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Veho Film and Slide Converter saves you from grandpa's droning slide shows
The Veho Film and Slide Converter turns 35mm negatives and slides into files that you can store on your computer. Just plug it into your USB port, load in a slide and convert it with a touch of a button. You'll have to do one slide at a time which would be tedious if you have loads of them, but the end result is a digital archive of slides, taken with a 5 megapixel sensor that should make them plenty large for viewing.
At $130, the Veho Film and Slide Converter might seem expensive, but if you have an archaeologist or historian or elderly person who loves to take a trip down memory lane (a slow one, in a dark room, with a collection of slides) in your life, the gadget may just pay for itself in the awkward social situations it saves you from.
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By curtis at 4:09 PM ON 02/19/08
$130 isn't too bad, when compared to the Nikon 5000ED, which has been about $1000 for the last few years. Of course, it's a scanner, so it actually does things like dust removal and stuff, but for $130, this isn't too bad.
The downsides: this doesn't seem to be able to handle big batch scans and at 5mp, it's kinda falling short on what the film has to offer. Also, a decent flatbed scanner can do this better and faster, probably.
It'll probably do well with the SkyMall set.
By Kevin Hall at 6:00 PM ON 02/19/08
@Curtis
Good points. Really, a scanner like this is good for the casual archivist. $130 may seem cheap in comparison to a $1k scanner, but you lose a lot in features/quality, as you pointed out.
The Veho, for instance, doesn't have adjustable scanner illumination - you're pretty much stuck with however it comes out.
Thanks for reading!
By Werewolf at 8:02 AM ON 06/19/08
Scanner consistantly overexposes color slide images resulting in washed out faces and white or near white areas of the slide. DON't waste your money if you want usable images
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