Magnasonic All-in-One 25MP Film Scanner (FS70)

I'm saying this up front: This is NOT intended for Professional use. It is designed for the home user. My buying decisions of particular items are basically based on a combination of A) overall rating, B) number of reviews (both positive and negative). and C) the knowledge that some negative reviews can be the result of inexperience or impatience. I am retired from a very technical profession so I am not an impulse buyer, and do some research before making any buying decision. Very recently due to a death in the family I come into posession of some well-preserved slides, negatives, and photos of my father and his service in the South Pacific during WWII. This acquisition reminded me that I have an extensive collection of the same from my own career, thus my looking into a method of digitizing them (My old View-Master Pana-Vue 2 battery-powered slide viewer certainly is not up to the task). After much online comparison of ratings, prices, features, and design I decided on this MAGNASONIC 25MP Film Scanner with HDMI. The unit arrived on time and in undamaged condition. Included accessories are as advertised, and I appreciated the inclusion of the 35mm (135) slide and negatives tray and the cleaner tool. Other included accessories are the 8mm and Super8 film and 110 slide inersts, a good hard copy User Manual, and a USB/USBc power/data cable. The User Manual is excellent for learning the unit operation, and the accessories I used work as advertised, though the unit software does allow Menus for Film Type (35mm, 110, 8mm, Super8), Resolution (13MP/25MP), USB Upload (to your PC), Format SD, Language, and Date and Time (for metadata). Notes on use: 1. Press the Power Button for about 3 seconds to turn on the unit, and a brief press to turn it off. 2. When in a Menu (for example FILM) use the RIGHT Button to navigate to your selection/adjustment. The Left Button will only return you to the Menu page. For the $130 price this unit is worth it, and I highly recommend!

I just bought this Magnasonic All-in-One 25MP Film Scanner (FS70). I’ve been already using the Magnasonic All-in-One 24MP Film Scanner (FS71) for about a year. They are priced the same, so I was curious what the difference might be. The first image I posted is from the FS70, the second from the FS71. There are some differences in the scans. The new 25MP version seems to do a better job of automatically setting the exposure correctly and just looking at the full image without zooming the images look a bit sharper on the newer 25MP version. Strangely though when you zoom in you start to notice what I would call smearing or something to that effect, especially noticeable in black & white images. But you must really be pixel peeping to notice. When zooming in on the images on the 24MP version they look a bit sharper. It's an odd phenomenon. Like I said, looking at a full-size image side by side the newer 25MP looks cleaner and sharper. It may have to do with a better multi-element lens. Overall, I would recommend this, the newer 25MP, over the older 24MP version, just because it handles auto exposure better. With the older version I find myself constantly adjusting brightness setting, I don’t have to as much with the 25MP version. One caution, I noted a few slides that were badly unexposed looked fine on the screen but did not properly scan. Those scans look like a pink blob. Now I just check the image immediately after scanning a “thick” (dark) slide or neg just to make sure it scanned properly. I also should add I could find no difference in sharpness when scanning at the 13MP (2752x4128 pixels) or 25MP (4080x6112 pixels) settings. You simply get a larger image via interpolation when setting to 25MP, but if you want to save hard drive space you won’t lose anything by scanning at the 13MP setting. These scans don’t compare to a dedicated high-quality film-slide scanner, but then again, this method of scanning is way faster and the images produced do a fine job if all you’re going to do with the image is post to the web or social media.

This is one of the best and easiest slide and negative duplicates I ever had.

Very simple, good quality, scans quickly. It worked out very well for me, I have scanned all my slides and some stills from 8mm film. I don't know what to do with the scanner now, I've copied everything.

Very handy tool for scanning those old negatives from photos long lost and still having negatives I made the leap. Not high res like iPhone has made us expect but gets the job done with all diff size templates included! Cute and friendly on desktop uses regular usb charger power. Larger scan size isn’t higher res so regular size scan is good enough. A real treasure to recover lost family history without having to mail away and waste in bad shots. Can review and capture what you value.

I decided to order after reading at least a dozen positive Amazon reviews on this scanner. In hindsight, most of them were about the ease of use, with a few photo quality comments. From my perspective the unit produces low quality scanned images. One reviewer stated the scan quality didn't matter whether 13 or 25 mm resolution was selected...and they're right, they both look bad. I compared some scanned images with 8x10 print enlargements made directly from the slide, the enlargement quality far exceeded the scan quality. Personally, I think the unit doesn't changes resolution, I think it's just coded to move the check mark on the display. This "scanner" appears to be nothing but a very poor quality digital camera in a housing that holds the slide and takes a very poor quality picture. A good quality comparison would be to compare the picture quality from a disposable camera to that of a medium priced digital camera. If you're used to looking at poor quality slides, this will make it worse.

Bought this as a gift for a family member to scan in old family photographs. We were able to connect it to the TV and see the images on the TV screen as we scanned them. Super fun stories and conversations while digitizing. Win, win! Very easy to use!

It’s a toy. Clunky interface. Cheap feeling. Film adapters stick. Not easy to use. Just all-around frustrating.

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A bit clunky and takes some getting used to. Not a tool for massive amounts of pics, but it does the job. How you store and index the results is another matter! Although I have thrown away those bulky prints (boxes of 'em!) I HAVE kept the original negatives. Ah yes, all annotated when they were taken!

Great little slide scanner, scanned many slides and works very well

simple, efficace, couleurs bien rendues.

J'en ai eu deux autres avant acheter ailleurs qu'ici. L'un n'a jamais fonctionner l'autre donnait des résultats assez moyens. J'aime bien celui ci car il est simple d'utilisation et il a une très belle dimension d'écran. Les accessoires sont discutables car ils sont assez fragiles (à voir à l'usage) et ne recouvrent pas l'entièreté d'un négatif, ce qui peut vite viré à l'accident. Les résultats? J'avais un négatif de 35 mm de mon mariage, j'ai scanner quelques photos, à 25 Mpx .... C'est quand même pas bluffant ...¨Par rapport à l'originale, l'originale est mieux et plus nette... N'en déplaisent à ceux qui prétendent que cet appareil est fabuleux. A la rigueur, c'et parce que ça prend + de temps, mon scanner epson fait mieux .... Mais cet appareil va me servir pour dupliquer numériquement mes anciennes photos et aussi récupérer celles qui avaient été perdues ou abimées mais dont j'avais les négatifs ..... Ni bon, ni mauvais... mais dépanne pour certaines choses.