| | |  | Office Supplies | Home » » Ion 35mm Photo Negative and Slide Converter to PC (SLIDES2PC) | | | | | | | Description: | | Ion 35mm photo negative and slide converter to PC. Transfers 35mm negatives to PC or notebook quickly and easily. Print, edit or archive photo collection with quick and easy scanning software. 5MP Hi-res full-color scanning with 1-touch instant scan. USB 2.0 connection and USB 2.0 port. Fixed focus range and auto exposure/color balance with high-quality 4 glass optical element. Includes USB connection and software. | | | Features: | |
• Tranfers 35mm negatives and slides to PC or notebook quickly and easily
• Print, edit or archive photo collection with quick and easy scanning software
• 5MP hi-res full-color scanning with 1-touch instant scan
• Fixed focus range and auto exposure/color balance with high-quality 4 glass optical element
• Includes USB connection and software
• Transfer 35mm negatives and slides to your computer
• High-resolution 5MP, 2592 x 1680 scanner
• Fast, one-touch scanning takes just one to two seconds
• Single-cable, high-speed USB 2.0 computer connection
• Portable design with ultra-small footprint
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Length:
| 3.5 inches | | Product Width:
| 6.5 inches | | Product Height:
| 4.0 inches | | Product Weight:
| 1.85 pounds | | Package Length:
| 11.1 inches | | Package Width:
| 6.0 inches | | Package Height:
| 5.5 inches | | Package Weight:
| 2.2 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 203 reviews |
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594 of 606 found the following review helpful:
 Good for what it is.Dec 08, 2008
By Sarah Potter
"S Potter"
I have a large amount of my dad's 35mm slides, mainly from the 50's and 60's. I wanted to digitize them for him for a Christmas gift. I checked into services that do this professionally and found them to be out of my price range as I literally have around 700-900 that I want digitized. Next step was to look for a scanner to do it myself.
The best (Nikon w/Digital ICE) also out of my price range. So I landed on the Ion Slide2PC. I figured, this would at least get them into 'viewing' quality. At 5megapixels in a decently high res right?
I also got a rocket blaster and a static master to clean the slides before hand and cleaned each before starting with a puff of air and a brush of the static master.
I put the slide2pc the on it's highest setting and went to work. While they aren't Nikon quality, I must say that I'm impressed with the output. I wish that I could tweak the lighting a little so the under and over exposed would come out a little better but with a little photo shop magic, I'm even able to fix those up.
Most are print quality - not perfection as the lines aren't as sharp as perhaps they would be with a more expensive scanner, but many look excellent.
Really I was patient. I gave it the requisite 5 seconds for the white balance between snapshot and transfer. and I did all in .tiff so I could edit each if necessary.
I'd recommend this to anyone who wants to save money as it's quick and effective at digitizing your slides. I have not tested it on film negatives.
200 of 204 found the following review helpful:
overall decent resultsFeb 12, 2009
By MRG
"the critic"
I used this item to convert 1500 slides for my parents. Once I got up the learning curve, I could average 70 an hour. You must dust off each slide individually or you will be unhappy because every speck will show. If there was a way to adjust the amount of back light, results would be better but I suspect that will be a feature in the next generation of these things. When the original lighting of the slides was "perfect" the digitized version was excellent, if the slides were light the image all but disappeared and if the slides were dark all you got was a dark blob. Luckily most of my parents' slides were OK and I got some excellent results and was able to make copies for my siblings and create a slide show for my parents on their new computer. At this price point, a great way to save and share family memories.
162 of 165 found the following review helpful:
 Well worth it.Dec 16, 2008
By Daniel Dadmun
It sounded too good to be true. It's hard to find a service that will scan negatives for anything resembling a reasonable rate. Online tutorials I read about scanning negatives all said that decent negative scanners cost hundreds of dollars and were slow to use.
So when I got the ION Slides 2 PC scanner, I fully expected it to be yet another piece of cyber junk cluttering up my desk. I was pleasantly surprised, to say the least.
It is very easy to install and use. And it takes up very little space.
If you are looking for something that is professional quality, go ahead and keep looking. If you want something reasonably priced that can give you access to those slides that you've been really meaning to do something with click "add to cart."
You won't regret it.
78 of 80 found the following review helpful:
Perfect for the price and for a novice userDec 26, 2008
By Heather L. Brownlie
I have only scanned a couple of rolls of 35mm negatives on this unit thus far, but I can already tell that I will be making the effort to dig out all the negatives I can find to scan. The program included is quite easy to use, and surprisingly offers pretty good editing tools for a novice photo editor (such as myself).
Scanning the negatives could not be simpler. The negatives fit neatly into the tray provided, and all that's left after that is to slide the tray into the unit. I will say that it does take a bit more time than advertised in the user guide to scan and transfer the images to your PC, but I don't mind, I just thought it worthy of mention.
Keep in mind that the image you get is only as good as the negative you have and the camera used to shoot the original image. That said, the editing tools help to compensate for any brightness and color issues, and allow you to crop out unnecessary background items.
I was a bit skeptical that this unit would perform as well as I have found that it does, at the low price for which it sells, but I am very pleased. I am looking forward to digitizing more images, and making CDs for my friends and family.
46 of 46 found the following review helpful:
 "30 IMAGES PER MINUTE" MISLEADINGApr 05, 2009
By S. Werkheiser
"scan man"
I purchased the Ion Slides 2 Pc to digitize a large family collection of slides from over the years. For its small cost, I thought I could save a lot by doing it myself and not sending it to a lab to do it professionally. Once you install the software (scanner driver, and Photo Impression 6), you reboot and then start up Impression 6. Click on "get Photos" and the quick scanner calibration starts. Now its time to scan. The program gives a live view what the scanner sees so you can align everything up(the trays click into place for each slide, but it is just to make sure everything is aligned), and then you can take a "snapshot" (using the button scanner, or the button on the program) of the slide, and continue onto the next one. Unfortunately, the scanner can only store 12 slide snapshots in its memory before it has to transfer them to the computer. When you copy over to the computer, the transfer rates are VERY slow. About 1 and a half minutes per each snapshot. The labeled "30 images per minute" is pure crap. If you can do up to 12, and then have to transfer, how could that be under a minute? On top of that, the file sizes were only 300kb(using normal quality). What took so long? I believe that you may as well just get a flatbed scanner with the slide attachment for it, because they both will take the same time and have the need for the flimsy slide/negative tray. Unless this product can be used with the driver and another program, I think it is a complete waste. The system it was running off of had:
RAM: 2.00 GB
CPU: Dual Core 1.7 GHz
Windows Vista Home Premium
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