This New Gadget Makes your 35 mm Film Feel Like it Wandered into the 21st Century


This New Gadget Makes your 35 mm Film Feel Like it Wandered into the 21st Century
Valoi updates its Easy35 film scanner. (Photographs courtesy of Valoi)

If analog film had a social life, it might call the Valoi Easy35 v2 the life of the (developing) party. Gone are the days of clunky flatbed scanners that groan louder than your knees getting out of bed. The Easy35 v2 attaches straight to your macro lens like a tiny, overly enthusiastic sidekick.

This compact contraption basically turns your camera into a film-digitizing superhero. Think: duct-taping a sunbeam to a bottle and then telling your camera to “take a pic of my negative, please.” With a built-in light source and professional-grade holders, the Easy35 v2 whispers sweet nothings to your negatives, coaxing them into glorious digital form.

Like Ice Cream for Your Film

Sure, it doesn’t come with a camera or lens, because Valoi knows that you already own the perfect camera + lens setup. This new iteration builds off the original Easy35 Kit concept.

Also, Easy35 v2 is a modular design. More adapters than a bag of travel plugs, meaning you can fit nearly any macro lens thread size onto this digitizer. What’s new/different/improved with Easy35 v2 versus the OG model: better white light balance, fewer LEDs, a new reflective dome, a new holder attachment, and double the battery life.

Easy35 v2
The new Easy35 v2 features several improvements over the original design. (Photographs courtesy of Valoi)

In short, the Easy35 v2 turns film scanning into something that’s no longer a rite of passage for masochists. It’s more like a modern updated technique that harkens back to the simplicity of camera lens-based transparency holders of the 1980s. Bravo, tiny film wizard.

Priced at $238, Easy35 v2 is available for pre-order right now with deliver expected in mid-April 2026.

Enjoy.