Review Wolverine film to digital converter
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- Опубліковано 7 вер 2024
- Quick and easy way to convert your 110, 135 negatives, 135 slides and Super 8 film frames to digital. No computer needed. Just insert an SD card into the Wolverine. There is a small amount of built-in memory to allow you to scan ~40 images... no SD card necessary. You are also able use the Wolverine as a card reader and upload the scanned image files to your computer via USB cable. But you cannot scan directly to your computer.
Doesn't provide much in the way of settings other than tweaking the EV, Red, Green and Blue.
About the easiest way to convert to digital. A converted 35mm slides has the following characteristics:
- Image size: 5472 x 3648 pixels
- Image DPI: 4064
- File Size: 2.6MB
It's about $130 on Amazon.com
Can't thank you enough!! Instructions that came with product were not good and I'm so glad I found you. Have hundreds (make that thousands!) of slides & negatives and now I feel empowered!
Thanks for the clear, straight forward operation of this product. The directions that came with the Wolverine F2D Film to Digital Converter are piss poor. The following are two other important procedures that I learned through trial and error:
USB UPLOAD
-Press Convert
-Right or Left click to Home
-Press OK
-Film Type
-Right or Left click to USB UPLOAD
-Press OK
DELETE FILES FROM INTERNAL MEMORY
-Press Convert
-Right or Left click to Home
-Press OK
-Film Type
-Right or Left click to Delete All
-Press OK
-Right or Left click Yes
-Press OK
Note: The above procedures start at the last step from converting a slide to digital format.
I just bought one used and the scans of 35mm positive slides are not in focus. I opened it up and found the lens is on a threaded mount, but looks like it has been glued or at least thread-locked in place. Has anyone else dealt with one out of focus? Any tips? I may break the lens loose and see whether it can be adjusted, because it can't be used like this. Thx,
I bought the Wolverine F2D Super Plus at a yard sale, but it did not come with a tv plug, how do I get one?
I just found mine, sealed in the box, from years ago! Thank you for making this video. Can anyone tell me how it names files? Hopefully it doesn’t start over after each batch. Thanks again-
When you say 'Super 8 film frames' in the description, does that mean that if I'm patient I can do a whole reel, frame by frame? I was interested in the Wolverine Super 8 scanner but it looks like the output is extremely low quality, so I was hoping the scans from this would be better.
BarryDennen12 it scans a single frame at a time, so yes, you would have to be very patient and have a lot of time on your hands to do an entire reel
I was informed by the owner/maker of Wolverine that in order to properly scan the movie film [with their product] you must "skip" to every 7th frame and digitize it. I told him that that sounded ridiculous because one would then TOTALLY MISS the actual movements and/or precious content of one's 8mm or super8 movie film. He then replied that "no one would notice the difference". So much for professionalism.
ouch, seriously?? That is possibly the dumbest advice I'd expect to get from anyone claiming to sell a serious product.
I really cannot understand why someone has not put out a good 8mm scanner for sale yet. It's killing me, I can't afford to get it done by someone else.
you never said what kind of cable you need to connect to a tv which is very important.
Male mini plug to RCA
@@michaelerbreviews thank you!
I do not speak English, but I understood everything! Thank you!
So, between this and photoshop I can save quality digital s of my film? Is this the latest edition of this converter? Thanks.
Very low tech and time consuming but effective nonetheless. I had been looking for something like this. Thanks for the review.
elbowroomtube It's actually the fastest way I know of to scan negatives and slides. What's the alternative if you want to do it yourself vs putting everything in a box and sending it to a conversion company?
Can you zoom in and out? The last picture in your video looks like it cropped out much of the photo.
+Keith Heitzman No you can't zoom
How large are the scanned images? What is the DPI? I have a lot of slides, if I wanted to print them I would want the highest quality.
If I simply want to share online, this unit looks great, and the images are RGB.
+April P Converted 35mm slides have the following characteristics:
- Image size: 5472 x 3648 pixels
- Image DPI: 4064
- File Size: 2.6MB
Thanks!
Great review thank you! Any suggestion on slides that are mounted in the metal (Al) slide frames with glass? I'm guessing I'll need to remove each one from the slide itself as they are thicker than a plastic/cardboard slide?
+Michael M I don't have any to check. If they are close, they may fit.
It looks as if it crops out parts of the photo.
Does it do that? Or is it just me?
Hi, I just bought a similar film scanner. I noticed the scanned images of my film negatives have a yellow cast. Probably the condition of my negatives are not good. There is only so much you can do with the RGB controls. Any suggestions how to remove / minimise the yellow cast in the scanned images? :)
Any worthwhile photo editing software or app will have the ability to adjust color cast issues. For instance, Photoshop or an open source option could be GIMP. There are many others options.
@@michaelerbreviews Thank you for the suggestion. I'll give it a try :)
well done
Thank you!
My pleasure. Hope I've gained a new subscriber.
how do you prepare the 35mm color negatives? do they have to be cut in a dark room or can they be prepared in a lit room?
+sweetlovesing 35mm film is usually cut into strips when you get them from the processor. You slide the strip into the holder. If you are using 35mm slides, you just insert them right in the slide holder.
+Reviews, Tutorials & Tech so that means i have to get the films processed at a professional shop before i can scan them with this scanner???
+sweetlovesing Yes that is correct
would this be good to do microfilm for genealogy?
You've had it for five years... did it last? Would you buy this model or brand again?
Jackie Peyton I acquired it for a project which was finished quite a while ago. Yes it worked well for my purpose. I haven’t used it since because I haven’t needed to use it. But if I needed to do another project similar to the last one, yes I wouldn’t hesitate to use this again.
@@michaelerbreviews ... Thanks for the follow-up! :-)
So this only saves in 8 bit jpeg, right?
What about a similar scanner for 120 slides or negatives? It would be super. :-)
There is one. Wolverine has this one amzn.to/2ROJJQc
@@michaelerbreviews thank you
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Hello!
Sorry if my idea of film and all this stuff is completely off, but after watching this, I am definitely purchasing one for my dad's birthday seeing as he is so in love with his film.
Trying to not give the gift away by asking him so many film questions because he might grasp that im getting him a film related birthday present, but if I could ask you
Do I need to go to the effort of making a dark room or like buying chemicals???
If I DO NOT NEED to print the film but just keep it digitally? Like do I need to develop film as soon as I take it out of the camera after its done? Im really confused.
Because for his birthday, I most likely would like to email him photo's from a recent trip he never got around to 'developing'???? Not familiar with this film stuff so not sure if terminology I am using is right? But If I wanted to 'develop' it,
Would I just need to get the film from the camera,
Operate this film scanner,
Get the negative and select the negative film option and then its done?????
OR does something need to be done to the film after I take it out of the camera?
People always say film gives a great effect, is this due to the actual camera and the film OR is this meant by the whole developing side of it and putting stuff in chemicals??? LOL I am so sorry if this is the dumbest question you have been asked but thank you because I will be purchasing this!!!!
Thanks and sorry for the dumb question
+Tam Sal This only works with processed film. It does not require a darkroom, chemicals, etc. You can use it with film, slides or negatives.
how do you convert direct to computer
john alper You don't. That's the whole point to this. You put a memory card in it and conversions go directly to the card, no computer necessary.
+Stephen Sheie I am pretty sure this scanner has a certain amount of internal memory so you can scan to that, then transfer to a computer via the USB cable. I know the 7 in 1 Wolverine claims to be able to hold 40 images to internal memory.
+Reviews, Tutorials & Tech Ok, thanks. Maybe that's an old version? The "Wolverine F2D Super 20MP 4-in-1 Film to Digital Converter" advertised on Amazon claims to have internal storage of about 40 images and USB interface to computer. smile.amazon.com/Wolverine-Digital-Converter-Convert-seconds/dp/B00RD8MDIE/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1450319841&sr=8-2
+Gary Lewis I misspoke. You are right.
+Stephen Sheie The Wolverine has a limited amount of built-in memory capable of holding about 40 images. The Wolverine will also act as a card reader so it is able to upload the scanned images to your computer via the USB cable. It will not scan directly to your computer however.
How much did you spend? Do you think there is a better one for the same price?
+Andrew Seymour You should be able to find this for around $100. There's not much else to choose from that I am aware of.
price in US $...?
About $130 from Amazon.com
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Piece of crap! After hours of trying to get this POC to work I threw it in the trash. One more gadget to take people's money!
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Piece of crap! After hours of trying to get this POC to work I threw it in the trash. One more gadget to take people's money!
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For the price it worked for me with results that were good enough. Of course if you are expecting perfection at this price, good luck.