Convert Slides and Negatives to digital images easily

July 3, 2007 | In: Scanning Equipment

Slide And Negative To Digital Picture Converter

The Digital Picture Converter offers one of the easiest ways to convert old-school 35mm slides and film negatives into a digital format.

There are other alternatives to do this task, like using a normal scanner or a commercial service, but those are expensive and/or take a lot of time.

How does it work:

Slides and negatives are placed into a tray that aligns each properly; the touch of a button scans the image instantly.

It has a 5MP CMOS sensor that provides 10 bits per color channel for data conversion, and uses fixed focus and automatic exposure control and color balance, resulting in clear digital images without loss of resolution.

Of course it uses the USB power from your computer as power, and it also works to transfer the photos to the PC. Additionally, it comes with custom software that lets you edit the images.

Priced at $100.

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15 Responses to Convert Slides and Negatives to digital images easily

Terry Lathangue

September 2nd, 2007 at 4:37 pm

I have been reading all the information provided on this ‘Slide and Negative to digital image converter and feel it looks pretty good, especially for the price. Do you have any customer review or user comments for this slide scanner? I have been unable to locate any reviews or comments and would like to know how purchasers of this unit have responded on it’s use. I am not sure if I can order this unit from Canada. I live in Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Thanks – - Terry

Tiago

September 3rd, 2007 at 12:22 pm

Hi Terry,

I couldn’t find any review about the Slide Converter, but on the Hammacher site it says they ship products to Canada.

If you end up buying it, I’d love to “hear” your review/personal opinion.

Thanks!

sharon

September 26th, 2007 at 9:00 pm

I have just purchased it and will let you know how it works. I could not find any reviews either , so I purchased it to try it out. I hope it converts the slides I have with the same resolution, so we will see!

Tiago

September 26th, 2007 at 10:30 pm

Hello Sharon, thanks for the comment.

I’ll be waiting for your review, let us know if the final result is good, or not

John Brouwer

November 29th, 2007 at 8:57 pm

I have seen several sites with this unit in the US. Where can this product (slide scanner) be purchased in Canada?

Thanks

J/B

Tiago

November 29th, 2007 at 11:21 pm

John, I don’t know where you can buy the Slide Converter in Canada, but it is available at Hammacher (check link on the post), and they ship to Canada.

duke

December 12th, 2007 at 7:00 pm

Sharon: How did it work? signed anxious awaiting xmas.

Kara

December 12th, 2007 at 7:28 pm

Whereabouts in Canada were you thinking?

IOANNIS KALOMENIDIS

February 7th, 2008 at 3:40 pm

Dear sir,

I live in Greece, in the city of ELEUSIS (west Athens) and i would like to buy the “Convert Slides and Negatives to digital images easily” device. Could you inform me in details about the cost including price, shipping and taxes.

Best regards,
Ioannis Kalomenidis.

Tiago

February 11th, 2008 at 6:47 pm

Hello Ioannis,

We don’t sell the Digital Picture Converter, but it is available at Hammacher, check out the first link of the post.

Craig

February 15th, 2008 at 2:04 am

The one that has Veho on the front of the device says that it is Windows XP and Windows Vista compatible but the one on skymall and the Hammacher websites do not show Veho on the front say they are Windows XP compatible only so are there two different devices. They look exactly alike but slightly dif descriptions and one has Veho on the front. VEho is not even mentioned on the Hammacher and Skymall websites.

Craig

February 15th, 2008 at 2:31 am

I found this website with reviews and comments that might prove helpful. Around #41 a guy mentions that there are two different products that look the same and manufactured by the same place but the Veho seems to be the only one that states its Vista Compatible. But one lady was able to do a patch update with the Vupoint one that said it was only WindowsXP. There were good and bad comments on this product. Amazon has some good converter devices that are more expensive than this.

Here is the comments website

http://www.techchee.com/2007/06/11/slide-and-negavtive-to-digital-picture-converter/

Here is a link for a list of slide and film converter devices including the veho with reviews.

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_e/105-1622614-6598013?url=search-alias%3Delectronics&field-keywords=negative+scanner

Nancy

May 4th, 2008 at 6:12 am

The Veho from Brookstone supports Vista. The Hammacher unit is a VuPoint. It will only run on XP and I’ve heard running the Veho software can crash an entire Vista system completely. The Nikon Coolscan V is also only XP compatible, but if you do have XP and can afford a $500 unit, this scanner is the best you will ever find for quality photos from slides and negatives. Impeccable. But I can’t afford it… The Veho from Brookstone has 12 user reviews. 3 are 5*, 3 are 4*, 2 are 2* and 4 are 1*. That’s 6 great, 6 horrible. I’m not going to buy the Veho because I want to wait for a unit that can support Vista and gets good reviews all around. The VuPoint from Hammacher, which is also available now at Bed Bath and Beyond for $99 (plus you can use a 20% off coupon and buy this unit for $80) has an average of 4* from 34 users. But don’t forget, VuPoint/Hammacher is for XP only!