features :
- Convert 35mm NEGATIVES and SLIDES, to 20 Mega Pixels (5472_3648 Pixels) Digital (JPEG) image with just a push a button
- Unique stand-alone operation, no computer or software required to operate
- Extremely Fast, takes less than 3 seconds to convert an image
- Saves images to internal memory or optional SD/SDHC memory card
- Video-Out to TV connection (cable not included), Mac and PC Compatible
Customer Reviews
| 52 of 56 people found the following review helpful  Almost perfect, By This review is from: Wolverine F2D20 20MP 35mm and 110 Film to Digital Converter (Electronics) Customer review from the Amazon Vine™ Program (What's this?) It has probably been over five years since I looked at slide scanners; at the time they were prohibitively expensive, and I had to settle for a contraption that attached to a digital camera, involving a lens adapter, a tube, magnifying lens, and a slide holder with a light diffuser in the back. To use it I had to hunt for an appropriate light source; and to put it mildly, the whole setup was rather clumsy, and was of little use with negative film. Apparently I had not been keeping up with developments in this area until recently discovering this Wolverine 35mm scanner. Naturally, I was blown away at the convenience, and I am happy to report that it comes with no sacrifice in quality.This device does not have to be connected to a PC, although it can use a USB port as a power source, as well as any regular electrical outlet. It has limited internal memory (12-15 photos), but it accepts SD cards, which can store thousands of photos. Its easiest and most practical use is therefore as a standalone 35mm-to-SD scanner. It accommodates the most common form of 135 and 110 formats, i.e. negatives in short strips and slides in their cardboard mounts At first I considered it a shortcoming that this device (like almost all others) does not scan directly to a PC, as I prefer to keep my photo collection on the PC's hard drive, where it is convenient for PhotoShopping and other purposes. Without using an SD card, the process is something of a nuisance: one can only capture 12-15 slides before having to transfer via USB cable; but then I realized that there is really no easy way to make this a mass-production transfer process anyway, because one still has to mount each slide into a tray that holds only four. (I did note that there are some converters on the market that accept a stack of slides, or that have higher-capacity trays, but these were either more expensive, had lower resolution, or both.) As I continued to pursue this thought, I inserted an SD card, and voilá, problem solved! Fortunately, the Wolverine stores directly to the SD card, bypassing its own memory limitation. One can put thousands of photos on the SD card and then put it into one's PC's card reader; it only takes seconds to remove the SD card and put it into the PC; and then all the photos are instantly available. Should one's PC not have the appropriate SD-card reader, the Wolverine can transfer all the images from the SD card into the PC via the included USB cable. This is almost all one could desire; however, a device that scanned directly to a PC would have the advantage of being able to monitor via the PC's display, rather than the 2.25" low-res display on the Wolverine. As I was looking through the 35mm scanners available on Amazon, I found that most of the competition falls short in specs (as of this writing in early 2013). Few have such high resolution (20 megapixels), and users complain that many are very slow. The Wolverine digitizes instantly and requires only 2-3 seconds to save each image (either to its own memory or to an SD card). The few competitors that scan directly to PCs have serious software compatibility issues, requiring back-level operating systems or back-level TWAIN drivers. Maybe better competition exists, but I was not able to find it. The Wolverine's 20-megapixel capture is more than adequate for 35mm film. Colors, brightness, contrast, and sharpness were all quite good without having to make any adjustments for normally exposed film. The Wolverine has many helpful features; don't underestimate the value of being able to instantly flip photos vertically or horizontally; it saves the time of having to be careful how you load the slides. Brightness and other adjustments can be made as well, but the device automatically adjusts for brightness as it is, so it was rare that tweaking was necessary. And, although it is no longer an unusual feature, the abili ty to do the color reversal for negatives wowed me. The negative tray handles the typical strips provided by photo processing labs (remember them?) Navigating the menus is rather easy, although not immediately intuitive to one used to working with a PC. There is, for example, no overt "back" button to take you back to the previous menu level; but there is another button that does the same thing. The main improvement that I would suggest would be to provide a mode whereby one only had to push one button to capture each slide; as it is, it requires two. After a few minutes one just does it automatically; no significant time is wasted, but it does seem sort of silly. (If you simply press the Enter button again after progressing to the next slide, the Wolverine takes you to a screen allowing you to adjust the brightness. Since it is seldom necessary to adjust the brightness, this sequence doesn't make sense.) Cavils aside, this is a marvelous device, and a great value. 24 of 26 people found the following review helpful Past Meets Future, By This review is from: Wolverine F2D20 20MP 35mm and 110 Film to Digital Converter (Electronics) Customer review from the Amazon Vine™ Program (What's this?) In my younger, less gray haired years, I took many, MANY, 35mm shots of my travels throughout the U.S. and Europe. I have been looking for a way to transfer these digitally without paying someone to do it for me. Behold, the Wolverine F2D20 20MP 35mm and 110 Film to Digital Converter. When I saw this product, I admittedly thought that product wouldn't work as advertised. IT DOES! But not without flaws.First, the benefits: -The device will operate without a computer attached. It can use an electrical outlet or a USB port as a power source. -It only takes a few seconds per negative. -Easy to navigate menus Now, the negatives: -To make this an efficient process, you must use an SD card. Otherwise, you're limited to around 10 photos before you have to make a transfer to your PC. -The quality is not great. In particular, the color. Additional manipulation was required to render more accurate color as shown in the negatives. -The scanner does not accept carousels directly. You will have to unload slides from the carousel for scanning. Overall, the product works as intended. However, due to the issues with the color, I'm not sure it's worth the effort or the money. 26 of 31 people found the following review helpful  Convenient, functional, but flawed, By Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?) This review is from: Wolverine F2D20 20MP 35mm and 110 Film to Digital Converter (Electronics) The Wolverine scanners have some really nice features.They're small and easy to stash. They're USB bus-powered, which is excellent; they can be powered by the small included USB wall-wart, a connected computer, or a powered USB hub. They don't require a computer and can scan directly to a SD card. This is great, because scanner software is universally terrible and my life is better without any. The UI is pretty awful. The menu system is hard to navigate, and the scanning process, while fast, is unintuitive. There are manual exposure and RGB compensation tools (accessed by pressing the Scan button, for some reason) which is nice in theory. But there is also automatic exposure compensation, which makes me wonder what's actually happening. The auto compensation causes some nasty overexposed vignetting along the left side of the frame if your negative is underexposed, which is a bummer. Scans of properly exposed negatives look great, however. I'v e only scanned 35mm black & white negatives, so I can't speak to color accuracy. Given the compensation, I'd be surprised if it accurately reproduced color. Finally, the metadata is pretty screwy. You can't set the date and time, so all my scans are dated January 21, 2011. Every image comes with "My beautiful picture" as the Description text. Also weird. You'll need an EXIF metadata editor to change this. For most uses, these are probably not show stoppers. There really aren't reasonable competitors in this price range with comparable features and resolution. Expect some headaches and have fun with this one, or save up for a Plustek or Pacific Digital for better quality scans. |
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