Ion SLIDES2PC cheap scanner
At bits and pixels, many are looking for a simple and effective solution to switch their slides in digital form, both more durable and less cumbersome. However, the few dedicated scanners were previously proposed at a time-and especially at prices prohibitive, two drawbacks that make much delay time to address the safeguarding of their archives.
Things are going to change with the arrival on the market a solution rather cheap signed Ion, a company specializing in audio products? We can think in terms of simplicity of operation SLIDES2PC apparent. This small LED scanner connects to the USB computer (XP or Vista). It comes with a shelf for photos, a platform to negative picture, optical cleaning kit and a CD containing the software ArcSoft PhotoImpression 6. It is designed to return your slides and negatives in the form of JPEG or Tif 5 million pixels at a resolution reduced under current standards but still enough for enlargements up to A4. The scanning is done in one go, the SLIDES2PC being able to apply a correction of exposure, white balance and sharpness.
The SLIDES2PC is offered at price of around 149 euros.
FEATURES:
- Transfer 35mm negatives and slides to your computer
- High-resolution 5MP, 2592 x 1680 scanner
- Fast, one-touch scanning takes just one to two seconds
- Single-cable, high-speed USB 2.0 computer connection
- Portable design with ultra-small footprint
- Includes easy image-transfer and editing software
- High-quality f=6.0, four-glass optic element
- Fixed-focus range, automatic exposure and color balance
- Blue light indicates power when connected to computer
INCLUDES:
- SLIDES 2 PC scanner
- Two slide trays
- Negative tray
- Optics cleaning tool
- Software CD (Contains ArcSoft PhotoImpression 6)
- Quick start guide
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:
- Windows: XP or Vista
- Pentium III 450 processor or equivalent (PIII 800 recommended)
- 128 MB RAM (256MB recommended)
- 50 MB available hard disk space (100MB recommended)
- USB 2.0 port
