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VuPoint PS-C500-VP Photo Digital Converter | 
 enlarge | Brand: Vupoint
Category: CE
List Price: $199.99
Buy New: $134.95
You Save: $65.04 (33%)
New (3) from $134.95
Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Media: Electronics
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4.3
Dimensions (in): 12.5 x 10.5 x 8
MPN: VUP PSC500VP
Model: VUP PSC500VP
UPC: 874121001891
EAN: 0874121001891
ASIN: B0013N5X28
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: Expedited shipping available
Condition: In stock. Brand new, unopened in retail packaging.
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| Features:
| • | Scan images at 5.0 Mega pixel quality | | • | Automatic color balance and exposure control | | • | Scan different photos sizes: 3"x5", 4"x6", and 5"x7" | | • | Scan high resolution images up to 1800 dpi | | • | 2.0 USB Interface |
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Product Description
VuPoint PS-C500-VP Photo Digital Scanner is able to scan images at 5.0 Mega pixel quality. With 10 bits per color channel and 1800 dpi resolution capabilities, your images will transfer with amazing clarity.The PSC500 also features automatic color balance and exposure control to make the most of all of your scanned photos. It's versatility is revealed in how many different picture sizes it is capable of scanning: 3"x5", 4"x6" and 5"x7".
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| Customer Reviews:
 limited and possibly dangerous to old photo's August 7, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
First off, let me say I am flatbed scanner impaired. I simply cannot seem to scan a bed of photo's without getting fingerprints, dust and pet hair on the bed. I spend more time cleaning the bed then scanning. Then, after I finally get a decent scan free of those things, spending more time separating and rotating the images drives me nuts. I looked at scanning old photo's as a chore that I hated. So, when I saw this, I was as excited as a kid on Christmas eve, this was the answer to my prayers!
It was short lived. First impressions- it is made of plastic and weighs about 1/2 lb, if that. It's so lightweight I'm afraid that if my cat crawled on it it would crack. I had no problem installing the driver, but chose not to install the Photoimpression 6 software it comes with as I have many others that are better. If it's connected to the computer, it's on. If you don't want it on, you have to unplug it from the computer. There's no on/off button.
The first problem came when I tried to scan an old photo from the 1970's. I have boxes of photo's from this era taken with camera's of that era--Polaroids, Brownies and Instamatics. None of these work with this scanner. The photo must slide into one of the frames (it comes with three frames of set sizes). So when I put a square photo from an old Instamatic camera into a rectangular frame, it fell out inside the scanner. Luckily, the scanner is so light I held it upside down and it fell out. I'm sure I can make some sort of frame for the frame to hold these other sized photos, but we're back to a hassle of then having to crop that out as it only scans the set sizes of the set frames.
The next issue for me came when I then went and found a correct sized photo for the frame. The frame is hard plastic. There is a slot on the top and you slide the photo through the slot and down into the frame. And when I did so, all the hairs on the back of my neck stood up as I imagined how many scratches and nicks this was causing to a 25 year old photo. I spend hours correcting image flaws just from storage in old magnetic albums and boxes, the thought of adding more damage to them trying to get them in and out of a frame was not thrilling.
I have many graphic programs that will import scanned images so I did not install the Photoimpression 6 software that was included. But when I tried importing in PSP, PS, Vue Scan, and even with the basic Scanner wizard in XP, I got not only the image, but the frame that held it as well. The screen shots in the users manual didn't have the frame showing so I then went back and installed PhotoImpression. For some reason I don't get, using this software does remove the frame from the finished image. But it sure would be easier to have it import into the program I use to fix and scrap with.
Bottom line is that all those photo's taken for decades prior to my first 35mm camera, will still have to be scanned on a basic flatbed. And those from the eras which are finally of the right size, I'm not scratching trying to get them in and out of the frame. I'm sending it back.
 This is Great!!! April 28, 2008
15 out of 16 found this review helpful
I have boxes and boxes of photographs, and I've had the intention of trying to organize them into photo albums/scrapbooks. The only problem with scrapbooking is that it's so time consuming, and pictures have to be sized and framed manually if they're not digital. I started to research services that you send your prints to for scanning and converting. You ship to them, and they,in turn, ship them to places like India and Costa Rica, to name a few, for processing, at a range of about $.19 to $.29 per print.
I ordered this hoping it would be user friendly and do what it says, since I have never used a typical flatbed scanner. It is and it does! The images are excellent, and it does come with it's own photo editing software, although I prefer Picasa. This is a neat gadget and it's now my favorite part of digital scrapbooking and photobook making! I couldn't be happier with it, and I hope it lasts a long time, since I've got years of prints to convert! If you're into digital scrapbooking or organizing, this photo converter is for you.
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