ISC31 iPics 2 Go Photo Slide and Negative Scanner for iPhone 4/4S

The iPics2go is really great for people that have progressed with technology but still have a shoebox of negatives from the "old days" when they used 35mm film. Or people that inherited said shoebox filled with slides from their parents.The colors are a little dull but it is still really great and doesn't need to be plugged in. It uses batteries so you can move around your house as you're "scanning". I use the quotations around scanning because you're only taking a picture with your iPhone, not really scanning. Now i will try to explain the magic! The iPics2go uses a light to illuminate your image inside a tray placed in a box. From there, you place your phone in a holder to keep your phone steady and placed directly above your image. Due to this, you're limited to the quality (which is pretty awesome) of your iPhone's camera. You can also download the free app you need to convert your negative images to positive images.So far the only drawback, for me, has been time and the fact that you cannot do 5x7" photos. The time is obvious, every image need to be placed in the holder and centered before clicking your phone (duh!). I was hoping, even though it did not specify on the box, that I could find a way to do all my 5x7" pics. No! Short of trimming the actual photos there is no way to use this device with 5x7" images. *sigh*All said and done, this is a really nifty device! Very worth the $29.99 I paid for it!

I have an expensive flat-bed scanner that my wife refuses to use. She wanted to put old photos online and I caught her using her iphone to take pictures of the pictures. They wouldn't behave and she had glare issues. I bought her this light box and it greatly improved the picture quality due to the even lighting inside. For what this is, it is an excellent deal and works great. We didn't test slides, just prints.

I lime this concept however, I was disappointed in the quality of the scans. Basically what this device does is it takes a picture of your negative, slide or print unfortunately when I scanned negatives and slide, they are not sharp (somewhat out of focus) and they pick up a lot of grain. The software could use noise reduction capabilities.When I scanned color negatives, the color was way off. It looked like I shot them with a toy camera and no amount of photoshop work could restore them to acceptable results.Black and white negatives ended red and color prints had glare and hot spots on the.One footnote is that I did get pretty decent results scanning Kodachrome slides.

First, no matter whether your iPhone has a white balance feature or not, NOTHING can correct poor raw data. The first slides I sent through have mostly a cool, blue tone to them (general color temp of the 6 leds inside). So no matter how beautiful the spectrum of color a slide may have, you will not be able to capture it. And any adjustment in an editing photo program afterward -so little it can do.This did the purchase in, and I was expecting SO little to begin with.What got me to return it even faster? The sharpness is pretty bleak. I wasn't expecting even okay definition from great slides!!!Thirdly, when I put in some standard photos in the supplied frames, one of them casts a shadow along one edge. Nothing you can do about that. Lastly, in using the neg/slide tray, there is no guide to help the opposing end to stick out of the scanner. You send it in and you literally have to wave it around like a bat for it find the support slot (you end-up having to peer in and try to line it up). Once finding the slot, you have to give it a hardy push-slap to get it through because it is too tight. What a hassle.I think if Ion had used two different kinds of light (the slides reproductions have significant low-high light imbalances irregardless of original also), this "box" may have been worth it. That and a little extra plastic for a guide to help the slide tray. Three little extra considerations would have made this albeit cheaply priced gizmo worth it. But alas no. And please, downloading the software is not going to help you. The fact that in getting the app, you can also BUY an upgraded version would just add insult to injury.

First the good: Battery powered portability, LED lighting for long life, good resolution on prints. The enclosed case limits reflections that would normally be seen by just straight coping of prints in the open. Limited ability to hold prints flat during copying.Six white LED's light up the print, and shine through the slides. A white background ensures good lighting for the slides. Color reproduction is is true.Reasonable editing provided by the software, but I tend to use the iPhone's standard editor, or occasionally iPhoto as they offer more options.The bad: the resolution for slides and negatives is disappointing. The slide does not fill the screen and therefore does not take full advantage of the iPhone's excellent optics and pixel count, which was my interest. Also, slides have to be entered one at a time, so the system not for high production work.I add it to my list of "also ran" slide coping devices. So far, I'm only happy with lens adapters for my SLR.This is strictly compatible with iPhone 4/4s. Future phone form factors may not be compatible.