Canon CanoScan 8800F Color Image Scanner (2168B002)
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Digital Cameras Photo Reviews of Canon CanoScan 8800F Color Image Scanner (2168B002)
Customer Review: I am pleased with my CanoScan
Summary: 5 Stars
I already had PhotoShop Elements 4, so didn't load Elements 5 or use any other software. I am very pleased with the end product. It takes awhile to scan, but since I can scan 4 slides with one click, I am able to cook and clean in the kitchen during scanning.
Between PhotoShop Elements and my CanoScan, I am able to save and restore slides that are over 60 years old and very precious to us. Some film has gone very pink, but I am pleased with the results.
I have started my father's slides, and have our own slides, my sister's slides, and our daughter's in-law's slides to do, so I expect to be busy for a few years when we go to visit.
For 8 years, I have had a Epson Scanner with a transparency attachment, but it has an old style bulb that is wearing out. I have used it a lot.
The only down side is that one is limited to three sizes of slides or film. If you have something really oddball such as oversized film in purchased slides, you can't scan the full slide.
I am 67 years old and no tech wizzard, but I am very comfortable with this product.
My local camera shop said these scanners are being phased out, so one should not wait to purchase a scanner. (I purchased a Panoscan and returned it as the colors were very harsh.)
I would recommend the CanoScan and the PhotoShop Elements for anyone.
Customer Review: Best scanner I have found for the price
Summary: 5 Stars
I put this scanner, an HP scanner, and an Epson scanner in my cart as I researched all three. I had decided it would be either the Canon or Epson, when suddenly this Canon dropped to $101 on Amazon (and free shipping). I took the $75 drop in price as an good omen, so I ordered it at that low price, and the next day it was back up to $176!
It is well made, and makes wonderfull scans of my color prints. I did notice some white dust and lint showing on my scans, and a close look at the glass with a flashlight showed dust on the glass. I cleaned it with some distilled water on a lint-free cloth, and it works great. The "glass" is actually optical grade plastic and should NOT be cleaned with glass cleaner as the ammonia may damage it. I searched "cleaning scanner glass" for the cleaning instructions as Canon does not mention cleaning in the manual.
I really got this scanner for scanning 120 film negatives as I have just returned to this style of photography, though I haven't been able to get any film developed yet to try it. In the end, I found that of the scanners I had in my cart, only this one includes film holders for 120 film, as well as 35mm slides and 35mm negatives. Loading the driver and using the scanner are a breeze on my XP computer, and it includes discs of Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.0 (Mac) and 5.0 (XP/Vista) as nice extras.
Customer Review: Functional and Easy
Summary: 5 Stars
I got this Scanner in hopes of being able to retrieve my childhood memories and digitally archive my parents negatives lying in boxes around the house,
it does a great job, it's based on an amazing ease of use and has a very simplified functional menu and decent outcomes if you are not interested in advanced functionality. you hardly need to adjust the automatic cropping margins, besides scanning 2 reals of negatives (12 photos) in a single process, it can scan multiple photos of they are small in size over the platen.
It also made me realize how fortunate we are in the days of digital photography with no film wasted and no needing to wait until you develop the film just to realize how poor of a photographer your father is ( less than 10 % of the photos my dad took had good focus and adequate exposure, what a shame as his Canon SLR was really fancy as I remember)
Long story short if you are interested in a fast convenient way of digitizing lots of photos this is definitely an excellent choice, I was able to scan 110 photos (60 negatives and 50 prints) in one day and didn't get frustrated once. in comparison to my Lexmark X9350 which is a piece of junk and always makes me so angry that I'm about to toss it of the window.
The scanner is attached to a macbook pro 13" with 10.6 OS
Customer Review: The FINAL word in Film Scanners
Summary: 5 Stars
I had about twelve carousels of 35mm Slides that I rescued from my parents basement a few years ago, and I've been looking for a high quality film scanner ever since. I found other film scanners for less at some other places, but I kept reading review after review on how bad the output was...scans were very dark or just not sharp. I read the reviews for the Canon 8800F here on Amazon, and was amazed at how everybody was fanatical about the quality of this scanner. I purchased this scanner from Amazon last week, it arrived yesterday and I quickly (and easily) hooked it up to my computer. Within minutes I had scanned my first batch of slides, and I was floored at the quality! The images looked fantastic, and VERY bright. It looked as though I had scanned a photograph in! Obviously, the scanner will only faithfully reproduce the condition of the slide, but the included software does a great job at color correction, removing scratches and other special effects. I'm scanning my slides at the highest possible resolution (4800dpi) and it takes about 7-9 minutes to complete the process...but it is worth the wait!
I'm having a blast looking through years of slides and reliving memories. If you have 35mm slides (or negatives) you absolutely MUST get this scanner...right now!
Customer Review: Competent film scanner
Summary: 5 Stars
After reading a zillion reviews (most, but not all of them, positive), I bought this scanner to deal with a very large collection of photo prints, negatives, and mostly 35mm slides. In a month, I have worked through some 700 slides, and am happy with the quality. The slide mount holds only four slides, which is a lot better than earlier Canon models that did one at a time. But the four at a time operation still takes around three minutes, so you might want to have a magazine to pass the time while the scanner is working.
At 1200 dpi, a slide comes out to 500-800 Kb. After cropping, cleaning, color correcting, and managing light and contrast, I store the originals on a dedicated hard drive. Then I create an optimized duplicate of each jpeg with NX PowerLite (to around 150 Kb) and store the duplicates on a backup drive. There is no visible reduction in quality (unless you magnify 10X), and the smaller format clogs email boxes less when I share photos.
The scanner comes with a boatload of software, too much, really. I have no experience with MUCH more expensive scanners, but I get the feeling that this model can produce equally good captures, especially at higher dpi. Unless it breaks down sooner than expected, you will likely be glad you bought it.