Wolverine Titan Photo Negative / Slide Scanner Digital Converter Review - F2DTITAN

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VIDEO INDEX:
00:52 - Hardware overview and price
01:08 - Supported film formats
01:41 - Ports and connectors
02:06 - Memory card limitations
02:29 - Loading and scanning film
03:30 - Selecting film type
03:41 - 8mm movie scanning
04:15 - Cleaning brush
04:29 - Super fast workflow
05:10 - Adjusting image brightness and color
06:10 - Scanning color film
06:51 - Image quality of scans
09:42 - Conclusion and final thoughts
I was excited to try this device out - especially given how arduous the process of archiving old photos from negatives can be. I have tried flatbed scanner trays and negative scanners hooked up to my PC and have never been pleased with the workflow. The scanners themselves are very slow and the software tools aren't much faster.
What I like about the Wolverine is that it's as simple as placing a negative in the tray, positioning it in realtime on the display and pushing a button. The photo is scanned to the SD card. Simple as that. It's even possible to slide the negatives through the tray while it's in the device to quickly bring in a strip of photos. From a workflow perspective I loved it.
The problem comes when the images are brought over to your PC or tablet device. The image quality is lackluster at best. I've found that the color scans have a bias towards green, so I had to make adjustments in software after the fact to get a better balance of color. It's possible to do that on the device itself but it requires bouncing back and forth inside the interface making fine tuning adjustments difficult.
The on board display does not do a very good job of accurately representing the image either. Images that looked nicely exposed and well balanced in their color ended up being either too dark or too light with a greenish tint on every image.
Also disappointing are the heavy compression artifacts visible in the images post-scan. This is most noticeable with images that have a lot of fine detail. It may not look so bad scrolling through a Facebook feed but making any kinds of prints from these images (or cropping and zooming in on particular sections) will undoubtedly lead to disappointment. It does not allow any "zooming in" to a particular portion of the frame - the entire frame is captured on each scan.
There is no way to force the device to capture uncompressed files unfortunately so you're stuck with whatever JPEG compression they are using. It makes finer adjustments in software problematic as doing things like adjusting shadows and highlights will only draw more attention to these compression artifacts.
I was really torn on what score to give this device. From an enthusiast's perspective it's a no-go despite the awesome workflow. But for its target audience I think it actually accomplishes the goal of making negative or slide scanning quick and easy. A little fine tuning of the tint in software results in an image that's passable for sharing on your phone or favorite social media platform. Just don't expect archive quality here.
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