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Wolverine F2D 35mm Film to Digital Image Converter with 2.4-Inch LCD and TV-Out | 
| Brand: Wolverine
Category: Photography
List Price: $139.99
Buy New: $88.99
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Rating:  82 reviews
Color: Burgundy
Media: Electronics
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 11.3 x 5.3 x 5.3
MPN: F2D200
Model: F2D200
UPC: 040074272002
EAN: 0040074272002
ASIN: B002TKMG92
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Features:
| • | Converts 35mm film negatives and slides to 5 Mega Pixel (JPEG) digtal images with a push of a button. | | • | Both Mac and PC compatible, unique stand-alone operation - no computer or software to operate | | • | Fast conversion, requires only five seconds to convert an image. | | • | Built-in 2.4 inch color LCD screen to view images while scanning, editing and playing slide shows. | | • | Included with each unit, F2D200 scanner, AC Power Adapter, USB Cable, Negatives Cartridge, Slides Cartridge, and Lens Cleaner. |
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Product Description
No Computer, No Software Required Film to Digital Image Converter Mac and PC Compatible Now you can take all those stacks of 35mm film, Negatives or Slides and convert them into (JPEG) digital images to preserve them forever. Wolverine has created a very simple to use device to convert all your 35mm film into a 5 mega pixel JPEG digital images in seconds. So simple to use, it only requires a push of button - NO computer or software is needed. Use it right out of the box to convert all your 35mm Negatives and Slides by simply plugging it into an AC outlet or any USB port. All images are saved on internal memory or external SD memory card for your convenience to instantly play them on the unit's color screen, TV or upload them to your computer.
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 82
 Perfect for mass slide copies September 7, 2010
Paul
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
We bought this scanner to digitize 2,400 35mm slides that we had taken between 1965 and 1993. We digitized the first 60 slides and found that the images had a blue tint. The Wolverine website has firmware patches available to deal with different situations, and I called their tech service for advice on which download would be best and how to procede. They were very helpful, I downloaded the firmware patch, installed it and reran the 60 test slides. The problem was solved.
Scanning the slides was fast (about 250 per hour). Rotating images takes longer. It takes a second or so for the exposure to stabilize for each slide. We bought 3 additional slide carriers (they were identical to the one supplied with the scanner)and had a two person production line with one loading and unloading the carriers and the other doing the scanning.
The images are saved as jpeg images of about 1 mb each. This is equal to the resolution we use with a digital camera so the results provide images identical to our current digital pictures. We bought a 2 gb SD memory card to hold the images and used the card reader built into our laptop computer to transfer the images to the computer.
The whole project went perfectly. If we need higher resolution for some of the slides, we may have them done professonally. For the vast majority of the slides this was much faster and much cheaper than any alternative (flatbed scanner or professonal).
Enjoying this slide scanner September 6, 2010
Marv
Just wanted to say that this scanner is so ease to use and I like the end product.
 Works OK BUT... September 2, 2010
Christopher M. Blount (San Antonio, TX USA)
It works generally well and produces good images but quite honestly the internal "digital camera" has a lot to be desired. Even though it's listed as being 5 megapixels, the image is not as sharp as it should be. The contrasting is also hit a miss and requires a bit of doctoring after the fact in a good photo image editor. The unit also washes out bright portions of images if the iris control doesn't work right. The white balancing is also a bit off. They really should include manual controls for contrasting, brightness, white balancing and sharpness. On the plus side however, the colors are quite good.
It might be better (and cheaper) to purchase a $15 slide viewer and use your own digital camera. I tried this and it works pretty good.
If you need to transfer a lot of slides and 35mm negatives and don't care about perfect quality, this unit works great. It's easy to use and fine for anyone wanting to get everything in their collection digitized quickly. If you want a little bit more control over the imaging system, look elsewhere.
Good product August 31, 2010
Arthur A. Northrop (Livermore, CA)
I have used this product to scan several hundred slides with little or no problem. My slides are very old so colors were somewhat distorted but I think that it was the quality of the slides not the scanner. Most pictures could be corrected with Photo shop elements.
Pretty good little slide scanner August 30, 2010
A. C. Wynn (Santa Cruz CA)
I had about 3 decades worth of family slides to scan in, about 2000 total. I started the scan project years ago, with a big, heavy, expensive scanner that weighed about 10 pounds, then moved to an HP flatbed scanner with slide attachments, and both were painful to use, took up a lot of space, and required me to photoshop the slides after scanning.
This little thing? Better than both of the other scanners, hands down. You can see the slide to scan and how it will look on the LCD screen. It's small but it does the job. The scan menu is a little confusing (a bunch of buttons) but once you get it set up, then it stays that way next time you power up.
One caveat: Most old slides scan in badly because they have faded out over 2-3 decades. Kodachrome? Man, they scan beautifully, full color, after even 50 years. And this little scanner did such a good job with them, I rescanned older slides that I had put in using the big heavy scanner a few years back.
The scanner is fast, good, cheap, and very portable. I scanned slides while I was watching TV, it's *that* easy!
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