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Beyond my best expectations !
By Dr. B. on Reviewed in the United States on November 5, 2019
I used this simple to assemble ( 2 minutes max) inexpensive ($39.99) and easy to use product to scan old negatives and slides from the 60’s and 70’s using the camera on my IPhone 11 Pro Max. Instead of the extensive editing tools available in the app which came with the mobile scanner , I used the edit features from my camera . The results were truly impressive . I had scanned the prints made from some of the same negatives earlier but the scans directly from the negatives using the Kodak Mobile scanner were of better quality . It maybe partly due to the superior camera and edits which are now available on the iPhone 11promax. The Kodak scanner looks cheap( made of thick cardboard) but coupled with a good iPhone camera it produced fantastic results .You place the negative on the (battery operated) lighted area on the bottom of the device, place your iPhone camera on the opening at the top , and three clicks later , the digital print is saved in your photo collection ready to be edited . Using the edit options on my iPhone , I was able to scan ad edit over 500 negatives in 2 days and the 2 AA batteries on the scanner are still going strong ! I am rarely this impressed with a product . Highly recommend to anyone who wishes to scan negatives and slides at home .Just for appearance and feel , I wish Kodak would make the scanner using plastic or metal instead of cardboard !!!
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31 people found this helpful
Poor image results
By Joyce Hsu on Reviewed in the United States on January 12, 2023
One thing people need to know about this product is that even though the 35 mm negative has way better resolution than a 4x6 print, don't be fooled that great resolution in that negative will naturally translate into a great resolution image file. Using a phone to take a photo at the distance this scanner provides on a tiny 35 mm negative is always going to give you poor image quality because the film is so small and the resulting resolution will be very low even though it is completely focus. I use my iPhone 7 which has great camera and the free app from Kodak to attempt this scan on my 35 mm negatives from 30 years ago. It gives me an image file of 400 KB with very grainy and off balance color image. When I point that same camera to the 4x6 print from 30 years ago from that same negative, I get a much better image file of 3 MB with much better color and details. I don't have those professional scanner, nor do I have any image editing software. So my guess is that professional scanner can probably generate an even better image from that negative because the negative itself has very good resolution in it. So if you have a 4x6 print, even from 30 years ago, it would be better to take a photo of that print than to use this scanner to take a photo of the negative. I think a lot of people in the review said they were happy about the image produced by this scanner was because they did not realize that the negative has great resolution and could give you way better image if using the right tool. I am no way near professional eyes, but the image produced by this scanner is horrible that even I can see, especially after I used my phone to take a picture of the original 4x6 print and saw that huge difference. I have returned the scanner. If you just want to use this scanner to see roughly what is in a negative, it is ok. But any attempt to convert that negative to image file will be pretty disappointing unless you are willing to spend a lot of time and efforts to post-process those image files.
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