Windows 10: Maplin Gadget Compact Film and Slide Scanner

Used in the last couple of years, this no longer seems accessible. How do I update it to work.

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Maplin Film and slide scanner N16JA

Hello,

I have a Maplin N16JA 5Mp Film & slide scanner.

This worked ok with Vista 32 bit, however I have recently upgraded my laptop to Windows 10.

I have reinstalled Arcsoft Mediaimpression 2 that came with the scanner. Everything seems ok until I try and acquire a slide from the scanner. Program tries to configure the scanner, then I get a message " an error has occurred and the program has stopped".
Close the program.

When I looked for the scanner in device manager I find that it is a camera, however the resolution of this camera is not of 5Mp, so when I use the camera to take the slides the quality is very poor.

I have tried running the program as Win7 and Vista 32 bit as well as XP, but the results are the same.

Any ideas how I can get it to work again, or maybe use the full resolution of the scanner as a camera.

Thank you.

 

Slide/Film Scanner

I have a Digitech Xc 4881 slide/film scanner which worked perfectly with earlier Windows. With Windows 10 all seems ok until I click aquire from photo scanner and I get the message Scanner is not connected. Windows 10 does not seem to recognise the USB of
the scanner. I have tried both USB ports and tried to add scanner device with no luck. The scanner was purchased in 2014 and even so it may no longer be supported by Digitech. Could it be a driver issue? I have tried everything I know without success.

 

Converting old film slide negatives to positive ?

Lol....

Yes I bought a Chinese film slide scanner from Amazon which unfortunately had the usual 5 or 6 pages of gibberish instructions, but with the help of a tech savvy neighbour who immediately binned it had it running in about 5 minutes.

It works quite well and pleased with the results but found it difficult to get the contrasts right so it's a bit too harsh in places.

Edit: The link is showing the wrong pic should be the £49 one here not the bottom link....

DIGITNOW! Slide Scanner Convert 35mm Negative Film Accessories

DIGITNOW! 10MP Film Scanner, 35mm Negative/Slide/Photo High Resolution Scanner,Photo/Name Card/Film to Digital Converter for Save in SD Card: Amazon.co.uk: Computers Accessories