I'm up bright and early this morning to tell you about an amazing gadget that anyone with a dusty old shoebox full of 35mm film negatives will love.

It's a USB Negative And Slide Scanner that converts old negatives and slides into digital images with a click of a button.

Oh what fun you'll have when you wade through the long forgotten family photograph archives and breathe new life into wedding photos, birthday parties and holiday snaps.

Simply plug the Negative Scanner into a PC or laptop (it doesn't need mains power or batteries), slip a strip of negatives or a slide into the holder, push it through and the image will appear on the screen. Aaaargh! It's Aunt Mabel in her bikini, Butlin's 1984!

Wait a few seconds for the software to adjust the back light and colour balance and then press the scan button. Before you know it you'll have a 5MP digital copy of your original photo ready to be cropped, edited and printed.

A fantastic gift for anyone who took photos before the advent of the digital camera.

Available from Firebox priced £79.95.



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