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Somikon SD-1700, 3200 dpi film, 700 dpi photo, 1.1 kg review

The only scanner here that publishes a dpi figure for film and another for prints — 3200 and 700 — with three holders, an HDMI output and a battery.

The bottom line Three thousand two hundred dpi for film and 700 for prints, published separately alongside a distinguished 14-to-22 MP interpolation, with three holders, a brush, a battery, an HDMI output and the ability to scan an album page in place — 242 €. It is the heaviest here, its 110 and 126 holders cost extra, and it removes no dust.

On the listing

Five dense bullets. An HDMI output for live preview and editing on a television, named for slides, negatives, photographs and newspaper cuttings, with a 5-inch LCD, a 14 MP sensor interpolated to 22 MP, digitising without a computer and scanning photographs glued into an album; a standalone 3-in-1 SD-1700 with one holder each for slides with and without frames at 5 by 5 cm, 135 negative film and loose photographs at 9 by 13 and 10 by 15 cm, a scan speed of about 15 frames a minute, resolutions of 4416 by 2944 for film and 3280 by 2208 for photographs, and lighting by 3 white LEDs for negatives and 24 for prints; scanning by simply placing it down, also for 110 and 126 film with holders ordered separately, a 0.5-second preview, sampling quality of 3200 dpi for film and 700 dpi for photographs, automatic or manual lighting, and image transfer by USB to a PC, notebook or television; a large 5-inch IPS colour display, no computer needed, storage to SD or SDHC up to 32 GB, a 14 MP CMOS sensor interpolated to 22 MP, JPEG format, automatic colour balance, an HDMI output and dimensions of 20.9 by 18.2 by 16.2 cm at 1.1 kg with battery; and a contents list of the scanner, slide holder, negative holder, base plate with photo holder, battery, USB power supply, USB cable, HDMI cable, cleaning brush and German manual.

Three thousand two hundred for film, seven hundred for paper

Two jobs, two figures, published. A negative needs enormous magnification; a print does not. One headline number would have to lie about one of them.

Fourteen megapixels, interpolated to twenty-two

Stated as two numbers rather than one. Interpolation adds pixels, not detail, and two pages on this shelf say so — this and the 103 € Rollei.

It sits on the album

Twenty-four LEDs light from the front for a glued-in photograph or a newspaper cutting. The album stays bound, which for brittle paper is the whole point.

Three holders, and the two that are not here

Slides, negatives, prints — itemised. One hundred and ten and 126 film need holders ordered separately.

One point one kilograms, and an HDMI socket

The heaviest machine on this shelf, and the only one that will put a preview on a television.

Availability

Between 242 € and 260 € on the German and Italian Amazon stores when this page was last checked.

Listed in the British, French and Spanish Amazon catalogues with nothing on sale against the entry: the camera has a page there and no seller behind it.

Nothing came back from the American Amazon store at all, so the button for that country runs a search instead of opening an entry that is not there.

Everything in this section is the figure Keepa carried on the day of the last update to this page. Availability and prices shift without notice.

Prices quoted in this text were read on 13 September 2026. The live price is at the top of the page.

What it does well, and what it gives up

Strengths

  • Separate published dpi figures for film and prints, 3200 and 700, with the interpolation distinguished
  • Three holders, a brush, a battery and an HDMI output, all itemised
  • Scans photographs still glued in an album by sitting on top of them

Compromises

  • One point one kilograms, the heaviest machine on this shelf
  • The 110 and 126 holders must be ordered separately
  • A 32 GB card ceiling, and the card is not included

Specifications

Optical resolutionTWO FIGURES, and it is the only page on this shelf to give either properly: 3200 dpi for film and 700 dpi for photographs, in the third bullet. Two numbers are correct rather than untidy — a negative is 36 mm wide and needs high sampling, a 10 by 15 cm print is fifteen times wider and needs far less. The same bullet publishes the resulting pixel counts: 4416 by 2944 for film, 3280 by 2208 for prints, and separates the 14 MP sensor from its 22 MP interpolation
Formats acceptedThe widest range here: 135 negatives; slides both mounted and unmounted at 5 by 5 cm; and loose photographs at 9 by 13 and 10 by 15 cm — including, per the third bullet, PHOTOGRAPHS STILL GLUED IN AN ALBUM and newspaper cuttings, scanned by placing the machine on top of them. Film types 110 and 126 need holders ordered separately
Holders suppliedTHREE, itemised in the second bullet: one for slides with and without frames, one for 135 negative film, and a base plate with a photo holder. The fifth bullet adds a cleaning brush, a battery, a USB power supply, a USB cable, an HDMI cable and a German manual
Bit depthNot published. A 14 MP CMOS sensor is named, and its depth is not
Dust removal methodNone, beyond the supplied cleaning brush. As on the 195 € HP here, that is prevention rather than subtraction
Output formatsJPEG, in the fourth bullet, to an SD or SDHC card up to 32 GB — card not included — or over USB to a PC, a notebook or even a television with a USB socket
Scan speedPUBLISHED: about 15 frames a minute, in the second bullet, with a 0.5-second preview. Fifteen a minute is four seconds a frame — slower than the under-two-seconds of the 130 € Reflecta, and the only other speed figure on this shelf
Amazon referenceB0BKLQ2KSL (same reference on 5 Amazon marketplaces)
EAN4022107402446

What people ask before they commit

Why publish two resolutions?

Because two jobs need different sampling. A 36 mm negative has to be magnified enormously, so 3200 dpi across it yields 4416 pixels; a 10 by 15 cm print is already large, so 700 dpi gives 3280 pixels and nothing is lost. A single headline figure would flatter one job and mislead about the other, and this is the only page on this shelf that refuses to do that.

How does it scan a photograph in an album?

By sitting on it. The third bullet describes placing the scanner over glued-in photographs and newspaper cuttings, with 24 white LEDs lighting from the front — where negatives are lit from behind by three. It means an album stays intact, which for anything old enough to be brittle is the difference between digitising it and destroying it.

Is 1.1 kg a problem?

It is the price of the flatbed-like function. The machine has to carry a base plate, a photo holder and two lighting systems, and 20.9 by 18.2 by 16.2 cm of body with a battery weighs 1.1 kg. The 365 g Reflecta on this shelf is a third of that and scans film only.