Comments on: Slide and negavtive to digital picture converter

By: Rich Del

Rich Del — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:52:53 +0000

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.

By: Sandi DeFalco

Sandi DeFalco — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 17:13:39 +0000

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.

By: Sandi DeFalco

Sandi DeFalco — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 12:41:09 +0000

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

By: Toni Fountain

Toni Fountain — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 15:09:19 +0000

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?

By: Woody

Woody — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 20:34:06 +0000

Sheri,

Read my comments at 121, 123, and 127 above. Good luck.

By: Miles Sumner

Miles Sumner — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 06:31:21 +0000

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?

By: Sheri

Sheri — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:55:12 +0000

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?

By: Ken

Ken — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 14:11:21 +0000

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

By: Woody

Woody — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 03:28:46 +0000

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.

By: Eric

Eric — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 02:05:42 +0000

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.

By: Nicole

Nicole — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 13:58:57 +0000

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.

By: Charlie Warshawski

Charlie Warshawski — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 14:55:22 +0000

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

By: Woody

Woody — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 16:05:05 +0000

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.

By: FRITZ

FRITZ — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 01:47:54 +0000

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

By: Marwood Frank

Marwood Frank — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 01:21:52 +0000

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

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By: Walter

Walter — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 17:11:06 +0000

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.

By: Shreddi

Shreddi — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 19:50:14 +0000

What about the cannon 8800F? It is more expensive, 200 bucks but looks good with the best reviews. Anyone try it? Thanks.

By: Jeanine

Jeanine — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 21:26:35 +0000

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…

By: Jeff

Jeff — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 15:52:21 +0000

Is it possible to scan B&W negatives such that the positive image gets diplayed?