Domain Name Com's Electronics Canon CanoScan 8800F Color Film/Negative/Photo Scanner (2168B002)

Electronics Canon CanoScan 8800F Color Film/Negative/Photo Scanner (2168B002)

Domain Name Com's - Electronics : Canon CanoScan 8800F Color Film/Negative/Photo Scanner (2168B002)

- Clean the platten first!!
I bought one for scanning negatives. I think it is great. All the various options and settings took a bunch of experimentation to sort out. I have ended up with 2400 dpi (4800 doesn't add any detail to my scans) high dust removal (doesn't detract from the scans) and the unsharpen filter ON (though it doesn't seem to do much).

But as I experimented with various settings, I kept noticing little dots (really really small circular distortions) on my scans. I spent many hours trying all sorts of negative cleaning techniques (air, bruch, PEC-12, Edwall...) and none of them affected things. Eventually I tried rubbing the negative (in the loaded scanning frame) harder and harder and lo, the location of these blobs changed! So they were not on the negative at all.

Lesson: clean the platten first!! My unit was brand new, I took off the clear adhesive covering the platten on purchase, and had not touched it. I assumed it was unblemished. That was NOT the case.

I am MUCH happier now! So I rate this as 4 stars because of the 4 hours and $25 of additional cleaning supplies I bought to work this out. BTW, I found the Kenetronics scanner cleaning kit to work pretty well, though I had to blow off additional dust which ended up on the platten due to the cleaning process - perhaps static on the cleaning rag?

Rating:

- Best Dang Scanner On The Planet !!!
Lemme Guess ... you got a zillion slides , negatives , and photos and you want to get them into your computer before you die , RIGHT !! ..... I Know , I can feel your pain .... but unless you click the button to put one of these puppies in your shopping cart , you ARE gonna die first !!! ......

The 8800F does just what it says it can do , and that is scan your film ...... you can get all techy about the settings if you wish , but this thing keeps it simple with the touch of the photo/film button this thing goes to work in auto mode( or you can tweak it's settings ) .... it starts to softly whirr and click and has a nice whine to it ( nuth'n prettier than the sound of a fine servo motor do'n it's thing ) ....... it auto detects if you got slides / 35 mm negs / 2 1/4 by 2 1/4 and it has carriers for all three ....... 4 slides at a whack , 12 35mm negs .... 3 at a time of the latter ........

And It's Fast ..... lighting comes from LEDS so warm up is . 00523 nano seconds by my approximation. ( a little Hutchatelli humor there for ya ) ...... but compared the Pacific Images Film scanner I bought years ago it seems even faster than that ! ......

If you want simplicity with excellence the 8800f can be for you .... if The Big Clock is tick'n in your head that I gotta get this done before I die ..... the 8800F is a good choice ..... I love it when I buy something sight unseen , untried , off the net , and it turns out good ...... this is one of those cases ....

Q. Yeah Hutchatelli ...... but what the heck do you know bout photography
A. Well I'm not a pro ..but I've been snap'n pics heavy since 66 ..... had a darkroom .... the whole schmear .... and what happens when you do darkroom work , is that you triage your negatives and don't always print every pic on a roll of 36 ....... so I'm going back in time ...... I'm seeing a lot of my pics for the first time ...... brand new old light , coming forth on my monitor and on my hard drive and bringing me mucho joy

Q. Well Hutchatelli ..... it's said a picture is worth a thousand words , what say you ????
A. I agree ...... do a Google and punch in pbase hutwight ......... then click on first selection ....... now your at my galleries ...... click on USS Flying Fish ...... all of these were scanned with the 8800F

So Hurry !!! and don't be afraid to purchase this scanner and get you images scanned before your kids or grandkids throw them in the trash because you went ahead and died because you vacillated about buying a scanner and getting them to a computer / on a disc / and then distributed to your DNA pool ..... UNLEASH THOSE PRECIOUS PHOTONS !!!

That's my 2 cents .....

Hutchatelli

Mike Hutchins , Ashtabula , Ohio

Rating:

- Better than advertised!
Canon CanoScan 8800F Color Film/Negative/Photo Scanner (2168B002)
I had been contemplating purchasing a Nikon slide scanner for my needs until I came across the Canon 8800F. At the price (1/3 that of the Nikon)coupled with the high praise mentioned in the earlier reviews I decided to go with Canon.
Ordered from Amazon on Sunday, recieved Wednesday and up and scanning the same day. The software setup was very easy. I ran a few trial scans to get the feel of the process then scanned a 159 slide, slide show in about 3 hours at the 1200dpi. The slides were a mixture of Kodachrome 64 and Fujichrome 50 and scanned results the best I have ever made. I have also made some scans at the 2400dpi level and even more impressed with the quality of the digital image. I now only have to evaluate the added scanning time vs higher/lower resolution for future scans. With the Canoscan 8800 there was no color correction needed and results are excellent. I have approximately 7500 slides to review and upload into my computer. They consist of Underwater, Nature and Family subjects and I look forward to finally being able to archive these images digitally.
Bill

Rating:

- Very pleased
My wife have used several scanners over the years, that were built into a multi-purpose machine. We wanted to scan in old photos and negatives, just go through everything we have and get it digital. We bought the CanoScan 8800F because of previous experience with Canon products, because of the $178 price and because of the high end (enough) specs. Well, I have to say, we were quite impressed. It's very easy to use (with the included software (Photoshop Elements 6), it's fast (using the USB 2.0 interface), and the quality of the images is excellent. In particular, it's great how it automatically scans strips of negatives and puts each picture into a separate file. We've scanned in several thousand pictures in the past couple months.

Rating:

- Great Scanner
Great Scanner. Took only a few minutes to install and start using. Very easy to use and has good options to optimize your photos. Scanned over 100 old photos which were faded and results were great.

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