Magnasonic All-in-One 24MP Film Scanner with Large 5" Display & HDMI, Converts 35mm/126/110/Super 8 Film & 135/126/110 Slides into Digital Photos (FS71)

This is a great scanner for the price. I tested it on various slides, on different film types, too light or dark, with a color cast, etc. I'm a picky photographer. The scanner automatically brightened a dark slide to be exposed properly without being "blown out" (totally white), but overexposed slides came out dark; again, I used a photo editor to fix the image. I only scanned a few color negatives, so I can't comment in general... but one underexposed negative (which should be too dark) scanned too light, with no true black. So, again, a photo editor is your friend for improving some scans. The images from slides were very sharp. I could see the film grain in the scanned image. The cable is fairly short. You might need a longer USB-A to mini-USB cable. The unit gets power from the USB cable. If you don't have a computer, you'll need a mini-USB power supply brick that plugs into a wall outlet. (This means you can use the scanner on a laptop.) The scan was almost instant. (Unlike other film and paper scanners I've used, there's no light/scan bar that moves across the image.) From a 35mm slide I got a scan file 6000x4000 pixels, 6.2 MB file size. (The 6.2MB will vary depending on how complex your original photo is... that's how JPGs work.) A bit of the edges were cut off, but this was usually fine. The color adjustments are in steps and a bit coarse (0, 0.5, 1.0, etc.; you can't pick a value between). They worked pretty well for big changes, but I preferred a photo editor and a computer screen. You'll need to understand that these three settings -- red, green, and blue -- can be negative to add the opposite color. For instance, yellow is the opposite color of blue. If the image is too yellow, you can't reduce yellow; you have to increase blue. If you don't want to fiddle, your photo editor probably has a "fix color" setting you could try on the saved image. Note that the scanner "remembers" the previous color adjustment... if you don't want that, reset each color after you finish one slide or you capture the next slide. The single negative holder is really frustrating because it doesn't hold a strip of film tightly... so, as you try to put the film strip in the holder into the scanner, it can shift and make the scan off-center. I've ordered a negative holder that holds a whole strip of six photos; that should be a lot easier! Tip: You don't need to open the single slide holder to put a slide in it, then close it. Instead, while the holder is closed, try pushing the slide in from the left end, as in the photo. To avoid touching the film (which will make a fingerprint that can eventually eat into the film!), use your fingernail to scoot the inside of the slide mount left and right. Vertical photos have to be turned to go into the scanner horizontally. I rotated them with the lossless JPG rotation in the amazing free Irfanview app... or you could open the image in a photo editor, which takes a bit more time. On my Windows 11 desktop, when I went to "Connect to PC" on the scanner menu, the File Explorer app opened. It (in this case, the F: drive) showed the photos in the scanner memory. You'll need to transfer the photos yourself if you want to keep copies after you unplug the scanner. If you aren't familiar with File Explorer, you can probably use another app that copies the photos for you. Kodachrome slides scanned just fine. (Kodachrome is a problem on some scanners.) To help avoid dust spots, insert the cleaning brush through the slot once in a while (dust wasn't a problem for me, though). After you line up the film in the holder but before you put the holder into the slot, use a can of compressed "air" to blow away dust (invisible or visible). If spots bother you after you see the scanned image on a computer screen (where it's much easier to see the spots), use something like the Healing Tool in the powerful free GIMP editor (gimp.org). If you don't line the film up exactly, the scanned image will have a black bar at one side. I had to move the slide holder while it was in the scanner to get rid of the bar. Luckily, after pressing the Capture button, the image on the scanner screen is "live": As you move the slide holder left and right, you can see the black bar disappearing. A scanner like this will be designed to cut off a bit of the edges so you normally won't see a black edge on any side (which would be caused by scanner scanning some of the opaque cardboard slide mount). Some cardboard slide mounts were too thick to fit in the holder easily. A lot of the slides were too thin; they shifted left and right as I handled the holder... I had to carefully hold it flat as I put it in the scanner. Tip: I scanned an underexposed negative, which should come out dark. But the scan was too bright: a bit "washed out", with no true black. I opened the scanned negative in a photo editor and checked the amount of red, green and blue in the scanned file; it didn't have any true darks. (The photo editor's histogram shows this: the left side of each curve, which shows how much of the darkest shade of each color is in the scan, shows no dark colors.) I used the editor to "drag" the left edge of each curve to span the whole width; that improved the scan a lot. (Note: don't just turn down the brightness in the editor because you'll probably lose the brightest colors. Spread the histogram curve so you'll have dark darks and bright whites.) I've included the original scanned photo and the one darkened with my photo editor. Overall, for the price -- even with irritations like trying to align the film in the holder -- this scanner is amazing.

Idk what all these bad reviews are about but this thing is amazing. Don’t need to edit any of the photos and the quality of the image is perfect. I feel like I’m getting more than what I paid for. Been running film through it all day and no issues. It doesn’t scan 120 film but I found that if you put it in the 126 adapter and scan in 35mm it’ll scan it perfectly! Also if you’ve had sd card errors you have to make sure you’re using a newer higher gb sd card atleast 64gb and make sure to format the card on the machine before scanning.

I was afraid it would be difficult to use but it's easy. Amazed that I can get pictures from 40 year old negatives. Only as clear as the originals, so some much better than others. Beats scanning old photos by far. You do need to center well or the light is off, but easy to do mostly. That's why the 4 rating and not 5. But for the money a great product. Saves as a huge MB sz so I have to manually reduce to 1-5 megabytes for each photo. (I don't need 16 Mbyte pics)

Easy to learn button sequence. Good build quality. You must use the usb cable that came with it. It formats your SD card. Didn’t have to do it on another device. Has RGB and brightness buttons to adjust the slide or negative prior to saving. Good functionality. A little pricey but way less than famous brand. Very pleased.

TL;DR: Cheap, usable, but dark by default, crops the image more than expected, and requires post-processing to look good. This is very much a "you get what you pay for" item. It feels cheap and outdated, and the quality is just average. ---------------------------------------------------- Out of the box, scans are noticeably dark and flat. You typically have to increase brightness (+0.5 to +1.0 EV) to get usable results, especially with older or dense slides. Even then, dynamic range is limited and shadow detail is weak. Expect to do post-processing if you want the images to look good. One of my biggest complaints is how much the scanner crops the image. Other reviewers are right! Compared to other methods, the Magnasonic consistently cuts off more of the slide frame and edges. This isn’t optional or adjustable. If you care about preserving the full image area, this is a major drawback. I thought it would be okay, but it really bothers me. I’ve attached comparison photos showing: - Magnasonic default settings - Magnasonic with +1.0 brightness - A photo taken with a Pixel 10 phone through a handheld slide viewer (pardon the dust--it's inside the viewer) These comparisons make it clear what the scanner does well (consistent, neutral capture) and where it falls short (limited dynamic range, muted color). The phone photos often look better immediately due to aggressive AI processing, while the Magnasonic scans look flatter and require more work afterward. The live preview can flicker when scanning very dark slides, which is distracting (though the saved image itself is stable). The scanner also has no clock, so every image is stamped with the same incorrect date, which creates extra cleanup work if you upload to Google Photos or care about metadata. This is not a high-quality archival scanner. It's a low-quality way to digitize family photos for funsies. Colors are muted, contrast is low, and fine detail is only average. It’s usable, but it feels outdated and cheap compared to modern imaging tools. If your goal is museum-quality scans or full-frame preservation, look elsewhere. If you just want an inexpensive, basic way to digitize slides and you’re willing to accept cropping, limited dynamic range, and extra post-processing, this scanner will do the job I guess. For the price, it's "good enough," though it's really only worth 2/3 of the price, IMO. I don't think I'll send it back, but I wouldn't recommend it. I'll probably still end up getting my best slides processed by a professional scanning service.

Does the job nicely. It's quick and pretty accurate. It does cut off a little bit of the 35mm slide but not enough to make much difference. Transferring the images to my Mac is easy and quick. The internal memory only holds around 15 images but after transferring them it's easy to delete the memory and start again. I wouldn't use it much for editing the images. Just transfer to your computer and use your editing software for that. The only quirk I noticed is that when a slide is very dark, the screen flickers like it's about to crap out but once you remove that slide everything goes back to normal. This probably isn't for a professional but it's great for average home use to convert your slides.

Easy to configure and use. I had good results scanning old 35mm slides.

We've been using this to scan old photo negatives for a couple months now, slowly working through our collection of old photos. It works quite well; easy to use, way cheaper than a mail-in photo scanning service, and good quality. You can easily see the film grain on scanned negatives if you zoom in, and I have no complaints about color accuracy, blurriness, or other image quality issues. As for the product overall, so far I only have a few minor complaints. The biggest one is that there doesn't appear to be any way to set the date on images as you scan them. This is a pain because it means we have to go back and forth, transferring images to the computer and setting their date there for each album we scan. It would be really hard to remember which pictures were taken on which dates if we scanned multiple items and had to fix them all at once later, and leaving an incorrect date set in the photo metadata would make organization a huge mess. (Imagine scrolling through your camera reel in Google Photos, and suddenly coming across 2000 pictures all on the same, incorrect date. That'd be super annoying.) Another issue is that the film adapter had some plastic ridges on the inside that kept getting caught on the (slightly bent) film as we scanned it, preventing us from inserting the strip more than a few inches. I was able to solve that by filing down the plastic in the offending areas, but it was an annoying design flaw nonetheless. Another thing to note is that this scanner does crop off small portions of the negatives as you scan them. It's not a big deal because you can see what's getting cropped off and adjust the position before you save the photo, but for those deeply concerned about preserving all available information that might be an issue.

Fácil de usar. Boas conexões. Ótimo passatempo para escolher as fotos antigas.

Magnasonic FS71 arrived in a timely manner. Relatively easy to use. Care has to be taken with cleaning dust that gets into the scanner - the cleaning brush included with the item works reasonably well. The FS71 can be connected to a monitor - which is useful for checking how well the slide/negative will scan before saving the scan. Manual operation required - which is slow - especially if dust on slides/negatives has to be removed. Easy to transfer/copy the saved images from the FS71 to PC.

I bought this to look through some old slides that I found at my mum's house whilst clearing it out. I wanted an easy way to view a large bag of slides from the 1960s - 1980's. This is so easy to use. You put the slide in the adapter provided, and then manually push the slide through the viewer with the next slide. It's easy to change the colour and brightness if you need to. Then just 1 press will capture the image onto the SD Card for you. It's only a few seconds per scan, and they are good quality. The picture above is from 1972, I did not edit any colour balance. I think the Magnasonic has produced a brilliant image. It is cheaper than other viewers out there, but it is certainly not lacking in quality. Again, as others have said, if your source image is faded or poor, then you won't get a brilliant scan, but otherwise I have absolutely no issues with it.

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