iConvert Slide and Negative Scanner

by Brookstone

Product Details

• ASIN: B001PA40XM
• Average Customer Review: 1.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #84,038 in Office Products (See Top 100 in Office Products)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: May 5, 2003

Customer Reviews

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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Total Waste, July 19, 2009

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EJ (upstate New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: iConvert Slide and Negative Scanner (Electronics)

This product was a total waste of time and money. I don't understand how anyone could say that the scanned slides are worth saving or even viewing; they're completely "overexposed" with no way to adjust the brightness (in a way that saves the image--the basics included with the program are mostly useless) without an additional program, not to mention of incredibly poor quality. I know 15+ year old photos/slides/negatives don't hold a candle to new digital technology in terms of color or crispness, but this scanner further damages the quality of these precious memories, which already leave a bit to be desired.

And if you're interested in scanning in your negatives, think again--this thing may be called iCONVERT, but it does no converting besides hard copy to digital. Unless you enjoy looking at blown up versions of creepy looking negatives, don't bother purchasing this product, because it has no driver to convert the negatives to positive images. Lame.

Also, it's very hard to keep the inside of the product clean, even with the little included wand/brush. Those little dust flecks just add to the disappointingly poor quality of the scanned images.

Bottom line: WASTE.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Scanner, March 16, 2009

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LiLi "LiLi" (Hudson, NH USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: iConvert Slide and Negative Scanner (Electronics)

I got this for my dad for Christmas 2 years ago and its great. We have so many slides that we could never look at and now that they're scanned into his computer, we can look at them any time we want! Brings back some great memories : )
It was very easy to calibrate and use.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great toy, June 10, 2009

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J. Solomons - See all my reviews
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This review is from: iConvert Slide and Negative Scanner (Electronics)

I just got this item and I love it!! I am running windows Vista and I was up and running in about 10 min. You have to install the driver and the picture software. I have made copies of both slides and negatives and both came out fine. You need to check off if you are working in slides or negatives because if you have it set for slides and you do negatives they will not convert to a color picture for you. You need to calibrate each time you change from slides to negatives but that's no big deal because who goes back and forth. The direction it comes with is pretty good. So far I am very satisfied with this unit. The only downfall is it is a bit time consuming since you can only do 3 slides at a time, but that's not the end of the world. Don't let any negative reviews freak you out, this is a decent machine and will get the job done for you.