Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I had very low expectations. Seriously. I edit images and do visual design work for a living. I needed something that would allow me to very quickly scan in my family's legacy slides and negatives. And I mean quickly - I was calculating less than 10 seconds per scan. Amazingly this device lets me scan in about 5 seconds per scan! Quality is quite acceptable - assuming you have an image editing program to color correct and edit the images you decide to keep. Ignore all color, white balance, and resolution settings and scan at default. I used the included composite video output to display image previews on a 23" 1920x1200 HP IPS LCD display. That was a waste. The preview is only useful for cropping and determining if the slide/negative is somewhat in-focus. I'd guess resolution is sub VGA. If you are an experienced image editor don't bother to connect to an external display. You can trust the preview in the dinky built-in display to guide you and your raw scans will provide enough image data to work with for sharpening, color correcting, and removing mild dust/scratches. This really does perform great. Just keep your slides, negatives and the machine as free of dust (and fingerprints) as possible before you begin. I would not recommend using this for slideshows on an external display. The low resolution and I mage quality of the onscreen preview makes even good slides look poor quality. Note: there is no included adaptor for super large format 6x6cm+ slides. I'm currently trying to find the best way to scan these...