Posted by ketyung
on Jun/11/2007
at 4:37 am
Are you having several boxes of those old and dusty 35 mm slides and film negatives? Here is a device that is handy enough to help you convert all your negatives into digital pictures. Which you can then upload those digital copies to flickr for better storage instead of keeping couple of dusty boxes that take up lots of space.
It’s pretty easy to use, just place slides and negatives into a tray that aligns eash properly. Touch the button, the image will then get scanned instantly . Thanks to its 5MP CMOS sensor, which 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.
It can scan images up to 1829 dpi. It comes with USB cable, which you can just plug it to your PC’s USB port for transfering scanned images.
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October 8th, 2007 at 10:37 am
Will this slide to digital file converter work with Windows Vista?? If not, is there a unit that will?
October 8th, 2007 at 6:41 pm
The product page says it needs windows xp for the included software to install. But, I believe it can work with vista too. Or you can enquire more about it at hammacher
October 9th, 2007 at 8:26 am
I too have Vista and wondered about this, so I called HS and was told it only works with XP. If any one knows of another web soucrce or manufacture that has one of these gizmos that works with Vista, I would appreciated learning of it. Thanks!
October 9th, 2007 at 8:51 am
thanks Ruth for your info
October 10th, 2007 at 7:05 am
Wonder if this also wrks with a MAC?
October 10th, 2007 at 3:44 pm
Has anyone seen the quality of the pictures this produces? I don’t need anything wonderful (like from a scanner) but I would like to be able to recognize the people in the photo.
October 11th, 2007 at 10:46 am
I too have Vista and wondered about this, so I called HS and was told it only works with XP. If any one knows of another web soucrce or manufacture that has one of these gizmos that works with Vista, I would appreciated learning of it. Thanks!
October 16th, 2007 at 11:39 am
Brookstone.com has one made by Veho that is Vista compatible.
October 19th, 2007 at 11:46 am
I bought one (not from HS as they keep shoving the ship date back every couple weeks) but it’s the same unit. I got mine from ThinkGeek.com for the same price as HS and it shipped out the very next day). I am using Vista and this is the first app that has been able to completely crash my new Vista system (Blue screen), although I was able to successfully transfer several puictures before it crashed. Seems it’s the driver for the scanning software that is at the root of the problem. I’m sure there will be an updated Vista compatible driver coming soon. (fingers crossed)
The picture quality is adjustable (low, medium, high). Using the medium setting, my slides come out at 2592 x1680 (or something like that…) Way to large for my needs, so I run them all through Photoshop after scanning. The image quality is very good (providing you allow the scanner the full 5 seconds per scan). If you hit the scan button too quick (before the 5 seconds) the image quality is severely diminished.
October 26th, 2007 at 7:59 am
Will this be made to work with a MAC?
October 26th, 2007 at 12:16 pm
Does anyone know if this will work with the little 410 slides as well?
October 31st, 2007 at 5:48 pm
Here’s the skinny, as far as I can tell from hunting around, all the machines we are talking about are made by one company, VuPoint Solutions, for the various suppliers – Brookstone (under the Veho name), Hammacher Schlemmer, Frontgate, Summit, ThinkGeek, etc.:
http://www.vupointsolutions.com/fs-c1.asp
VuPoint makes it clear they sell it through resellers… The only one I am not sure about is the Veho from Brookstone – though many of the specs are the same and it looks exactly the same save the Veho logo, it is the only one that works with Vista and costs $30 more ($129 vs. $99)
I found reviews of it in several different places, I think all positive:
http://www.brookstone.com...
http://www.smartcomputing.com/...
Of note – The slide converter businesses that “Scan your negatives/slides for you” seem to charge in the neighborhood of $0.25 to $0.50 per slide (25 to 45 cents), which means that this device would pay out in as little as 200 slides for the XP compatible device for ~$100, if the quality is comparable.
Lastly – what about quality? Well, one of the businesses that claims to be the best at this says they deliver 2000 DPI vs. 1829 DPI for this machine. I am not an expert on Megapixels and DPI’s, but from reading (and from other reviews), people seem satisfied with the quality thus far.
I am about to take the plunge to scan all my dad’s old slides, and we’ll see how it goes!
October 31st, 2007 at 6:13 pm
Thank you, R&R, for the very useful info on this matter. Let us know how you make out!
November 11th, 2007 at 3:03 am
Can someone please send me some scans on hudobec@siol.net? I would really like to se output of this gizmo? Or just put them on flickr or something,.. ?
tnx
November 13th, 2007 at 12:41 pm
Hudobec, did you get any images? I’m curious about how you thought they turned out. I’m trying to buy this for my dad for Hanukkah, and I’m finding it backordered everywhere! (And Hanukkah is much earlier than Christmas this year, so I call dibs =) ) Thanks for all your help everyone, it’s good to find useful info like this on the internet…
November 15th, 2007 at 8:05 pm
Ruth – you are welcome… however, I am now stuck in the Hannukah backorder line
with Emily… I ordered this to have it for Hannukah and it isn’t going to get here. I was going to convert all of my dad’s slides to CD for my mom for the holidays, and at this rate I’ll get it done who knows when!
If others have more info on what’s happening with these devices, or an alternative, we would all love to know! I find it weird that the exact same device is offered with Vista capability (for $30 more) by only one distributor. Seems like it would be out there from a few places now that Vista is gaining broad usage. And, I am also amazed at the lack of affordable alternatives to this device. I must be Googling for the wrong product description or something, because I pull up this device or scanners that most people write negative reviews about.
November 16th, 2007 at 7:39 am
Forget waiting for HS to get these in stock. When I called them they told me there were more than 2000 people waiting for these to come in. Even if they get an order for 1000 in stock, you’ll still probably have to wait another 6 months or more for yours from HS.
Check out ThinkGeek.com. They have the same unit for the same price – IN STOCK – and ship out the very next day.
It’s only a matter for time before a Vista patch is released. You could still have one of these in plenty time for Hannukah or Christmas.
November 21st, 2007 at 12:30 pm
Will this take strips of unmounted Transparencies as well as mounted slides? And has anyone used it for color negs yet? If yu used it for negs had did you change the scanned neg to a positive?
November 21st, 2007 at 3:21 pm
OK, I’ve read all of the comments, but has anyone actually seen any images from these units?
November 21st, 2007 at 8:23 pm
I’ve now scanned over 400 slides with one of these and am quite pleased with the output.
I’m working on a “family project”. Taking my Dad’s vast collection of slides and reviewing and scanning them, then burning them to DVD’s and sending out o the family. Trying to get it done by Christmas – and I still have ten carousels to go!
Anyway, the problem is that all of the slides that I’m working with are from the late 40’s through the 60’s and many of them are falling apart and show discoloration and other signs of age and long-term storage, so they’re hardly a fair baseline from which to evaluate the capabilities of these devices.
However, now after scanning more than 400 slides I’d say I’m very satisfied with the quality and would recommend these to anyone looking for an efficient (although somewhat tedious) way to convert their slides to digital format.
November 26th, 2007 at 12:06 pm
Not a very sophisticated digital photo person, but I use Picasa2 (from Google) for my photos. Would I be able to use it to “work on” the converted slides and then make them into CDs or prints?
November 28th, 2007 at 10:42 am
Can someone please tell me if this converts more than one slide at a time? Meaning, can I stack 20 slides, press the “Go” button, go have dinner, and then come back? Or, does this require the user to manually one-at-a-time feed slides in?
Thanks in advance.
Dave
November 29th, 2007 at 7:45 am
The slide tray will hold 3 slides at a time (the negative tray holds 5). Each slide takes a few seconds to scan and you have to move the slide tray over to the next slide manually. This isn’t something that you’ll load up and then go have dinner and come back to. It requires your constant involvement.
November 29th, 2007 at 7:49 am
Karleen: Once you scan the slides, they’re just like any other computer graphic (.jpg format) and can be manipulated by any graphics software, including Picassa2.
November 29th, 2007 at 12:23 pm
ThinkGeek has them on backorder (2-3week)also..
December 2nd, 2007 at 3:28 pm
I have been trying to weed through all the reviews an the different scanners and getting a bit confused…
Alot of the reviews for different scanners are stating thst the product does not work with Kodachrome slides, it that true of this product??Looking at all of mt mothers old slides, they are ALL Koachrome. Also one review of this product states that the software is terrible. Have you found that to be true?
December 6th, 2007 at 5:58 pm
Is there a product like this that operates with Apple computers?
December 8th, 2007 at 3:35 pm
The image quality doesn’t sound too good but its fairly inexpensive for a dedicated slide scanner. See the review below.
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/buyer/reviews/120578/veho-vfs001.html
December 10th, 2007 at 6:49 am
No one seems to respond about Mac compatability. Does anyone know if it would work with MAC’s ?
Also, most of my slides are Kodachrome. Does it copy those?
December 10th, 2007 at 8:04 am
Hi, it works for Windows XP only
December 10th, 2007 at 10:49 pm
We have negatives of several film sizes. Does anyone know what film sizes this can accept?
December 12th, 2007 at 6:57 am
I would appreciate follow up e-mail comments on this subject.
December 12th, 2007 at 10:16 am
1) This particular set up will not work with a Mac. (XP only – no Vista)
2) Image quality is what you would expect from a $100 scanner – not top notch but certainly acceptable (at least for me).
3) I’ve scanned many Kodachrome slides with no problem.
4) The unit comes with 2 slide trays, one for slides (holds 3 at a time), the other for negatives (holds 5 at a time).
5) As far as what negative sizes it will accept, the negative slide tray has windows that are approx. 1″ square, so that would abviously be the maximum size limitation.
December 15th, 2007 at 11:27 am
Since this sounds like a wash for Christmas, can anyone suggest another slide scanner that I could buy in time?
December 16th, 2007 at 12:56 am
What size are the photo after being scanned in?
December 16th, 2007 at 6:49 am
Check out the Canon Cano Scan 4400F
December 18th, 2007 at 12:12 pm
Karleen asked on 11/26 if she can use the scanner with Picassa. The answer to that is YES. You can actually scans things into Picassa directly.
My experience with this device has not been great.
The PhotoImpressions 6 software supplied with the scanner crashes upon startup on my machine (a VERY standard HP laptop).
It scans images one-at-a-time only.
The quality of the scan seems to be highly dependent on the amount of time you allow for the exposure to saturate the imaging silicon.
The resolution is OK but not all that high.
When I called VuPoint Solutions about the failure of the supplied software they were very nice but they seem to be completely unequipped to actually fix something that is wrong with their product.
It’s too bad, I would have liked to have a product like this. I’m going to return mine to H-S and rake them over the coals for shipping a product that never should have made it out of qualification testing.
December 22nd, 2007 at 11:21 am
Someone was asking about whether this product would work with a Mac – the answer is, yes, if you have boot camp installed on your computer (which requires the new OS-X).
You can boot your mac into windows XP, download all the slides you want, then mail them to yourself. After that, you can reboot the computer over to Mac and open the mail up, and download the photos. It’s a little more work, but it’s a way to use this product.
December 22nd, 2007 at 3:58 pm
I had the Vupoint slide scanner from Hammacher. It worked great for about 100 slides (I have Windows XP) but then it froze when I hit copy. I called VuPoint and they told me to uninstall then reinstall. It worked for 15 more and the same thing…did this 2x. I returned it and am waiting for new shipments…there are none around. Its a great idea if it only worked.
December 26th, 2007 at 3:20 pm
Works fine with Vista. You need to install both the scanner driver and Photo Impression in XP Compatibility mode and as the Administrator. Photo Impression works OK both in Vista and XP Compatibility mode. Will work out of Picasa2, but you will not get the settings screen which does a calibration and allows selection of resolution, color depth and slides or negatives. I have only scanned a couple of slides, but quality of the scans seems OK. Allows a wide range of resolutions, including TIFF, which of course makes for very large file sizes. Overall much easier to use than my old PrimeFilm 1800u, resolution is much better, and scanning is much faster. Haven’t tried negatives yet.
December 27th, 2007 at 9:54 am
NOTE: The units sold by Hammacher Schlemmer and Brookstone are NOT the same. I telephoned VuPoint Solutions to confirm this. They manufacture the Hammacher Schlemmer model. The one sold by Brookstone is distributed by Veho Products, a UK company (www.veho-uk.com).
December 29th, 2007 at 8:32 pm
I wrote a pretty long review of this scanner on Amazon.com. To summarize, although the build quality and physical usability are GREAT, the device is hobbled by its drivers. They are EXTREMELY poor. And when I say poor I’m talking in comparison to mainstream drivers like those from Canon, Epson and HP… They appear cobbled together from a legacy Microsoft video component wrapped within a Visual Basic-style shell, making the device barely usable and often unsuitable for even casual home scanning. It uses far too many CPU cycles and provides very few user settable parameters. Most notably, if you watch the automatic level adjustments go through their paces, you can see them move past fairly decent settings to stop on settings that have tossed out nearly all the detail in the image.
With an investment in quality drivers this could become the ‘go to’ low-midrange scanner. And make no mistake, the hardware is definitely there for a low-mid range device, it is ONLY the drivers that are holding this device back.
December 31st, 2007 at 9:59 am
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January 1st, 2008 at 6:16 pm
Re: VuPoint FS-C1-VP Slide-to-digital scanner (from HS)
First, the GOOD NEWS: It works on Vista. The resolution seems to be as advertised. For a $100 scanner, it’s entirely acceptable. Now the BAD NEWS: It doesn’t seem to have the dynamic range required by some of my slides. In particular, with landscapes having a bright sky, if I wait until it finishes level-adjusting, the sky is solid white (no clouds). If I press the copy button early (to get the sky detail), then the foreground is dark. I’m still searching for the solution (which is why I’m here).
January 5th, 2008 at 10:36 pm
After reading these comments earlier today, I went out to Brookstone and bought the VFS-001 for $130. This is the one that works with Windows Vista that several people above posted about. This afternoon and then again this evening I converted about 100 slides with no problems. Installation of the software is simple, as is learing to operate it. The directions were very easy to follow. I had no glitches in scranning. The slides automatically scanned and were sent to “My Pictures” as jpegs. The resolution is great. I had several color slides from 1941 that came out looking as good or better than those from the late 60s. I highly recommend this product to anyone who is looking to convert old 35mm slides to digital. (And thanks to everyone’s previous comments and recommendations.)
January 12th, 2008 at 12:25 pm
I got one from Hammacher-Schlemmer, but can’t seem to get it to
work with my machine (HP Pavilion zv600). I’ve installed the
drivers (and Arcsoft s/w) provided and also tried
“fresh” (I hope) versions downloaded from vupointsolutions.
The unit *displays* the slide I put into it, but when I try to
select “snapshot” or just press the “copy” button, I invariably get
the “Fail to capture image” error response.
Does anyone know if there is some simple mis-configuration that
I should be looking for to correct?
January 15th, 2008 at 12:28 pm
I have a Vehofilm/slide scanner and when I plug in the USB it says “not recognized”. I have a laptop with ALi USB ports (none of them will work). I also have XP on my computer.
Please help.
thank you.
Roger LeBoutillier
January 20th, 2008 at 7:19 pm
Sigh… Folks, I finally received the Veho scanner from Brookstone (that says it is Vista compatible) and am going to try it…
I will caution folks that a review I ABOVE SAYS THE VUPOINT AND VEHO ARE NOT THE SAME – I don’t understand as they look IDENTICAL! but that is what the poster said (he called them and was told the Brookstone model is made by Veho, and the Hammacher Schlemmer one is by VuPoint… Any insights, confirmations, or otherwise?)
You can find the Veho at:
http://www.veho-uk.com/index.php….
and VuPoint at:
http://www.vupointsolutions.com/fs-c1.asp
My earlier post with some information is below…. As soon as I try it I’ll weigh in. Anyone with perspective on Veho vs. VuPoint?
———–
Here’s the skinny, as far as I can tell from hunting around, all the machines we are talking about are made by one company, VuPoint Solutions, for the various suppliers – Brookstone (under the Veho name), Hammacher Schlemmer, Frontgate, Summit, ThinkGeek, etc.:
http://www.vupointsolutions.com/fs-c1.asp
VuPoint makes it clear they sell it through resellers… The only one I am not sure about is the Veho from Brookstone – though many of the specs are the same and it looks exactly the same save the Veho logo, it is the only one that works with Vista and costs $30 more ($129 vs. $99)
I found reviews of it in several different places, I think all positive:
http://www.brookstone.com…
http://www.smartcomputing.com/…
Of note – The slide converter businesses that “Scan your negatives/slides for you” seem to charge in the neighborhood of $0.25 to $0.50 per slide (25 to 45 cents), which means that this device would pay out in as little as 200 slides for the XP compatible device for ~$100, if the quality is comparable.
Lastly – what about quality? Well, one of the businesses that claims to be the best at this says they deliver 2000 DPI vs. 1829 DPI for this machine. I am not an expert on Megapixels and DPI’s, but from reading (and from other reviews), people seem satisfied with the quality thus far.
I am about to take the plunge to scan all my dad’s old slides, and we’ll see how it goes!
January 22nd, 2008 at 1:53 pm
i just called h-s and was told there is no patch for visita and none is expected anytime soon, nothing is being worked on because they are working on something for mac
January 22nd, 2008 at 4:01 pm
So does the Veho unit have the same drivers as the Vupoint? It sounds from reading the previous comments that the hardware is good on the Vupoint model, but that the software drivers leave a lot to be desired. I’m very interested to hear from someone using the Veho model to see if things are better. Any thoughts?
January 24th, 2008 at 8:42 am
Does anyone know if the trays hold 3D (stereo) slides? My mother has a box full from my brother’s bar mitzvah (1961) that I would like to convert to pictures to make a digital slide show for his 60th birthday in May. Even if the tray will only hold 1 slide at a time, that’s better than nothing. There’s not much out there (portable scanners, that is) for 3D stereo slides, and I’d like something portable because Mom is 1200 miles from here and I’d have to go out there with the portable scanner and a laptop to do it. Thanks bunches for any replies.
January 24th, 2008 at 3:22 pm
I am holding my breath to hear back for R&R’s report on the quality….
January 24th, 2008 at 6:57 pm
Not only will this scanner not work with Vista, which they will tell you if you call their support number, but installation of the driver may damage your machine. I got the dreaded blue screen of death (shades of XP and Win98) and a dead computer that would not reboot. I was ready to do a full System Recovery (an HP Pavillion) which wipes and reformats the C: drive, when I remembered that the scanner was still plugged into the USB port. Removed the scanner, booted into safe mode, then a normal start, and now back in business. There are absolutely no warnings in the Hammacher Schlemmer, Brookstone or other ads that there is a Vista problem. Caveat Emptor.
January 25th, 2008 at 6:27 pm
I’m a bit confused by the most recent post – There are several users who have posted that the Veho works with Vista (not the VuPoint to be clear, which it seems is made by a different company and is not Vista compatible yet and not related to the Veho though they look identical).
To quote from above:
“Tony Says:
December 27th, 2007 at 9:54 am
NOTE: The units sold by Hammacher Schlemmer and Brookstone are NOT the same. I telephoned VuPoint Solutions to confirm this. They manufacture the Hammacher Schlemmer model. The one sold by Brookstone is distributed by Veho Products, a UK company (www.veho-uk.com).”
I’m unclear if the HS works with Vista, though a few people have posted that it does. Other posts above aren’t clear if they have the Veho or VuPoint, since it isn’t very clear that they are different products (until Tony posted about his call I quoted).
Morris Levine – which one do you have?
January 25th, 2008 at 8:03 pm
R&R:
You and others seen to have missed my earlier post. The VuPoint works fine with Vista. In order to install, you must set the Compatibility Mode to XP and set the Run as Administrator check-box on the Compatibility Tab (or Run as Administrator on the right click Menu). You do not need Compatibility Mode or Administrator privileges to run Photo Impressions. If you use VuPoint within other photo programs, you do not get as many options as with Photo Impressions. The Veho unit may install and work using the same procedure. If not, you could try to use the VuPoint software. Many times you can use software for similar looking hardware because it really is the same. The Veho looks identical to my VuPoint.
Kirk
January 27th, 2008 at 11:39 am
I appreciate Kirk’s point (Jan 25th) about VuPoint working with Vista if you set to run with Compatibility Mode. However, I was unable to get that far since, as indicated in my post, VuPoint crashed my system (”crash dump,” “fatal error” and the only way to recover was to unplug the device via the USB port. Also, regardless of what VuPoint says about Veho, they are indeed the same device, manufactured off-shore by the same company and distributed by both VuPoint and Veho.
January 27th, 2008 at 12:12 pm
Morris and Kirk – thanks for clarifying… For those late to this post chain:
1. the Veho and VuPoint are indeed the same slide converter device, regardless of the fact that VuPoint claimed differently when a poster called them. Given they look identical, etc. that isn’t a surprise.
2. the Veho branded device is sold by Brookstone (the only place I could find it) and claims to be Vista compatible and is $30 more. The Veho does not claim vista compatibility, though Kirk (posting above) has gotten it to work with Vista in “compatibility mode”.
Does anyone have any perspective on why the Veho is offered as Vista compatible but the VuPoint is not? Kirk suggests above it is the same software – but I only have the Veho so I can’t be sure. What is the VuPoint’s software and version called, and I’ll compare it to mine. Thanks!
January 27th, 2008 at 4:34 pm
It looks like there is now another Brand on the market.
The housing and physical appearance appear to be the same
It appears to use the same OVT silicon
It is branded as “Summit”
See:
January 27th, 2008 at 8:35 pm
The (XP) driver for the VuPoint is identified as version 2.1.0.1 in Device Manager. It appears to be supplied by OVT, OmniVision, the manufacturer of the scanner chip used. On the OVT web site, Vista drivers are not listed for any of their products.
Kirk
January 28th, 2008 at 9:50 am
Do the machines take 126 slides? Have many of these from Kodak cameras from the 1950’s-1960’s. would appreciate knowing.
January 28th, 2008 at 10:31 am
Did anyone have a similar issue to bill, post #46 on Janaury 12th?
I purchased the the VuPoint through Ham/Sc as a gift. It worked fine on my Dell, but when I loaded it on my mother’s Dell, I have the same issue as “bill.” The photo displays on the screen, I hit the camera icon (or the Copy button on the unit), and I get the “Fail to capture image” error.
We have tried changing settings, uninstall/reinstall, etc. and cannot figure out what to do. The VuPoint website suggested >Control Panel >System >Hardware >Device Manager >Imaging Devices, but only gives directions if the OVT Scanner is NOT listed; it is actually listed in ours so no idea where else to check.
January 30th, 2008 at 1:44 pm
Got an answer to the “Fail to capture image” error – need Windows XP Service Pack 2.
February 10th, 2008 at 3:39 pm
Does anyone know if any of these use a regular usb port or do they all take the 2.0?
February 11th, 2008 at 8:06 pm
NO THEY MUST BE 2.0 ports..don`t waste your time..
February 12th, 2008 at 9:47 am
Alas, the replies to my earlier post (#46) did not help. My HP
Pavilion zv6000 machine is indeed a Windows XP Service Pack 2 machine with support for USB 2.0 ports. Worrying about Windows
treatment of signed/unsigned drivers did not matter. Letting Windows hardware driver installer search the web for updates (a recommendation from the Vupoint Solutions tech help rep.) did nothing. (Trying the drivers downloadable from the Vupoint Solutions web site rather than those bundled on the included CDROM did
not change the end result.)
After repeated attempts to make this device work — including trying
to look at some of the driver software with a disassembler to
see if I could figure out just which module was producing the
“Fail to get image data” message (I could not find it!) — I gave up
and returned the unit.
I remain curious as to just what was going on and would be interested whether anyone has successfully installed this device on a similar machine.
February 12th, 2008 at 12:32 pm
Bill-
I never did get “fully functional” on my HP machine.
Mine is a Compaq nc6220 laptop.
Running XP Professional Version 2002, Service Pack 2
My USB ports are 2.0
All of the software (Arcsoft + drivers) seemed to install OK (if you took the non-Microsoft chance).
I could never get the supplied software (Arcsoft)to run without crashing.
However, the drivers did seem to function and could be seen when I used the input function in Picassa (free from Google).
February 13th, 2008 at 2:44 pm
Hello, I have not read all the comments, but I have a Vista Ultimate computer and bought a vupoint scanner. It would not work plugged into the front USB port, but when I plugged it into a port at the back of the tower, it worked beautifully. Mine also said only WinXP but when I was installing it , a prompt for a vista patch popped up and after following the directions the scanner works like a charm. I’m an old woman and no tech expert and I have never had more fun “discovering” old slides and negatives I had forgotten…passing them on to the children and grand-kids is a lot of fun. Good luck. Marcie
March 9th, 2008 at 5:42 pm
Does anyone know what i should do now that I scanned more than 500 slides incorrectly…? When I calibrated the scanner I accidentally chose “negative” instead of “slide” which gives me ghost images instead of clear pictures. I’d like to switch from “negative” to “slide” but I can’t figure out how to do that! Please help! Thx Becky
March 13th, 2008 at 8:48 am
Will this machine work on the Vista Home Premium?
March 16th, 2008 at 8:28 pm
I bought mine from Heartland America. Put it on my New HP with Vista. Worked OK with Patch…. but tends to “white-out” any bright spots. So I tried it on my Compaq Presario with XP. Stilled worked but not at all happy with the “brightness” quality at all. Wish I could control the auto adjust and dim the light…. probably would work great!
It does have a tray that holds 3 slides and you can use just one if you want.
Probably going to send it back and pray for a better slide to digital converter.
Becky, # 68, when you ACQUIRE the scanner, the first step, you check negative or slide.
April 2nd, 2008 at 11:31 am
Marcie, I also have a Vista ultimate machine, a laptop, but I don’t get a prompt for a patch when I connect the scanner. Are there any identifiers for the patch on your machine, maybe under the OVT program file, that I could search for online? Any help would be appreciated.
Thx.
April 20th, 2008 at 12:41 pm
t. Pichette, I will try to answer ‘tho I likely won’t be clear. Mine was working just fine and after about 100 slides successfully added to my pictures , I clicked something inadvertently and jinxed the machine. As to your question, when I first used the scanner, a pop up asked if I would like a patch and I agreed and all was well ’till I did the above. I sent the scanner back to H.S. and in no time had a new one and now I’m hesitant to try it. . Any one who knows about patches would be a great help to us both. Thanks Marcie
April 24th, 2008 at 7:11 pm
Bill (#65)- I too have been unable to launch VuPoint Solutions Film Scanner. I am running XP with SP2. The scanner driver and ArcSoft software load fine with no errors but when I launch PhotoImpressions from the ICON the app crashes. I have uninstalled and reinstalled this product more times than I will admit. I too will be returning this item…great idea as it is…but if it won’t launch what good is it?
May 3rd, 2008 at 11:06 am
Where can I buy a slide converter?
May 8th, 2008 at 8:59 am
YES, the VuPoint WILL work with VISTA Home Premium!
I received a VuPoint as a gift from my son to scan many old family slides. Nice thought but I was disappointed to learn it is advertised as only XP compatible. I called H/S and they confirmed this. After reading the above entries, I tried anyway. I was able to load the ArcSoft Software Suite. When I tried to interface the scanner to my laptop, it said a driver was needed (I had previously tried to load the driver supplied with the scanner and VISTA would not take it). By the way, I hate VISTA and prefer XP. Anyway, I again plugged in the scanner and got the prompt that a driver was needed. This time I chose the option for Windows to search for a compatible driver. No response for five minutes so I closed the window. Later, I was determined to give it one last shot; I left the computer to search overnight if necessary. At least an hour later I checked back. I expected no results and I would then ship the package back. To my astonishment, when I came back I had the message that the driver was successfully installed!! I’ve just used the scanner on some 20 year old slides; I scanned them in and emailed some to surprised people, me included. It worked for me; should work for anyone. Just be verrryyy patient while Windows is searching for a driver; there is one out there somewhere.
May 9th, 2008 at 12:11 pm
The VuPoint Digital slide & Negative converter is evil & should be destroyed !
May 20th, 2008 at 6:41 pm
Has anyone used the HP model G3010 flatbed photo scanner to convert slides to digital? It is advertised as being able to scan two slides at a time, and convert them to a digital format via a usb cable. It is advertised to work with Windows XP but the technician at the store advised me there is a driver download available for Vista. It is priced at less than $90 at Office Depot. It also claims 4800 dpi maximum resolution.
May 23rd, 2008 at 7:26 am
The vupoint drivers page does not seem to offer much Mac support.
However, here is the driver download link:
http://www.vupointsolutions.com/downloads-drivers.asp
May 28th, 2008 at 9:10 am
Just looking at the Veho website, http://www.veho-uk.com/, and it seems that there is a new model ‘coming out soon’. It is the VFS-004 so I may wait until that hits the streets because I a bit wary of some of the negative aspects of the reviews I keep reading about the VFS-001 and similar devices.
June 3rd, 2008 at 3:54 pm
I just spoke with the VuPoint people and their Vista compatible viewer will be available in three weeks. They don’t sell direct, but said HS, Frontgage and Wal-Mart will have them by July 1. I can’t wait! I have slides from 1970 to 1985 that I haven’t seen since the projector died in the mid 90’s.
June 10th, 2008 at 1:00 pm
The unit at Brookstone.com is advertised to work with XP and Vista.
June 27th, 2008 at 7:49 pm
Just got mine (VuPoint) from Geeks. Downloaded Vista drivers and the latest PhotoImpression from the Veho website and everything is working fine in Vista. They are obivioulsy the same product, or at least use the same chipset.
http://www.veho-uk.com/index.php
Also, latest ArcSoft 6.1 is supposed to improve the white balance issue, or so they say.
June 30th, 2008 at 1:50 pm
After reading these reviews and all of the potential problems, I decided to do a search on Amazon for slide scanners. I ended up buying the Canon CanoScan 8800F. It is a flat bed scanner, but has excellent reviews for slide scanning as well, even with some examples from a user that looks pretty good. I hope that it lives up to the reviews. At $169, it is not that much more than the devices talked about here, so I just wanted to point out that possibility.
July 11th, 2008 at 1:17 pm
I bought mine from Walmart under the 21C label. I was somewhat frustrated with the length of time it took to scan the slides on my Canon 5000. Otherwise the Canon scans very good pictures. I have a 9 year old Dell Dimension system.
900 Mhz with a limit of 512 ram.
The 21c is so far a disappointment. I am still running time trials on it, but it is not looking good. I had seen quotes of five second snap times, which was exactly what I was looking for. HOWEVER, that appears only to be the capture time for what would be a preview on my Canon. the steps to actually save the picture to a file on the computer is a different issue, as the machine goes through several minutes of steps to refine the scan into a useable picture. In overall time it appears equal to or worse than the cannon. It is probable that newer systems than mine may indeed do better. I will publish the results. Of the pictures made, using the recommended delays
The software negatively affects the operation of my mouse, again probably due to the low end performance of my pc. It staggers on the programs screen. I have found the software operation itself difficult. And oh yea, the handbook sucks. You may go blind reading the book, use the file on the disk. It leaves a lot out and is fuzzy about what it does cover.
Two other landmines. First, the software immediately goes in and makes itself the primary processor for picture and audio files. When I click the icon for editing, I got a message that it will open temporary editing software, and that you need to buy the long term version. Surprise!!
If my final testing goes as I think, this turkey will be back at Wallyworld in the morning. On the bright side, it forced me to add a USB 2.0 card, and my Cannon now appears to run faster.
July 11th, 2008 at 1:23 pm
Missed completion of a sentence.
The Pictures made were a mixed bag compared to identical pictures scanned on my Canon. Of six pictures only one appeared better than the Canon’s. Low light colors were off and it actually picked up and accentuated dirt on the slide. My canon has a filter for that. One slide had a tunnel affect around the edges that was not rendered on the Canon capture.
July 11th, 2008 at 8:25 pm
BACK IT GOES! I tested the time to do six slides. My Canon loads two at a time. The total time from clicking on the application, to the completion of saving all six scanned pictures to the hard drive, 8 and a half minutes.
The Walmart unit loads three at a time. and from clicking on the application, CAPTURE took 9 and a quarter minutes. BUT WAIT! ALL YOU HAVE AT THAT POINT IS A FUZZY PREVIEW IMAGE LOADED IN THE SCANNER, WITH WHICH YOU CAN DO NOTHING. YOU THEN HAVE TO TRANSFER, OR RATHER SAVE, TO DISK, AND ON MY COMPUTER, AS DESCRIBED EARLIER. THE TOTAL ELAPSED TIME TO CAPTURE AND SAVE THE SIX FILES TO THE DISK WAS 32 MINUTES!! AND THE QUALITY WAS LESS THAN THE CANON.
I suspect that giga speed processors and giga ram may make this a good deal. I would be curious to hear if someone had faster times or if I did not operate the system correctly. For now, I will stick with my Canon.
July 28th, 2008 at 8:12 pm
Scanner software won’t load at installation time on Windowx XP system because the device driver C:\WINDOWS\system32\OVTFBoot.dll with Entry Point “OV550 Start” can’t be found. Internet offers no solution.
Any ideas?
August 21st, 2008 at 11:20 am
I’ve got in excess of 6500 slides badly in need of uploading to my Fotopic site, so I recently purchased a Veho VFS-001 device. I have XP pro with SP2, with USB 2.0 ports. Having now installed this on TWO computers, and BOTH have been unable to make this work properly. If I use the Arcsoft software provided, the results are appalling – VERY dark, and, if lightened sufficiently, all the colour is washed out completely. If I open the OVT device directly via program files, the results are much better, but STILL AWFUL – a blue sky will turn an offensive shade of turquoise on the edges, and glaringly white in the middle. Dark detail remains black until the rest of the pic has disappeared!
In both cases, it’s like the bulb in the scanner isn’t bright enough by far; I daren’t even attempt anything with black in the picture. Or green, for that matter. Or yellow. Or red.
Is it something I’ve failed to do? I’ve done the calibration bit several times, and tried different settings, but still no joy whatsoever. I wouldn’t wish this on a dog! Can anybody point me in the general direction of happiness & contentment in this matter? Or is it a faulty device?
HEEEELP!
August 31st, 2008 at 7:36 am
I recently bought the VFS-004 because it was advertised as Vista-compatible, but I can’t get it working on my pc. I get a feeling that it may be because I am running Vista 64-bit. I have also tried it on my old laptop using XP, and as with the previous correspondent, tranfer times are abysmal. I am waiting for som extra RAM to arrive and will see whether that improves things.
September 6th, 2008 at 9:42 pm
The Hammacher Schlemmer model from VuPoint will NOT work on an IBM laptop computer. There is some kind of glitch, and this was admitted finally by the service department on the phone. They do not tell people this bit of important information in advance.
September 7th, 2008 at 8:51 am
I , this week recd. a new catalogue from H.Schlemmer with a new slide and negative scanner stating that it’s compatible with Vista. Hooray!! I’m returning the one I have to have it exchanged for the newer model…..will let you know.
September 20th, 2008 at 11:05 am
[...] Slides 2 PC works similarly to any of those slide and negative to digital converters that we’ve seen before. It connects to your PC via the USB port. It’s got a special [...]
September 23rd, 2008 at 9:20 am
[...] of using a scanner to scan those photos one by one, you can now make use of the VuPoint digital photo converter for a much faster [...]
October 17th, 2008 at 8:48 pm
In the new HS Holiday Preview 2008, on the back cover is just what we are looking for. It looks like the same machine and it is made for Windows XP and Vista. Cost is $99.00. Hope this works good, I’m ordering one right now.
October 29th, 2008 at 5:38 pm
If you are using a laptop, DO NOT BUY this slide scanner!! I purchased one last spring and it didn’t load up properly; I called the manufacturer, VuPoint, and guess was lucky to get a techie that knew what to do. I have since had to change my laptop and again it wouldn’t load up. But this time I have had a terrible time with VuPoint customer service, they actually told me that they are aware that their product has a glitch with some laptops but they refused to try to find someone that knew how to get this working and have also refused access to supervisor or anyone else. One of the most abismal customer service encouters in a long time. I plan to report them for false avertising since they know they have a problem with some systems and sell the product as if they didn’t.
October 30th, 2008 at 11:21 pm
Walmart has them for $79.00 same item…
November 3rd, 2008 at 3:13 pm
I have the film scanner unit from Brookstone. I can not get the software to load and/or work. Is technical help available?
November 4th, 2008 at 7:35 am
check out BrylaneHome.com, they have a a slide digitizer that works with Vista. Catalog #1546-02992-863 @ $99.99
December 10th, 2008 at 1:45 pm
When I plug in the unit, Windows XP recognizes it and installs the hw (I can see it on “My Computer”) However, when I try to scan slides, the “Select the Device” window is blank, with no way to fill it in, so I can’t proceed. Any ideas on how to solve this?
Chet
December 25th, 2008 at 8:14 pm
First, I think they are all the same no matter what branding is on them (veho, vupoint, etc) They all use the same Omnivision chip. (OVT550)
That being said, the XP drivers work well. I tested on two laptops (one with XP SP3 and another with Vista Home Edition SP1)
On the Vista laptop, the supplied disk (from the Brookstone model) contains only the XP driver. You have to go to vupointsolutions.com and download the latest drivers (The vista version: FS-C1-VP-BX2)
Install the driver and Vista recognizes it properly. OK, HERE IS THE BIG GOTCHA! In the free version of Arcsoft Photoimpressions there is a calibrate function which allows you to switch between slides, negatives and b&w negatives.
With the standard version of PI version 6, the calibrate button shows up but the acquire button does nothing. In other packages like Picasa you can acquire but there is no calibrate. It seems this calibration function is unique to the Arcsoft package.
What I tried is to upgrade to the commercial version of PI, version 6.5 Gold. Guess what?! The acquire button works but now there is no calibrate function (maybe the trialware 15 day version does not have it?) Anyway, if you are doing slides you are OK, but if you do a negative you are hosed.
Solutions:
1. Use XP with these devices or don’t bother with them at all(BEST)
2. If you need to do negatives with Vista you will probably have to find a package which can do automatically do negative inversion upon acquiring or find a software package and do it manually for each photo.
I was able to do some slides but I am disappointed about the Vista support. The drivers and/or software still need updates to be fully functional.
December 27th, 2008 at 8:40 pm
FORGET ABOUT THIS SCANNER!!!!
Got the VuPoint Scanner for Xmas and tried it out. I wasnt that impressed with the quality of the scanned slide. The resolution was sub par and despite waiting the recommended 5-10 seconds for the scan I wound up with pictures that had bright white washed faces…a crappy picture.
Now I have about 500- 800 slides to convert. Taking them to a professional shop and paying 50 cents a slide is money well spent. Not only will I save myself days worth of work but I will get a quality transfer of my slides also.
This is something you only have to do ONCE!!! After that you can copy to your hearts content.
DONT WASTE YOUR TIME AND MONEY ON THIS PIECE OF JUNK.
December 29th, 2008 at 8:17 am
Agree, forget about this scanner!
The unit “seemed” to calibrate – the inch bar moved on screen, but I saw no change in the light source. But after several attempts, reboots and reinstalls, I could not get the unit to acquire an image. And I have a 2.0 USB port which they say is required. I took it back to the store for a full refund.
December 30th, 2008 at 9:53 pm
It’s unanamous, this paper weight does not work as a scanner with VISTA OS. There seems to be no way to coerce the system to even recognize it. I’ve got an old XP in the closet I’ll give it a try and report back.
January 1st, 2009 at 5:13 am
Bought slide converter from Hamm’- Schlem’ loaded driver and included Photo Impressions , but when I attached the device I get a message that there is an error in the “.inf”. Am told by local service people that they are seeing a lot of new devices that are provided with incorrect drivers. Anyone have suggestions ? They will be greatly appreciated. Thanks Jim
January 1st, 2009 at 7:52 pm
Tried the unit on XP and it appears the USB on my XP Sony VAIO desktop doesn’t give enough power to get the unit working. Had same problem with TWO VuPoint photo scanners. Tried the unit on Vista and when pressing the ACQUIRE button, nothing happens. So, three units each installed on two different PCs (XP and Vista) and no dice. I agree with other posts that the drivers are buggy or at best not flushed out with enough systems. To not work on a Sony desktop with XP and a HP Vista 64-bit means they need to work on the drivers. I’ll try tech support one last time tomorrow but am not optimistic.
January 2nd, 2009 at 9:19 pm
I am having a problem opening photo impressions, I was able to use the program once but now when I try to open , it opens then I get an error message “photo impression” has stopped working, program is shutting down. ” and then the program shuts down immediately. I have the Iconvert from BrookStone. I am using Vista, any ideas?
January 3rd, 2009 at 9:06 am
For JeffPenn:
If you are using Vista, ditch the PhotoImpression software, go to the vupointsolutions.com support area and download their driver and install Picasa from Google (it’s free) If you are doing negatives you’ll need to find a package to invert them. A free one that’s widely available is paint.Net. I haven’t tried the Vista drivers on a 64 bit machine (I doubt they work) but with the above combination worked OK on Vista 32 bit. The drivers are a bit more stable using Picasa rather than PhotoImpression. Slides came out good but negatives are a bit too bright. When you click the snapshot button make sure you do it quickly, the longer you wait the brighter the negative will be.
January 3rd, 2009 at 9:20 am
Just a general warning, a lot of the CDs that come with the scanner (Brookstone, Veho, etc) have ONLY the XP drivers and NO Vista support, make sure you uninstall the drivers if you already installed the software and get the one from the vupoint site.
January 3rd, 2009 at 2:41 pm
Hello, i have one. but i dont use. ¨File to get image data¨. and i don´t no what to do!!
January 3rd, 2009 at 2:45 pm
Sorry, ¨fail¨…
January 3rd, 2009 at 7:08 pm
I have this installed on both a XP and Vista system and it works with both. However, the output quality is very poor. Slides are greatly over exposed or under exposed. really not worth the money and it will be returned. I actually tried two, thinking the first unit might be faulty. I returned it. 2nd unit was the same. I wouldn’t recommend this to anyone.
January 9th, 2009 at 6:33 am
I have the 21C and it works great for me.
January 9th, 2009 at 8:41 am
after reading pages an pages of reviews, decided to show
slides on wall an take pictures with my digital. ? good enough
for me.
January 14th, 2009 at 12:17 pm
thanks chris!! i just read all of these reviews and i like yours the best, esp b/c i have a mac!!
January 16th, 2009 at 7:19 am
Purchased this unit the other day and haven’t been able to get it to scan. I’m running Vista, downloaded the driver from the manufactures website and still NOT-A! Emailed for help and I will post once I hear something but from the problems Im having and the posts on this board, I say Don’t Do It!!!!
January 30th, 2009 at 8:52 am
Is it possible to scan B&W negatives such that the positive image gets diplayed?
January 31st, 2009 at 2:26 pm
Chris….great idea after reading all of these reviews, and especially because I have a Mac like Karen! The idea of a converter is great, but it needs to be easy for non-techies like me. I’m sure that if Apple made one for the Mac it would work perfectly…I’m hoping one day…
February 7th, 2009 at 12:50 pm
What about the cannon 8800F? It is more expensive, 200 bucks but looks good with the best reviews. Anyone try it? Thanks.
February 22nd, 2009 at 10:11 am
Starting with an empty scanner and quickly loading, you can click to save when image is on dark side to save details before washout due to light sky etc. Finish with Picasa or other manipulation to bring out dark details.
February 26th, 2009 at 7:02 am
[...] can be preserved in this new digital era. Here comes the Film to SD scanner, which one of those converters that we’re pretty used to that turns those 35 mm film negatives and slides into digital [...]
March 8th, 2009 at 6:21 pm
I could have written most of the comments above. I did discover that the OVT scanner from Brrokstone did work on Vista with Picasa and not what came with the unit. I wrote them and told them so after they had agreed to take the unti back. I digitized about 2000 slides with a variety of results–many of them not worth saving. Most of the “bad” ones have that overexposed ghostly appreance. Two days ago I discovered that the view area where you see the digitized results gets white or clear after each digitized slide. I have four carriers of three slides each so I was able to get a lot done in a short period of time. Well, after the first slide is digitized that field stays white or clear and immediately gives the next slide that ghostly overxposed look and there is nothing I could do. I was able to do some “editing” and in some cases a sort of black (gray) and white result looked OK. So now I put only two slides in each carrier. I wait for the view area to get dark before I put in the first slide. Then I move the carrier to the middle blank space and wait for the View area to get dark again before I move the carrier to the other slide. My results are significantly improved. I have redigitized the original 200 slides with this procedure. So I’m now in the process of doing the other 1800 over and will continue until I get my 8000 to 9000 slides digitized. Needless to say the process is much slower but the results are worthwhile. My early slides–especially with flash–are not the best but believe it or not, some of my results are better than the original. Hope this helps. It is frustrating to think that the manufacturer has not offered help in this fashion.
Woody
March 13th, 2009 at 6:47 pm
I HAVE TO AGREE WITH MOST PEOPLE THAT VISTA SUCKS, YOU WOULD THINK WITH ALL THOSE BRAINS AT MICROSOFT THAT THEY COULD COME UP WITH A BETTER WORKING SYSTEM THAN VISTA=THEY OUGHT TO BE MADE TO UPGRADE EVERYONE WHO HAS BOUGHT VISTA =( FOR FREE )=AND I DON’T MEAN GOING THROUGH THE HOLE SETUP AND THEN IT SAYS GET OUT YOUR CREDIT CARD AND PAY X AMOUNT=(FREE IS THE MAGIC WORD )=AND THE SCANNER WORKS WELL ON XP AND 98=BUT ON VISTA IT SUCKS
MARCH-13-2009–9:48PM
March 15th, 2009 at 9:05 am
But the OVT scanner is working on Vista as long as I use the free Picasa2 or Picasa3 photo program which is a free download from the Google web site if it wasn’t on the computer when it was purchased (like it was on mine). I realize OVT should have worked with it’s supplied program (the guide book said it would). But it should not have been up to me to stumble on the fact that Picasa works with the OVT scanner driver.
March 23rd, 2009 at 7:55 am
I have followed the threads with interest. Could someone tell me definitively if there is a machine out there that will work successfully enough and give a good enough quality image, and if so, what is the make and brand
Thanks
March 28th, 2009 at 6:58 am
Check out the reviews of the Canon 8800F on Amazon. They’re all fantastic and have talked me into going that route. Plus it’s a Canon and with it goes excellent customer service (in my experience anyway). More expensive, but sounds like it’s worth it.
March 29th, 2009 at 7:05 pm
I have one it’s an ION. It works with VISTA. The OVT Scanner driver seems to be a dud. It want’s to over expose photos. Yes you can correct with editing software but if is over exposed (washed out) you can’t put color back in. DO NOT BUY!!! They need improvement.
March 30th, 2009 at 8:28 pm
With the OVT scanner on VISTA is where I put only two slides in each tray and wait for the view screen to get dark before I place the slide for snapping. I have now repeated doing 2500 slides that way and the results are very good. I no longer get that washed out look as a result. There is a certain amount of timing that can be learned to get the best result. It’s worth it. Some times several repeated clicks on the button can be used on the unit to maximize the results, especially if the slides are dark or light to begin with.. When I put slides in all three slots on the tray and snapped each one quickly, that’s when I got the overexposed results. I can do about 90 slides in an hour with the two slides in each of four trays. That includes the time required to remove them from the carousol into the tray and replacing them again. I agree that if they are overexposed, there is no way to put the color back in.
June 28th, 2009 at 7:11 am
My H&S Converter (SKU 75800) seems to work on VISTA but:
1. The “calibrate” button in the s/w is never enabled so I’m not able to follow the directions for frequent calibration.
2. My pictures are considerably darker than my slide images in a viewer.
Anyone know fixes? Thanks
July 2nd, 2009 at 11:55 am
I have the QVT scanner from Brookstone but am having problems getting the software to work. I have Vista and when I try to open the software for scanning the slides it says that there’s a compatibility problem with Windows and it shuts down. There isn’t a solution available. Has anyone had this problem?
July 4th, 2009 at 11:31 pm
After seeing The Slide and Negative to Digital Picture Converter (FJ-75800 $99.95) in Hammacher Schlemmers’ Summer Preview 2009 Catalog I bid on eBay and won a VuPoint new-in-the-box for $32.00 + $8.99 shipping and handling. I received it and it appears to have never been opened. The VuPoint Software CD is FS-C1-VP-BX2 for Windows XP and Windows Vista.
After reading the enclosed user’s Manual I have not yet inserted the CD into my new Desktop Intel Core2 Duo CPU 2.67 GHz machine with 3.00 GB of RAM. I chose XP Home Version 2002 with Service Pack 3.
After reading ALL of the above Responses since October of 2007, I’m thinking of putting everything back inti the little box and using a Conversion service or taking digital pics of the projected slides as some of the others have done.
My frustration level is at the point you’d expect it to be after getting a ‘Blue Screen’ twice in the last 2 weeks on my laptop (had to replace the harddrive the first time-still have not tried to reboot since the second) after using an upgraded version of a MicroSoft product which will remain nameless for the time being; I’ll deal with that in another forum.
It seems as if we are getting more and more technically advanced and the time we save is spent learning how to cope with the new technology.
Can anyone say if I have a current version of the VuPoint that may have the bugs worked out of the driver?
July 10th, 2009 at 1:34 pm
Sheri,
Read my comments at 121, 123, and 127 above. Good luck.
September 20th, 2009 at 11:09 am
I have the vupoint scanner for vist. Had many problems getting it installed. Installed Impression software but would not work with scanner, ended up purchasing impression 6.5 and downloading new drivers from vupoint and i can finally scan slides. Still having problems with negatives. Does anyone have a fix for that?
October 10th, 2009 at 8:41 am
FOR ALL OF YOU MAC USERS: I don’t know if this helps, but on the maker Veho, their website has a newly released scanner for windows and mac http://www.veho-uk.com/productdetail.aspx?id=83
October 10th, 2009 at 1:13 pm
After doing more research on the internet, I found out why the Brookstone unit that says it’s Vista compatible, doesn’t work with my computer which is Vista. The unit works with 32-bit only, not 64-bit of which my computer is. So, my older computer has windowsXP Pro, and it works fine there. Now all I have to do is take all the ones from the older computer and put them on the newer one after scanning. I’m a little disappointed that it doesn’t work on this one, but I did get the scanner in 2008. Oh well.
November 18th, 2009 at 2:52 pm
Just bought the VuPoint slide/negative converter discounted at a local retailer.
Works great with my Mac. Scanned a bunch of slides negatives and then transferred them to the Mac.
Resolution looks real good. Colors look real.