Nikon SF-210 Auto Slide Feeder by Nikon
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Digital camera reviews of Nikon SF-210 Auto Slide Feeder
Digital camera Review: works for me :-)
Summary: 4 Stars
When I bought the SF-210, I was fully prepared to hate it. The only thing I would hate more was to sit there and feed the scanner slide after slide after slide. (I had a big project for which I had to scan many slides.)
So I DID buy the SF-210 in spite of all the negative reviews because it is the only slide feeder for the coolscan. I actually read the manual and took some time adjusting the "feeder adjustment plate." I found that as long as I only scanned cardboard slides in good shape, it worked well. I also went ahead and built up the upper edge with some tape like another reviewer recommended (=where the slides to be scanned are resting). The occasional plastic slide I fed manually. Once I had this "after-market improvement" done, it went great.
The manual warns not to use slides with labels on them - all my slides are labeled. It still worked, although I did make sure that no sticky corners were showing. Also, I used the settings one reviewer suggested and tweaked all batch scans to a DEE of 25, ICE on, and Unsharp Mask off.
Maybe I was just lucky, but the project is done and the SF-210 worked well. I admit that the whole thing feels wobbly and the magazine cover is ridiculously flimsy. The reason why I think it is worth only 3 stars is this: I paid $400 for a flimsy tool, which could have been better designed. In this price range I should not have to build up the upper edge with tape (thereby preventing a second slide getting dragged into the feeder).