If you have old folks sitting quietly at home, get them this and give them something to do. Slide scanning - along with vinyl record conversion - is one of those things that our elders would love to get around to but don’t quite have the time or resources to do it correctly. This $100 Ion model, however, will let my mom and pop import those pictures they snapped at the Knudsen’s swingers party where, I suspect, I was conceived.
The kit includes two slide holders and it basically just scans in slides. It’s so cheap it’s almost disposable and it’s available now. This is a kickass birthday or holiday gift.
It scans negatives, as well as slides, so would be a great way of converting all your old film based snap-shots to digital.
I think I might get one, as doing it using my regular scanner is just too much hassle, even with the negative holder.
I am one of the “old folks” and want to buy this for my old husband, but I will pay more on another site because of the foul language used in your description.
^Hilarious.