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With Kodak's Slide-n-Scan having easy accessible light/dark and red/green/blue controls, I was able to make minor adjustments to almost every original slide before scanning it. I had 3 or more pics that I couldn't digitalize satisfactory without converting them to black and white using the projector. The difference is quality was unbelievable. This worked, but still not the greatest results so I began an internet search before selecting the Kodak Slide-n-Scan. I had projected the slides onto a projector screen and took a picture of the screen with a 4K camera, then enhanced in PhotoShop. Many of these slides were of my younger years growing up on the family farm and I wanted to convert them to digital. My parents had several loaded slide trays for viewing on a projector from mid 1950's thru early part of the 1980's. However, there are some 'small' issues that should be addressed (Time and Date and the slide feed tray) that would make it better.
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This is not a professional scanner and isn't meant to be one, and I understand this. I like to do some scanning when I'm doing something else (either on the computer or not) and would like to be able to do so without having to unplug the scanner from the computer to use, then plug it back into the computer to transfer the scans. It also would be nice to be able to power the scanner without having to have it plugged in to the computer all of the time. It is hard to find the correct spot to insert them if you don't have enough light on that side.
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It would be nice if the different adapters would have been longer (about the same length as the 135 adapter). This seems to be an issue with the scanner design not allowing more of the 'picture' to be scanned. Something is not set right to allow scanning of the entire slide. I have tried this with the 135 setting also, in case, and it gets a little more of the 'picture' but still not all. If I put it in up-and-down, then the top and bottom of the slides are cut off. If I put them in sideways, the sides are cut way off. Now, due to the above problem, maybe? When scanning Kodachrome slides (at 126 Slide option selected) (50mm x 50.5 mm, center window average 27mm x 27mm), the scanner is cutting off the edges of the 'pictures'. If I run the slides though sideways they go through fine. Not sure if anything can be done about that. the hinges protrude a little bit into the slide 'run' and that's what makes then tight. I did some troubleshooting and discovered they are tight due to the hinges on the slide tray. I have measured some of the slides that I have trouble with, and they are about 1/2 mm taller than wide (50.5mm vs 50mm). I have run into a similar situation as Schmink has with some of the slides being tight in the slide tray.
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Not sure how to clean the lens when I can't get to it.
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When using the cleaning tool, you can only reach the 'light bed' not the lens (as far as I am able to see through the slots) but the instructions say to clean the bed and the lens. I will get in touch with Support to see if this is something that can be fixed. If I move the negative strip back and forth it sometimes clears up the red, but it's becoming harder to get rid of it. the background color and some of the negatives. In the past couple of weeks, I have started getting a 'red' tint to everything. I can understand if you need to have the EXIF data correct, but I would be happy just to have it stay the 'current date' so I can see what order I scanned them. You have to set the Time and Date each time you turn on the scanner. There are RGB controls where you can adjust the color settings (Red / Green / Blue) but I need to learn how to adjust them properly. you turn it on (with an SD memory card in it), select the film type (50mm slide / Color Negative / B&W Negative), select the format (135 / 110 / 126) and then insert your media and scan away. I have started on slides and gotten a few batches, but I'm concentrating on the pictures right now. I have scanned in and cataloged about 5 years worth so far. Since then, I have worked (on-and-off) scanning in pictures (on my flatbed scanner), slides, and negatives where I don't have pictures in order to catalog them. I have a small (ahem, probably 30 years worth) of photos and slides that I have wanted to scan to digital, and earlier this year I received the Slide N Scan as a gift.