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The average user of the Wolverine F2D200 is really happy with the product, even though most of them agree that the image quality isn’t top notch. Users like that you can get this scanner up and running in minutes and the scanning time is fast, we’re talking seconds. One reviewer scanned 1600 photos in 15 hours, which would be impossible with a regular scanner. I also think this quote from a user says a lot about how you should view this scanner:
For photos that are only going to be viewed on a computer monitor or as 4×6 or 5×7 photos, this thing is amazing. If you are a professional, looking to create image files for commercial purposes, this is not your scanner.
If the reason you want to scan your film negatives or slides is to make big enlargements or to restore them you’ll likely be disappointed with this scanner. But if you’re like many of the happy reviewers and just want to get your boxes of old slides onto the computer fast without spending lots of money you won’t find more bang-for-the-buck than this scanner.
Many users point out that with this scanner you can expect to do some basic image and color correction on your computer, as many users has had their scans come out with a slight color cast or being too dark or too bright. Students of Photo Restoration School learn how to fix these problems in seconds using totally free software, so consider joining! Out of 238 reviews the Wolverine F2D200 scanner has recieved an average rating of 4 stars out of 5, which is much due to the ease of use and the great price.
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I’ve just spent a MONTH trying to solve the defects of the images that the Wolverine created. I’m not sure why their machine is designed to CHANGE the colors – more red and yellow, less blue and green than is actually in the slides – nor why make multiple images that put SOME of the lights and darks on each of the seven images that the machine ‘can make’ (so then we have to spend hours per slide, blending the Wolverine images back together again in Photoshop) , instead of ONE image that, like the RAW images in halfway decent digital cameras, holds at least most of the light-to-dark range in old slides and negatives.
I agreed to do a bit of digitalization for $400 … which turned out to be considerably less than the minimum wage, just trying to get ‘OK’ images.
If you can POSSIBLY afford to get better machinery, do it! Even if you don’t really see what the serious problems with those Wolverine machines are, there are people looking at those images who will see that they are NOT very good.
Clara, many thanks for sharing your experience of the Wolverine. I’m sorry your photos didn’t turn out ok, but you’re not alone with having this problem with the Wolverine. I agree with you that it’s often worth it to spend more on either a better scanner or on letting a professional company scan your photos. You’ll save lots of headaches that way.
Thank you for your reply, Dan… I’m deeply appreciative of anyone who’s willing to ‘hear the other side of the story.’
Post-Wolverine photos eventually did turn out ‘OK,’ but only after doing things like using Photoshop CS4 to ‘blend’ many layers of both the Wolverine ‘positives’ and the Photoshop ‘negativization’ of the Wolverine negatives… and for quite a few of the images, things like adding layer after layer of color after I’d removed the black and white with ‘Color to Alpha’ in GNU’s ‘Image Manipulation’ software, etc., etc.. Hours and hours working on almost every slide – if anything like that ever comes my way again, I’ll spend the money to buy the equipment to get my (very good) Canon lens to focus closely enough so I can just photograph them as RAW images.
Why does Wolverine distort the colors of old slides? Why do they make equiment that devastates beautiful old photos?