Ion Slides Straight To SD 35mm Slide And Film Scanner

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You can now have the flexibility to view your fondest memories captured on slides or 35 mm film negatives on your desktop computer, your mobile phone and even on your television with the ION SLIDES 2 SD 35 mm Slide and Film Scanner. No need to bother setting up a slide projector to walk down memory lane. You don’t even need a computer. The breakthrough technology of the ION Slides 2 SD 35 mm Slide and Film Scanner scans 35mm negatives and slide transparencies and converts them into digital files straight into an SD card, making viewing truly portable and flexible for so long as devices have an SD card slot.

Features: The Ion Slides 2 PC 35mm Slide and Film Scanner scans 35mm negatives and slides and converts them into digitized formats straight to an SD card. It is a high-resolution scanner delivering 5 mega pixels and 2592x1680 resolution. It has a fast one-touch scanning technology that takes only up to a couple of seconds to complete the job. A four-element glass optic element with fixed-focus range, automatic exposure and color balance assure high quality scans every time that is able to capture colors and details of the original slides or negative film. Scanned images can be viewed directly from the machine’s large full-color LCD screen. The Ion Slides 2 SD 35 mm slide and film scanner can be connected straight to your computer with a single-cable, high speed USB 2.0. A blue indicator light turns on when power is connected to the computer. The Ion Slides 2 PC 35mm Slide and Film Scanner comes with a negative holder, a slide holder, a USB cable, a power adapter, a cleaning brush and 1GB SD card. It is portable, measures 5.2 x 11.3 x 5.2 inches and is lightweight at 2.5 lbs.

Compatibility: The Ion Slides 2 SD 35mm Slide and Film Scanner does not need a computer to scan slides and negatives. It scans images directly into an SD card and can be viewed from the machine’s built-in full-color LCD screen. Mac or PC with USB port can be connected to the ION SLIDES 2 SD 35 mm Slide and Film Scanner. Images can be viewed on any device that supports the SD card technology, like certain mobile phones, television sets and digital picture frames.

Pricing and Usability: Price ranges at around $86.59 in most stores. The Ion Slides 2 SD 35mm Slide and Film Scanner is very easy to use with the controls and instructions set up along a very logical sequence and intuitive. Consumers of this product are very happy: instructions are intuitive and highly user-friendly. Expected results are exactly as promised.

Cons: While instructions on how to operate the machine are intuitive and easy to follow, there are observations that the unit is too lightweight at 2.5 pounds. Pushing the start button should be done carefully so as not to topple it down. There were reports that the glass protector on the slides and negatives tend to dirty up fast and thus affecting picture quality.

Recommendation: The plus factors of the Ion Slides 2 SD 35mm Slide and Film Scanner are its small compact size, its ease of use, the ability to deliver quick to the second scanning, its price, and the breakthrough concept of portability. Another attractive feature is that one does not need a computer to actually complete the scanning process. However, a minor downside could be the extra effort to clean up certain images on the computer as an additional procedure. But this inconvenience could be overshadowed by the attractive opportunity to digitise a whole library of slides and film negatives independent of any other hardware and choose to bring chosen images and memories on a portable viewing device like a mobile phone.