Kodak Slide N Scan Review

You have a lot of slides and negatives to scan and wonder if one of those inexpensive slide “scanners” will do a good enough job. In this video Charlie Sattgast compares the Wolverine Titan and Kodak Slide N Scan slide/negative converters against two scans done on an Epson V600 flatbed scanner.
Note that the Slide N Scan is designed to handle 35 mm slides with standard paper frames. If you have 35 mm slides with plastic frames that are thicker than standard paper frames the Slide N Scan is not designed to feed thicker slide frames through the unit.

[jmcgover]

I was trying to decide between wolverine and kodak. Wish I had found your video earlier 😮‍💨. Great video!

[jscott]

Thank you, Charlie. This was one of the best reviews I've watched. There are a number of scanner units. You've helped me understand both the units but helped me consider that the choice depends greatly on my goals for using the photos once the slides are scanned. Great comparison information and your recommendations were perfect for me.

[joetanner]

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This may be theee best presentation I've seen for any product on YouTube.

Love the olde photos, too. Absolute time capsules.
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[jessietrotter]

Thanks for the review info, Charlie! Right now it's available on Amazon for $169 for those who are contemplating purchasing one.

[melindastaley]

I purchased a Kodak Slide N Scan and completely agree with your final assessments. While the quality is not as good as my HP flatbed scanner, It does a pretty good job. The ease and quickness of use outweighs the loss of fine resolution for most photos. I was able to digitize about 10 boxes of slides in only a couple of hours, and without all of the hours of painful screeching of the flatbed in my ears. If any of the photos were important enough to warrant a higher resolution touch I could use the flatbed for them. Some simple editing in Photoshop Elements was able to improve the lighting of areas that weren't as bright as I wanted - the good thing was that the resolution was there to be able to bring them out. I did find that this was the best way to improve the lighting on them rather than using the exposure adjustments on the scanner itself which tended to blow out the lighter areas in teh process. Some other things I like about it - it comes with a cleaning brush to keep the imaging area tidy if some dust particles get in there while using it. I found that they were easily visible on the screen when they appeared and I could take care of it quickly and reimage the slide without fuss. I spend a significant amount of time cleaning up dust and scratches on images from our older scanner unfortunately. It also handles an amazing array of slide and negative sizes, and both positive and negative images give decent results. One minor thing I disliked: you can set a digital date on images as you create them, which I found helpful. But, it only goes back so far. I was working on images from the 70s and 80s, and while I could set a correct date for the more recent ones, it could not accommodate the oldest dates I was working with in this set of boxes.

[katev]

Thank you, Charlie! I recently purchased the newly released 7" model. I was initially disappointed that I had "scanned" hundreds of negatives only to find the quality inconsistent. But now I appreciate so much being able to see each frame so clearly. I can then choose which frames I want to scan on the V600. Saves a lot of guesswork and time as I narrow down what photos I really want to work with.

[myronachtman]

It's October 2024 and I just purchased the latest version of the Wolverine F2D Saturn scanner. I tested 35mm color slides, color negatives, black and white negatives and 120 color negatives. All the results were total garbage. Fortunately, I was able to return the device. Thank you Amazon.

[keithhugh]

That was a great tutorial for the Kodak "scanner". Coincidently, I already had the Epson V600 so it was a GREAT comparison. Many thanks!

[lesleyr.]

Thanks for the review. As the oldest sibling, I have the family slides and negatives. This will be a great tool to go through everything and select which ones to save and share.

[jongkim]

Great review and you provide what I needed. Thank you so much!

[mikem]

Bravo! A review with very detailed examples and explanations. Thank you!

[reneed]

Thank you for the review and for showing the same pictures scanned with each one. I like it for the viewing capability to actually kick start the selection process.

[gmagpa]

Thanks, Charlie! Good job. Glad you are feeling so much better!

[MajTom-wdyt]

Thank's a lot your review just knocked me off the fence I was on.

[poppamichael]

Thanks for taking the time and making the effort to do this and present the results. Exactly what I wanted to know. I have the Epson V700, very similar to the Epson V600 you used for comparison. But the work was sooo slooow. I gave up by the second roll. I will give the Kodak a shot. If I find a photo from 40 years ago that is worthy of a large print, I can rescan that image alone on the Epson.

[ruthiew]

Thank you for this comparison! Appreciate the detailed explanations. Now I need to learn Adobe Photoshop!

[TraciBrennan]

Thank you for a thoughtful and well balanced evaluation!

[terrifuentes]

Very helpful and informative. Appreciate you sharing the info.

[lhabig]

Thanks Charlie. Appreciate the information and clear explanations.

[qwasezeb]

Thank you! Looks like the Kodak will give me decent digital copies. Then I can find the ones I would want high-quality scans of.