Customer Reviews

Veho VFS-008 Smartfix Scan to SD Stand Alone Slide and Negative Scanner (35mm & 110mm)

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The slide holder takes only 3 at a time so is a little tedious to use, but it does a great job scanning the slides. I used other software to edit the photos because I was more familiar with the program and was very satisfied with the results.

This is an easy to use quality SCANNER, not a CONVERTOR, for a reasonable price. I did not use the image software provided with the unit, but instead chose to use Photoshop. I would recommend this unit to anyone wanting to save their collection of old 35mm slides, or reprint scanned negatives of now faded prints.

Purchased to scan approximately 1600 110 negatives from J&R. Scanner is fairly well built and scans fine with one exception, all my scans come out rather dark requiring
I pull every single scan into provided software to lighten up. Incredibly tedious. Otherwise the color and contrast and detail are very good. Emailed Veho asking if way
to change the setpoint that scanner uses to adjust brightness and received no answer to either email. Also emailed J&R asking for suggestions or a way to batch adjust the scanned files
and received no response other than a automated email saying they would contact me. Unless you already plan on adjusting every picture you scan which I really did not need to, I would
avoid this unit. My experience is that both seller and manufacturer have poor customer service.

I searched for an efficient economical way to rescue the 1000's of negatives that my family has amassed since the 1960's. Since receiving the Veho VFS-008 Smartfix just two weeks ago, I have literally scanned over 2000 negatives. Some of the negatives were just lousy to start with, but I can clean them up with Microsoft Office Picture Manager, Paintshop, and Corel Paintshop. The results are spectacular and I am scouring for more negatives to scan. I have scanned 35mm and 110 negatives and slides. I have even been able to scan other odd size negatives with the 35mm tray by tweaking it just a little. I was impressed with the packaging of this product and ease of use. I highly recommend it to anyone who has lots of negatives or slides to digitize and memories to uncover. I did switch out the SD card that is included for a larger 2GB card.

Product is okay but not excellent. Cannot adjust anything and have to work off the small screen rather than allowing it to be hooked straight to the computer like a normal scanner. Good if you have limited computer access but I would consider looking elsewhere if you have your own computer.

This scanner is very similar to the Hammler & Schummachler brand which costs $40 more. I find it very convenient with the portability and built in view screen. Occasionally the scanned image will washout or shift the colors but most come out fine. I wish the unit could be recharged from a standard AC outlet rather than relying on the USB cord to the PC. So far the unit is a very good buy for the cost and it performs admirably.

I was given this gift at Christmas by a family member who had seen the boxes and boxes of old negatives I have. I had always been the family photographer and routinely gave developed prints to family members, thinking that I would get more copies for myself later. Well, of course, I never did. But, now I have them...ALL of them! I had so much fun going through old negatives, converting them into my computer and printing them out for albums. I also made online albums and sent links to everyone. The convertor worked perfectly...easy, very user friendly...finished so quickly that it surprised me. Even 50 year old negatives did great! What a great product! What a wonderful gift!