The device is almost cubical with a floor area between A4 and wide along, and looks very bulky, but is then more easily than expected. The size and fine workmanship makes it stable.
A thick handbook in postcard format is. But that is only because so thick because scarce information is repeated in 16 languages. Little more is done than content to print options that I can see anyway, if I use the appliance. What the options are, and how to use them, is not explained. For example, I'm still not clear what the choice of a "resolution" of "very high, high, normal" of the "size" of "12M, 9M, 5M, 1M" is different. The sensor is natively 9M (megapixel) resolution have, so why interpolations to me not obvious are offered to even greater numbers of pixels. This, as well as the reduction of the number of pixels, could better be made on the computer, if necessary. (The choice of the resolution had hardly any influence on the image size -. Extremes in complex images were 1.5MB "very high" in and 1.3MB at "Normal" The choice of size had more effect, but decreased from 100% at "9M" only about 20% of "1M" back.)
The device can scan slides and negatives in 36x24mm format (135 film) and in the 60x45 and 60x60mm format (120 films), as well as paper prints (10x15cm up). I've tested all sizes.
The uniformity of illumination was good in all cases.
Dias:
A holder for slides in 5x5cm format is. This is unlocked, opened, and then the slides are inserted into precisely fitting shells, folded, the frame and locked. It can be inserted thin glassless frame and thick frame with glass, and even mixed. The images were always satisfactory focus. The bars are very important to the fixed slide holder, but unfortunately making a measly impression.
With 8 ways to insert a slide connected to the 4 ways to push the frame into the machine comes to a bit of confusion. Only one of the 32's right ;-). The label with arrows on all corners of the frame, combined with orientation logo only on the outside of the frame - therefore not visible if you have opened the frame - is unhelpful.
A built-in Magic Touch function allows lint, scratches to remove inter alia out of the picture. The location of the lint is usually replaced with the color of the side area, but sometimes only with gray. But that still fits better than the deep black of lint. Overall, it works surprisingly well - not always but often - both with glassless and glass slides (and even with 135 negatives).
Only: the scanning time is 2-3 seconds without MT to 45 MT sec with high! This restriction allows the workflow drop significantly. Neither in promotional materials even in the manual should be noted.
The scans I have projected via projector, while the slides by classic projector. The quality defects were abundantly clear. Bright image areas (clouds in the sky, bright clothes) are virtually structureless white, dark areas (objects in shadows, evening mood) to structure timeless black. Only for images with low cut-off differences, the scans were acceptable.
Negative:
Another frame similar to the slides allows the insertion of a strip of up to 6 negatives. Again, there is the challenge of finding the correct orientation! Inside, the frame on one side guide rails, between which one can keep the negatives, on the other hand a flat lid. Only: all my negatives have a mild curvature, and this must be for the correct side correctness down. But then the film edges are higher than the guide rails, and are being held by those NOT! As a result, the strips slipping when closing the holder, so that several frustrating attempts for correct positioning are usually necessary. A well-lit workplace is helpful; from the sofa that will not go.
The quality of paper I compared photos of these negatives with the scans shown on the screen. The same result as in Dias.
Paper photos:
Enter "Photo", lid lift, load paper photo on glass tables, press scan button, ready (principle works conditionally MagicTouch not here). Unfortunately, even here a quality problem: created at an A4 scanner scans of the same templates were mostly better quality.
120 Movies:
There are 2 mounts in which are placed like a paper photo on the glass table, and in whose cutouts the 60x45 or 60x60 Negative / Positive fit. Strips of negatives to be apparently cut into individual pictures! Unlike paper Photos (mounted in the cover) is scanned as with the slides via transmitted light. This limits the film size to the size of the transparency unit, so I therefore unfortunately can not scan my old Rollfilmschätzchen (60x90mm).
Given the time and effort that I would have to spend for scanning in spite of this "quick" device, the quality is just too bad. And to get it ready to hold for an occasional scan old photos, it is too expensive and too bulky. I gave it back.
