Jumbl High-Resolution 22MP All-In-1 35mm Film Scanner/Converter | Best Product 2014

Jumbl High-Resolution 22MP All-In-1 35mm Film Scanner/Converter

CUSTOMER REVIEW



I had been using the first version of this scanner - Jumbl High-Resolution 14MP Scanner/Digitizer since February, It's an impressive machine and when I was offered a review sample of this version I agreed to evaluate it to see what improvements had been made.



Basically, this is the same scanner with expanded capabilities. It adds the ability to scan more film negative formats (110, 126, 127, and Super 8 slides and negatives.) I did not test those because I did not have any available, but tests of slides show about the same performance that the original version provided, down to SD card capacity maximum and enhancement features. The new speed loaders that come with this do cut down on scanning times for some media.



One thing I want to note is the basic scanning engine in this device is 14MP. It can go to 22MP in a virtual manner by using software to interpolate and enhance images. In my experience 14MP is more than sufficient resolution, but you can try both and decide for yourself.



Instead of regurgitating the product description I'll provide some real life experience with this scanner. SInce all I had on hand were slides I test ran a few to see if there was any difference in that operation between this and the earlier version. There was not. Here are some findings: you can process about sixteen slides per eighteen minutes assuming that you do a little color and brightness tweaking on each. That is almost three times faster than the old model thanks to the speed loaders that now ship with this one.



If you are the sort who has a large collection of slides and wants to know the breakeven point between the cost of having a service scan your media or do it yourself, the average price for an outside service is in the 22-25 cent range per slide. If you need to scan over 500 slides this becomes the best value (assuming that the value of your time is not factored into the equation.) That is for slides - I did not check the cost of the other media this device will scan.



Note: the SD slot will support cards up to 32GB. At 14MP you can scan a little over 6500 slides, and at 22MP about 4100. That's a lot of slides considering that 32GB SD cards are in the twenty-five dollar range at the time of this review.



Basically, if you have heirloom photos in the formats that this scanner supports it is a relatively easy and inexpensive way to digitize them. I've owned the first version for over five months and it has been a rock solid performer. I expect the same or better from this one.