Ion Audio delivers nonaudio product, Slides 2 PC film scanner

(Credit: Ion Audio)

At this point, it's safe to assume that most of your photo collection is digital and stored on your computer and (hopefully) a backup disk or two. But what about those boxes of slides sitting at the bottom of your closet (or in your parents' basement) that are slowly but surely fading and yellowing as the years progress? Now, you could go out and easily drop a $1,000 on a film scanner from Nikon, or you could go out and grab Ion Audio's Slides 2 PC scanner for $100. Its 5-megapixel (1800dpi) scanner will leave you with 2,592x1,680-pixel files. Ion Audio (you know, the PC turntable and miscellaneous audio peripheral maker) touts the scanner's four-glass optical element along with automatic exposure and color balance to deliver accurate scans. It throws in a photo editing app from ArcSoft in case you still want to make tweaks. Included in the kit are two slide trays, each of which holds three slides at a time, and a negative tray. With a single USB connection and one-touch scanning, you might be able to set your folks up with this thing with the expectation of fielding only a minimal amount of tech support calls.

(Via Everything USB)

[marcther]

I bought one 6 months ago and have spent days (I'm a retired photographer- teaching photography) trying to get some support. Maybe the Ion company made a big mistake putting those gadget on the market. I was able to find the manufacturer in China without getting an answer. Amazon tried to help me without success. I have a piece of plastic between the filter in front of the CCD and I want to take it apart at my own risk and try to fix it. I bought it at 79.00$ US and paid over 180.00$ by the time it reached me in CANADA, Exchange, UPS, Customs, etc.
My advise Stay away for the product, poor quality ans bad service.
Buy a cheap 2 MP camera and photograph you slides in a window and you'll get a better result.

[RowerC2]

It's reviews like this that drive me crazy. I purchased an Ion Slides2PC a week or so ago, and finally installed it. Other than going to the Ion Audio website to obtain the 64 bit driver update this product works more than fine.

I managed to digitize all of my parents' slides and the auto correction/adjustment by the provided software really works, and the photos turn out as well as you can expect them to.

This piece of equipment is quite easy to use, and requires no fancy user support.

I totally disagree with the above review.