7/24/2011

Kodak 4x6 Personal Photo, Slide and Negative Scanner (P461) Review

Kodak 4x6 Personal Photo, Slide and Negative Scanner (P461)
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First, I have been using scanners and photography equipment for many years and like to think that I have realistic expectations when it comes new products coming on to the market. After receiving this unit, I promptly followed all of the directions for setting the unit up and scanning my first batch of photos. After numerous trial scans and several calibrations, I have come to the conclusion that this unit will not meet any of my needs. Some of the problems that I have noted include:
1. Odd color shifts appearing in the resulting scans.
2. Very noticeable noise in resulting scans at both 300 dpi and 600 dpi.
3. It is very difficult to obtain a properly cropped photo. The auto-cropping function is particularly annoying and there are no user settings to adjust how it acts. The whole point of having a scanner like this one is minimize the post production work necessary.
4. The instructions provided leave a lot to be desired.
Some redeeming qualities include the speed at which the unit scans, which is fairly fast. The size and weight also is very appealing. Most of the descriptions of this product fail to mention that it will also work on battery power which is a great selling point if only the quality of the output was acceptable.
In conclusion, while no scanner in this class and size is going to produce the kind of scans available from a flatbed scanner, this scanner leaves of lot to be desired with the scan quality. I expected better from Kodak. I will be returning the unit and spending my money on a different option.

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Bring your shoebox of pictures into the digital world! The Kodak P461 personal photo scanner easily scans prints up to 4x6 inches as well as 35mm negatives and mounted slides, and saves them to the included memory card or your computer-ready to send to your family. The read KODAK MOMENT happens when you share. Ships with 2GB microSD card and adapter with jewel case, Kodak Easyshare software, picture transfer software with Kodak gallery ink, USB cable and accessory kit

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