NEW! SVP FS1200 Black Digital Film 35mm Negative & Slides Scanner

by SVP

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B002UQEV5M
• Item model number: FS1200-Black
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 28, 2009

Product Description

Have you ever thought about how to keep the perfect quality of your old photographs forever? Scanning all the prints too time-consuming and processing the films in a lab too expensive? Then here comes a unique film scanner right for you: SVP FilmScanner FS-1200. SVP FilmScanner FS-1200 is a small device able to work with both negative and positive classic 35mm film. It's equipped with two adaptors - for strips of 6 frames or 3 slides. Scanner is connected to the PC via USB port and comes with a CD containing drivers and a user application. With it you can easily check about how the final output will look like and adjust some image correction settings (brightness, contrast, saturation, hue etc.). The device features a 5mpix scanning chip (i.e. 2592x1944 pixels, 3600 dpi) producing the images large enough to be printed on a A4 page! # Scan Method: Single Pass # 1800 dpi image enhancement # 2.0 USB interface # 10 bits per color channel # Built-in back light # Scan color or monochrome film and mounted slides

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

34 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good product...if used on the correct system, May 17, 2010

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Brienne Ebersole - See all my reviews

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This review is from: NEW! SVP FS1200 Black Digital Film 35mm Negative & Slides Scanner (Electronics)

I had problems with this product on my lap top - Windows 7. The snapshot/copy did not work, which completely defeated the point. I got to see the negatives, but could not convert to digital photos. Once I downloaded the driver and program on my main computer, which is Windows 2000 or XP, it worked great!

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars FS1200 Film Scanner, October 20, 2010

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CHARLENE ROBERTS (Ithaca, NY) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: NEW! SVP FS1200 Black Digital Film 35mm Negative & Slides Scanner (Electronics)

NEW! SVP Digital Film 35mm Negatives & Slides Scanner (Black in color)!

For some time I had wanted a scanner for film and negatives. The flatbed one I had seemed so cumbersome and when I saw this one I drooled. The price of $129.00 for other similar devices was a little steep for my budget.
The reviews were not giving me warm fuzzy feelings either. Some of the comments were of cropped heads, poor quality pictures, horrible customer service and a few other horrors.
I persevered and found the SVP FS1200 for $49.00 also on Amazon. There were only 5 reviews, but I reasoned that price was better than $129.00 and worse things could happen. So I ordered it and within days it arrived. The box said "Easy as 1-2-3 to install.
So I dove in and it was that easy...actually I made it harder b/c I couldn't believe it could be so easy, so I kept looking for the hard part.
I followed the instructions and everything was going well. I have Windows XP. In the beginning of the booklet it tells how to set up the film and slides. It then goes into how to install the software and driver, followed by using the slide and film converter. This part threw me for a loop (this is where I was trying to make it harder), b/c they say to calibrate the scanner. However, the instructions just before say not to insert the tray, but it doesn't say when to insert the tray after calibrating. Once I reread the manual, I realized they did tell you how to insert the tray, and I just assumed you should do so once it is calibrated. So that maybe took 5 more minutes to figure out. No biggie.
I put in 3 slides and the first one came up and then the second one. The third one had a full body shot and the head was chopped off. Oh! Right someone had mentioned that in a review of the other similar product.

You are able to move the slides while they are in the tray by sliding it back or forth, which shows up as a big blur. Don't get scared, it will adjust back to a clear sharp image. The scan was quick, it was clear and you can adjust color and brightness there or once it is on the computer with the software.
The headless one, I rescanned and rotated the slide around so that the next time I scanned it was on the side. Once in the software I rotated it to full Head and body image.
I played around with the software a bit, which was easy to use and offered some basic features. I am sure you can use whatever software you have.
All in all I was impressed with the speed it downloaded and installed, with the swift capture of the images and clarity of the images. It took no more than 30 minutes.
I will post back after I play a little more.
I also just received Dragon Naturally 10 and now I want to play with that for a bit to see if it is as easy as they say. What a fun day to play on the computer with software and gadgets!

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Beware Mac Users, October 15, 2010

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tattersae - See all my reviews

This review is from: NEW! SVP FS1200 Black Digital Film 35mm Negative & Slides Scanner (Electronics)

This negative scanner is NOT Mac compatible!!!
The return policies of this company make it worthless to try and make a return- you have 14 days after you receive it, you cannot return "computer products," you have to pay shipping back, AND a 20% restocking fee.
Do not order from this company unless you are absolutely sure what you're ordering is EXACTLY what you want and will work correctly.