Magnasonic All-In-One High Resolution 22MP Film Scanner, Converts 35mm/126KPK/110/Super 8 Films, Slides, Negatives into Digital Photos, Vibrant 2.4" LCD Screen, Impressive 128MB Built-In Memory

I got this for a good price and it was delivered promptly. A bit fiddly to start with, but once you get the hang of it you can scan quite quickly. I have only used it for 35mm slides so cannot comment on anything else. The machine has the ability to flip to a mirror image as well as to invert the picture. I connected it directly to my PC and it works a dream,. The carrier will not take the thick agfa slides, but handles cardboard and thin plastic-framed slides well

Product ok but will not work on pal to would have to get American type tv should have been made known in adverts

This scanner is ideal for me. It's easy to use and produces quick results. Having previously owned a much more expensive (and cumbersome) device I can say that I don't find the finished quality as accurate as I would have liked but I don't believe there's anything which wouldn't be cured by a quick Photoshop editing.

I found that the images retrieved from scanned negatives were slightly out of focus, and no means of adjustment, which was still had a degree of acceptablity, however the main issue was that a large number of images took on a strong yellow cast or were under exposed in the darker areas. Flesh colours would also go blocky red, almost like posterisation. Some images would have a light area to the left similar to over exposure at the edge. I imagine others of the same build design but under a different name could have similar faults. Not the results I had hoped. Update: After a month of use and review of the results I now realise how crap it was as few of the images have sharpness you should get from a negative..

Once I had worked out how to use it , I cannot believe how amazing it is. It has been used for some negatives that are 60 years old. Therefore it has performed much better that anticipated. Highly recommend this Film Scanner and the Seller. Good price and arrived very quickly.

I like the principle of saving images to the device - I've added a memory card for more storage. It avoids the complications of software installation and compatibility issues. It's easy to transfer the saved images to a PC/Laptop later. Scanning film negatives is the easiest process as you can feed the film strips into the film holder without removing it from the scanner each time, which makes it a quick process. With slides it's less easy to feed them through the slide holder. Removing it and removing / reloading a slide is really tedious. (The slide holder only hold one slide at a time.) This really needs to be better designed. Also, the slide holder will not accommodate the thicker plastic slide mounts, so you can't scan them. The menu options are good and the scan / save process is easy to use. I don't use the in-built image correction, preferring to use software on my PC after uploading. Overall, a decent film / slide scanner, but it does have deficiencies, as noted, which if resolved would make it so much better.

Easy to use although trays a bit tough to open. I used without reading manual but did later to see if missing something. Very happy but be warned photos can cause not just happiness. Great product

This review is of the Magnasonic FS50 slide/film scanner - however some of the comments may be relevant to other branded and unbranded units that have the same physical appearance... General: The main unit, although feeling "quite light and plasticky" is none the less reasonably sturdy. The 5 buttons on the top have a positive action with quite a loud click. The clear window in front of the screen (once the protective film has been removed) is a magnet for fingerprints and probably needs to be cleaned carefully using a soft cloth as it may not be especially scratch resistant. The slide/film holders and adapters for 110 and Super 8 film feel a bit more flimsy, and the film holderrs can be a bit fiddly to open. The provided power supply is a universal voltage model having interchangeable clip-on "prongs" to suit UK, European and USA mains sockets. The output is via a USB "Type A" socket. The provided DC power lead is 1 metre long, and the video lead is 1.5 metres long. In Use The LCD screen is bright and clear - but has a very narrow viewing angle; the best picture is seen when looking directly at the screen; with the unit on a tabletop and looking down at it the picture appears washed out with a very poor contrast. I find that it's necessary to rock the unit backwards to get the best picture (or connect the unit to a TV). The user interface is a bit "clunky" but none the less easy to use (mostly a matter of choosing an option with arrow keys and pressing "OK"). Changing the exposure value and colour balance is, however, very cumbersome as the effect cannot be seen until all four adjustments have been completed (the image preview cannot be seen whila actually adjusting the settings) Note that one aspect of the product description on the Amazon website is incorrect; the TV output is NTSC only (not NTSC/PAL as stated). But many modern TVs will accept NTSC (users of older sets may be out of luck...). The TV output has a 4:3 aspect ratio and quite a low resolution (a little better than VHS). As a bonus, all of the scanner's controls do work while it is connected to the TV (not just the playback "gallery"). The film holders slide in from the right hand side of the unit (there's a spring loaded dust shield that closes when the film holder is removed). I have tested operation with the following kinds of slides/film. Slides and film should be loaded "upright" (top of the image towards the rear of the scanner), with emulsion side down. The scanner does have "flip" and "mirror" functions to put things right if the film wasn't loaded in that way... Note that 35mm slides must always be loaded in "landscape" orientation regardless of the orientation of the camera when they were taken. For (135 (35mm) film, the scanner's "14MP" resolution setting produces an image size of 4608 x 3072 pixels, the "24MP" (interpolated) setting produces an image size of 5760 x 3840 pixels. And for 126 film the scanner always produces a square image of 4000 x 4000 pixels (16MP). (a) 135 (35mm) colour slide (Kodak - in cardboard mount - slides in thicker plastic mounts (e.g. Agfa) could be a tight fit in the holder). The image appeared sharp and well-focussed, brightness and colour balance was good. Colour saturation was a touch too high; skin tones could sometimes look slightly orangey. However the scanner's sensor does appear to have a limited dynamic range, resulting in highlights becoming bleached out and details in shadow areas being crushed into black. Scanned image of a house attached (taken on a bright sunny day, with strong shadows); note the loss of shadow details in the house's gable end and chimneys and the bleaching-out of highlights in the whitewashed area to the right of the middle upstairs window. The scanned image exhibited some cropping when compared with the original (the Kodak cardboard mounts crop about 1/2mm off the top/bottom and about 1mm off each side, and the scanner crops a further approx. 1mm off all round, resulting in the captured area being about 33.5mm wide x 22.5mm high. This cropped "captured area" is constant for all 35mm (135) formats; slide, colour negative and black & white negative. (b) 135 (35mm) colour negative. Focus was good, colour balance was good, but by default the overall brightness was a little low. The automatic exposurer and white balance could sometimes be fooled by certain negatives (moving the negative a little to the left or right could sometimes help...). Sample captured image (landscape with lake) attached. (c) 135 (35mm) black & white negative. Focus was good, average brightness (of mid-tone areas) was good, but overall contrast was low. Sample captured image attached (the same house as before, but photographed on a cloudy day without any strong shadows). There was some grain evident (but probably from the film itself) (d) 126 black & white negative (from 1970s "Instamatic" camera. Focus was good, average brightness was good, but again the image had low contrast. But there was extremely severe cropping of the image area, resulting in the scanned area only being 22.5mm square, with 3mm lost each side, 1.5mm at the bottom and 4.5mm at the top!! Refer to the attached image showing the cropping encountered with all the formats that I tested, and showing just how bad the 126 image is when compared with the original negative's content and the original photo lab produced print! Verdict: A reasonably good "cheap & cheerful" scanner, but with one serious flaw: (a) Good results with 135 (35mm) colour slides; captured images can be used as-is without further editing on a computer (look good on-screen and when printed on 10x15cm photo paper). (b) Captured images from 135 (35mm) colour or black & white negatives need a little "tweaking up" using a photo editor to get the best from them. (c) Although scanning from 126 negatives (and slides) is supported, the results are in my opinion unacceptable due to the excessive amount of cropping (approx 35% of the area of the 126 film's frame cannot be captured)!

Does not come with an Australian power plug

started off not working well and saving the pictures. then the light went dim and would not work at all. Sent it back