This scanner is very easy to use and does a very good job of reproducing slides into digital pictures. It is not perfect, but for the price is very close. I scanned over a thousand slides in a day so the processing routine goes very smoothly once you learn the ropes. The slide carrier works like a charm once you get the hang of it and if the slides are in good shape. One suggestion I have is to not do much adjusting with the machine and do needed correction on your post processing computer software. It is faster and more accurate that way than using the PIC 2. I have only one complaint. I went through my slides so fast I am out of things to scan.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: New
This is a very slow scanner. It scans one picture at a time and the first time I tried it, the picture got caught inside of the machine. If you have more than say 10 pictures to scan it would be much faster just to use an app for the phone and scan pictures manually. I am very sad I bought this. I thought it was going to be much faster and better.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Refurbished
First of all, this unit was not "new." It was well cared for and properly repackaged, but there is a photo inside the case that must have fallen off the carrier. The price was right however, so this is a non-problem. The resolution is good for a consumer product. Very easy to use and transfer to PC is seamless. No special software required.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
Over the years I have accumulated thousands of photos between my travels and family milestones being documented. This Ion PICS2SD was exactly what I needed to digitize all of the photos from the past. The instructions were a little difficult to understand, but the scanner itself is extremely easy to use. I was able to figure it out just by playing with it for a couple of minutes. I thought it worked rather quickly, I was able to get through over 100 slides in an hour. The scans were sharp, clear, and they looked like there were very high quality once I uploaded them on to my computer. I would suggest putting a thicker piece of paper behind pictures to scan because occasionally the brightness of the scanner takes away from the pictures. I also like the fact that I don't have to use my computer to upload the pictures, I could use an SD card if I wanted to, so it's nice to know I have options in case I need a Plan B. I am impressed with this item's quality for the price that I paid. There is no need to overspend on a high end scanner when this piece of equipment does a fantastic job.Read full review
Recently came across trays of family slides that date back 30 to 50 years. I was looking for a easy and inexpensive way to share them with family across the country. With the ION Audio Pics 2 SD Slide and Film Scanner I spent two evenings scanning these slides. I then posted the "Best of the Best" using a private Facebook page to share with family. I also saved all 1200 slides digitally to smart sticks to give to siblings (for them to share with their children and grandchildren). I could not be more pleased with how this project turned out. I do want to mention that I also used the film scanner feature as well with the same positive results. However, I found scanning actual photos will producing a satifactary results was too time comsuming when I already own several flat printers that do a great job scanning photos and do not require the time to insert individual photos in a frame.Read full review
The ION scanner is easy to set up and works as advertised. However, if you have thousands of slides, it will be a bit cumbersome to change them in/out of the slide holder 5 at a time. The color and brightness (exposure values) are OK, but don't do more than general adjustments. Refined editing will have to come from another program.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: New
Bought this one to replace my older one that I wore out. I do like it very much, it does have pluses and minuses over my old one, more accurate when adjusting the light, a little less accurate on the scanning the pictures don't look as good.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
This is a great little scanner. I bought it to scan my slides and negatives. I've scanned over 576 slides so far. It works great but the directions aren't that clear. Once I figured out how to put the slide holder in, I had no problem. I then transferred all the scans to my laptop. I would recommend this product, I like it.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: New
The instructions were easier to follow once looked up on U tube.. otherwise it wasn't very clear how to do the mode function, but once that was figured out, I really like the machine. You can adjust colors on old photos and slides and they transfer easily to your computer with the USB cable. I did over 300 slides and about 250 photo's, over the past few weekends a few hours each Saturday and transferred old newspaper clippings and other printed articles by holding in place with a clear sheet of plastic on the photo holder. I'm glad I bought it and now can easily send the file to my family members to share. I wish I could do 8x10 size but overall I love it. Colors are pretty good once you play with the correction to adjust, just wished some of our photo's were in better condition. I'm glad I got this, some of my photo's are over 75 years old and with black and white it actually helps enhance the photo when transferring by letting you adjust the light and dark shade of the photo.Read full review
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
This item is suitable for slides and negatives, but does not work well at all for photo prints. Photos that are printed on glossy paper or that have darker areas will show a distinct reflection of the camera lens and surrounding area in the scanned pic. This can be reduced somewhat by manual setting control for darkening the scan with the loss of some photo detail. Manually tweaking each photo scan defeats the reason for purchasing this item: to quickly scan numerous prints. A very disappointing purchase.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
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