be connected to your computer. When you are done, you just take the card out, plug it into your computer, and import as if you had connected a camera. So easy. I never thought it would be so simple to save these old treasures. I can't speak for durability or performance with negatives or 8mm films, but for slides this thing is awesome! UPDATE : I added a sample. This was taken from a 35mm slide that was created in 1955/56. See for yourself!

Much Greater Value Than Expected!!!

LOVE this thing! I had two boxes of old, already developed Advantix film, and tons of 35mm negatives from my Navy days. I bought this to prevent them from being lost forever, as the shoeboxes they live in are nearing end of life. I never expected to add a service to my business as a result of this purchase, but I did! This thing is soooo fast! I processed 10-years worth of photos in one night! (Scanning only, still had to go back and crop, rotate, etcetera.). I am VERY pleased! Also, the memory card option means you can take this anywhere, scan your photos or your customer's photos, and take it home for final processing. So many good features! NOTE: For the Advantix film, there isn't a guide set for that size. I used the 35mm guide, and just held the film in place as I hit the scan button to prevent warping (film negative bending). What little warpage was left I was able to crop out. This is not at all a problem with the 35mm negative guide. Just to be clear.

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