Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

OK, folks, here's the deal. This scanner functions very well for its intended purpose. It creates files that are perfectly suitable for posting online, sharing via email, and printing at relatively small sizes. 8 x 10 would be pushing it. I see that Amazon is selling much cheaper units that appear to have the same specs. I paid extra for, frankly, the Kodak brand, should I need customer support (not so far). Pluses: it's quick to use; you can digitize quite a few negatives or slides in a relatively short time. The files are adequate for online posting and small prints. Minuses: it doesn't clean up dirty, scratched, or dusty source material. You really need external editing software to produce adequate images. I use Lightroom, which is excellent for correcting the color casts that appear on many scans, removing dust spots and scratches, and dialing back the over-saturation on many images. There's a lot of editing software out there that can do the same. Don't expect exhibition quality prints. However, I've attached a scan which came out quite well, and shows the resolution and color capability of the unit. I would expect that I could make a decent 5" x 7" print from this file. Do not use the 22 MB file size. It gives you no more detail, and if you need to up-res your file for printing, your editing software will do a much better job. If you scan something, and think, "Wow, that's a great slide/negative. I'd like to make an 11" x 14 print from it," then stop there and either send the slide/neg to ScanCafe or a similar service, or purchase an Epson V600, which will yield a much higher quality scan. But I've sent a number of scans of old negatives to folks pictured in them, and they've asked for larger file size copies from which they can make prints, so the quality is still pretty good. Bottom line: if you have realistic expectations and are willing to spend a little time in editing software (don't bother with the unit's editing controls), you will be quite happy with the results.