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

Manufacturer: Canon Availability: Usually ships in 1 to 2 months List Price:$199.99 Our Price:$176.99 Features: Color film/negative/photo scanner featuring high-luminance white LED lamps Batch-scan up to 4 slides or 12 35mm frames Digitally remove dust, scratches, and other imperfections from old/precious photos Scan, copy, create emails and multi-paged PDFs 1-year limited warranty Description: The Canon CanoScan 8800F Color Film/Negative/Photo Scanner features high-luminance white LED lamps, which means it can scan immediately without warming up. Its simple, streamlined design includes seven simple buttons you use to scan, copy, create emails and multi-page PDFs, and automatically scan with an incredible color resolution--up to 4800 by 9600 dpi. With the CanoScan's sophisticated retouching technology, you can improve old and precious photos by digitally removing dust and scratches from antique, faded, or otherwise aging prints. The CanoScan 8800F is able to simultaneously scan up to four slides or twelve 35-millimeter frames, using either positives or negatives. In addition, a USB 2.0 interface makes scanning and image transfers faster than ever. The CanoScan 8800F includes a compact 10.7-by-18.9-by-4-inch design and weighs 9.2 pounds. This flatbed, color, and monochrome scanner is compatible with Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2000, and Mac OSX 10.2.8 through 10.4.x. It includes a CD-ROM with printer driver, setup software, and user's guide, Adobe Photoshop Elements, ArcSoft PhotoStudio, MP Navigator EX, NewSoft Presto! PageManager (Windows only), and ScanSoft OmniPage SE. In addition, the manufacturer offers a 1-year limited warranty. What's in the Box CanoScan 8800F color scanner, AC adapter, Adobe Photoshop Elements CD-ROM, cross sell sheet, quick start guide, setup software and user's guide CD-ROM, warranty card, film guides (35-millimeter negative/positive, 35-millimeter negative/positive mounted slides, 120 roll film strip), power cord, and USB cable.

Reviews:

I'm in love . . .
I recently got this scanner after desperately trying to get support, to no avail, for my previous scanner to work with Mac OS 10.5 (Leopard). So that was of primary importance to me. I called Canon first, and they assured me that proper drivers were on the installation disk, and that was correct. No extra downloads, etc.

I'm not very technically oriented but I had the scanner up and running in no time. It's easy to figure out, and the scans are beautiful. I'm sure that once I have more time I will read the on-screen manual provided to learn more about what I can do with it.

It's a nice-looking, sturdy piece of equipment, not a flimsy piece of junk. I'm so happy with this purchase, that if I were not already married, I'd marry this scanner. It's smarter, handsomer, and less trouble than most men.


Cannon Scanner
Fast and produced delivery the much still best one than how much fact publicity to Of Marches job quickly of the negations and the flowing ones of B/W.


Canon CanoScan 8800F Color Film/Negative/Photo Scanner
The good product, a pricey small and too much has a large small of a press that of the foot task, but ago the job.


Works well with my mac
I have taken on a large project to digitize several thousand family slides. This scanner has been easy to use and works well with the slides I have scanned. It takes about five minutes of scan time to process a batch of four slides at 2400dpi. Add a little time to catalog and save and I can scan and store about thirty to forty slides an hour. Higher resolution scans can take much longer. The quality at 2400dpi has been satisfactory for any 4x6. I have also used the scanner for prints and have had good results. I believe this machine represents a bargain. I have not yet used the machine to scan film strips.

Added Comment: When scanning slides, if the slide is marked "This Side Towards Screen", place this side down on the scanning bed. I have had chromatic aberrations (things that look like rainbows) appear on my scanned images. If I turn the slide over and scan again, this aberration always disappears. Also, when placing this side down, the scanned image is often reversed. Things that you know are on the left appear on the right side of the scanned image. The provided software (called PhotoStudio) allows you to change orientation by mirroring the image. At this point I transfer the JPEG for storage to my regular photo software. This is because if you mirror the image it will be upside-down. Rotating the image with the provided software sometimes cuts off the edges of the picture. It isn't difficult, but it does add an extra step.


Canon CanoScan 8800F
Good News, Defective News. I have bought this device of exploration based on the numerous positive reviews. I was observing above all for a device of exploration of negative/slide, but I have not wished to introduce the bucks for a device of exploration dedicated of the flowing one. They would really have considered one of the Epsons high-extremity, like the V500, but they have been sold on the possibilities of lighting system and the quickstart of the LED of the 8800F. For memory I have possessed a Epson a 1650 and Epson 1240U, dawning every time in order to profit for one sure new possibility. Nobody of my devices you of exploration, varying all the sense of new to my first PlusTek is died on me. In the first place the defective news. The examination negative is NSG (not therefore good). That one is not to say that the Canon good is not confronted to other devices you of exploration, but is necessary approximately 1 minute in order to explore a single panel negative to 1200dpi and is necessary approximately 4 minuteren to the exploration to 2400dpi, the systems of for the mathematics. 2X linear zone of the equal ones 4X. After to have made a brace of the test it explores, I it is reached the conclusion that the quality increases them of 2400dpi did not have worthy place 3 minuteren for the flowing one for a plan of the archives of the photo of the family. Moreover I was reaching the conclusion that 1 minute for the panel negative really would not work for me. To the good news. I have decided to explore 4 press. I have taken on one of our album of photo of the family and have begun the exploration. WHOA! The machine has explored the photos in the time that has taken my Epson 1650 in order to make an exploration of forecast. The wonders of modern technology! I have controlled the defect resolution and turns out to be 300dpi. I had experimented in the past with the resolutions until 4800dpi for the photos of the family and that 300dpi the format finally realized press is sufficient for all the normal school (4x6 etc). Use only the highest resolutions for the smallest press. The types of the Canon have repaired every problem that I have never had with an exploration device. The support negative makes a GOOD job of spianatura towards the outside the negations curves. The cover is HEAVY, that it is good, so as to I do not have to dig towards the outside a fat book in order to contribute to flatten the press curves of the photo. The light bulbs of the LED are ignited immediately, therefore no to wait for the fluorescent lights to preheating. And in order to conclude, he is FAST. Finally, if used their program of usefullness of examination (with the name zippy of the navigator of mp FORMER) it puts the information of EXIF if stored your images in JPEG. I have always thought that it would be an excellent improvement to the exploration devices you. They have been type photo of the family of examination for approximately 10 years hour and I must say that the Canon CanoScan 8800F recalls every improvement that I have dreammed in on on my own for the devices you of exploration to flat base. Hour if they can make an exploration device that will explore 4 negations in 7 second ones, I will think them perfect. In the meantime, I must estimate it like ' nearly perfection '. The only reason them dò that 4 stars are that I have bought the unit technically in order to explore the negations and to find 1 minute for the panel negative for being a light disappointment. For the normal examination of the photo of the press you would give they easy the 5. The panel of control for Amazon does not leave it to select addenda the 4.5: 2008-02-02 I have used this device of exploration in order to explore a po' than more flowing. Still they are necessary a moment, but I have the flowing ones, than what they are I that I go to make? The only sense to obtain the EXIF information if is used the program of the navigator of the mp. has tried to using the function of TWAIN with is Irfanview that Picasa. The explorations are very well, but no information of EXIF. They have been interested after that to explore some flowing ones watching of the whale, like the according to-quarters panels it did not have the edges of the flowing ones finds to you well. The water was in blue depth. After that to explore face to slide with the type ambles you of origin, grass, soil, etc of the landlubber, all the those have had edges of the flowing one it finds to you correctly. All the that regarded watching photos of the whale were the harvest to publish towards the outside some black edges. My Epson 1650 to times would sweep on the guideline of the flowing one. It would decide that a flowing one of landscape would have to be ritratto, cutting sides, or a flowing one of ritratto was landscape, cutting the high and the bottom. It was an important annoyance when that one is happened and even if tried to see in preview the multiple times of the flowing one, ruotandolo, for some flowing ones would not never obtain the image right. Up to now I have not had that problem with the 8800F.


A GREAT Scanner
I've owned many scanners. I recently purchased this item to replace a Canon 8400F that I wore out ( scanned 15,000 photos)over a period of 15 months.
I've used the 8800 for a week now ( about 300 scanned items), and I am
so impressed with the quality of the scans, that I am planning to RESCAN
most of the photos again. Yes, the sharpness and color fidelity imparted with this scanner are so good I consider it worthwhile to REDO about a years work of archiving.
I started by rescanning some of the photos to see how the new scans compared with those from the 8400 I had used for my archives. Most comparisons showed the raw scan of the 8800 to be superior, and never less than equal to the 8400. I really liked the 8400. I LOVE the 8800.

The scanner is very fast. The final scan of a 4x6" photo takes about 3-4 seconds.I do about 100 pictures in an hour, even with the need to tweak some using the Canon Navigator software. You can do multiple pictures in one pass, but I like to look at each picture individually and crop it as I scan.
One useful tip is to use the Advanced mode and set the "Paper Size" to fit
the most common size of your photos. My typical photos are 4x6 or smaller so I use the "2 L Landscape" that creates a 7"x5" scan template (i.e. the scanner only travels about 1/2 way down the platen each scan both saving
time and potential wear , and also eliminates the need to "zoom" to get
a good size picture displayed for tweaking and cropping.

Did I mention that I LOVE THIS SCANNER?





Canon 8800F
Have had the Canon 8800F Scanner for a week, put it through its paces, 35mm slides, 2 1/4 X 21/4 slides, E Mails Pics, Copying Prints. So far I have had no problem what so ever. The instructions are a little weak, but not that big a deal. After owning many Mictotek scanners, this canon is a real joy to operate. I highly recommend this product.
Thanks
Tom


Canon CS8800F is a very good scanner
That is my according to exploration device. He is much easy and simple one to use and a beautiful job ago.


i like it
I have had this scanner about 1 month now and I like it so far. I got this model because I needed a flatbed scanner, and I also wanted to scan some slides and 35mm film. I have read dedicated film scanners are much better than flatbeds that can scan film, but I didn't have so much film and slides to justify buying one. It scans film better than I expected, but I haven't scanned that much yet.

So far my only complaint is the amount of software that the CD wants to install. There's a lot of stuff. I installed all of it cause I am not sure which software is needed and which isn't, with the intention of removing the stuff I don't need later. I'll get around to doing that someday. Till then I have about 6 new programs on my computer.


Great Produc t (so far)
They have not had time to use this device of exploration a lot, but that what the hsve of has used for it has been faultless. Practically no warm up time. Shining colors. Text much croccante. I have many photogtaphs to explore. I preview that this goes equally well.


Great scanner for slides and photos!
I have bought the exploration device in order to explore in the flowing ones and the photos and it makes a good job ago and rather quickly. Definitively I would suggest poichè one buyable solution to it in order to give numerical values to the old film of photos/slides/35mm.


Fine equipment. A little light on instructions
Received the equipment in less than time advertised. Produced excellent scans of old 35 mm Kodak color slides. Easy to operate and resonably fast. Found that 2400 dpi scans was satisfactory for the older (1946 to 1970's color slides) Maybe slides produced from bettter cameras could justify 4800 dpi scans. To me some of the other features (spot removal) may work fine, but have not figured out the instructions at this early stage. A big plus was the fine scans that were produced from photos. Every bit as good as the original pictures. May raise this review to 5 star after I have more time to check out all features.


canon 8800F
Product works really well for my old slides. I had a little problem with the software download but the Canon people were very helpful and I got up and running quickly. I am more satisfied with the slide scan than with the photo scan.


User Friendly
It has obtained the installed gun and working a lot quickly. No wuzzys sfocato in issue, right sends hardly easy to follow the points. Explored before the time perfectly.


"A+" Product
After the location of the container of ice-skate of old negations I have wished an exploration device that I could explore it with. This device of exploration is much easy one to use and a lot is satisfied with the relative performances. and to suggest this device of exploration.


Well worth the purchase
I have bought this device of exploration a brace the weeks ago but it has taken the UPS more than a week in order to obtain it (has seated 60 miles via for three days here). Amazon desire would use FedEx exclusively. In any case, it has had it in service in the short order without the problems (than using Seen to house Prize). It has it need to explore various flowing hundreds, a little than more old 50 years. Kodachrome and Ektachrome. Up to now it has rendered the explorations beautiful. Grips 4 of the exploration device make to slide to the time. To dpi the 4800, it is necessary 6 - 8 minuteren in order to complete the exploration. The package comes with the much software but I have found the navigator of mp the sense to go. Moreover it comes with elements 5 of Photoshop that is my first use of it (had used the varnish of the photo of Corel for that hour I see are a product a lot much more weak person). The exploration device moreover supplies a version of OmniPage that, will have value to me occasionally. Up to now, they are much happy I I have chosen this product. Modernization: hour to a month with daily use the examination ago to slide I am making to work approximately 150 in order to be based. The exploration device works in beautiful way. Perfect software. Enclosed Photoshop a great ndemnity as it allows that me it organizes the pix pleasantly.


Research paid off
I have searched this product before the purchase. It makes all that it has wished and he is fast. Moreover it will copy the images from the old ones strisce of the film of the negations. Moreover it was less the expensive place in order to buy it and has arrived in good conditions. That what more can you wish.


Works Great
I have used this scanner for over 2 weeks and find it to work very well.
I am glad I purchased it for scanning Slides.
I have scanned at 4200 dpi. It picks up everything.
Great product.


Got the Job Done!
I purchased the CanoScan 8800F to scan in a multitude of 35mm slides and film negatives that I wanted to share with family for Christmas. It did a fine job, averaging about 2 to 2 1/2 minutes per image at 2600 dpi (or in that range). Easy to use and operate, though the software requires more disk space and includes more 'extras' than I would prefer (which is true of most equipment software). I can strongly recommend the 8800F to any photo buff -- this is well designed and built equipment, especially for slides and film strips.


Canon 8800 scanner is great!
In 30 flowing years I had taken 100s of color and of the positive ones, black press and negations and white men and had taken many to Ritz for the conversion to the lime of the jpg. That has worked in the greater part of the cases well for for the flowing ones but I have had need more better than something. I have read the 8800 reviews and I have taken one probability. I love. It makes a fantastic job on every the means that I have explored. I have previewed a good job on flowing but mine 20 years press white women of color and black and good have exited how much new one. Definitively I would suggest this device of exploration to anyone. It is easy to install and easy to use. The photo that increases the software that comes with it is moreover excellent.


Great for Slides
I gave this scanner to my parents for Christmas so they could convert their old slides to pictures. It is easy for them to use and does a great job restoring color and reducing that "grainy" look in addition to the regular enhancement options such as red eye. I haven't used the other functions yet, but would definately recommend this product to anyone looking to convert slides.





CanoScan 8800F Scanner Quick Review
The CanoScan 8800F scanner is one of the best I have used. Installation on a Windows XP machine was quick and easy. A primary reason for getting this copier was to scan and digitize the many slides I have acquired. The resolution of the slides I have scanned to date is excellent. The scanner buttons provided are a great convenience. No more does one have to remember what program to start for a particular feature. Just press a button and select what you want from a pop-up window. So far, I am very pleased with this purchase and I would highly recommend this scanner.

As a side note, ordering it from [...] was quick and easy. The price was also great.


Good scanner
that makes decent quality scans. The software that comes with it are mostly useless though. The software that auto crops the images can sometimes get it wrong and crop off too much. Also needs real linux support.


Fast scanner but image quality not as good as I had hoped
That is the first device of exploration that of the Canon I have possessed. I have bought I have based on spec. technical and because other devices you of exploration of the Canon have had reasonably positive reviews. I rather have possession 3 dispositi you of exploration of Epson during last the 10 years and being a lot pleased with the quality of image, but disappointing with the software and the heat on time for the lamp (that it is typical for the greater part of the exploration devices you). The CanoScan 8800F has seemed to have a better package of programs second the literature and would be faster without heat on time demanded for the lamp. Still I have my last device of exploration of Epson that is one perfection 3170. The use on an other calculating so as to I could make some explorations of comparison with both devices you of exploration. It turns out to you: For the explorations standard of the pdf, copies and fax, the quality of image of the Epson was explorations standard using enough remarkablly better than way. The Canon was the much fastest one but they have been disappointed that the quality of image to dpi the 150 and 300 was not better or as at least good. For the explorations of the image, both devices you of exploration have made a job much good ones. Of new, I have appreciate the quality of image and the color of the Epson, but not displeased with the Canon. Conclusion: I have bought this device of exploration like modernization to the Epson that has 2 years and because I was hoping for an improvement in the speed and the general quality of image. My thoughts are that the Canon is a good device of exploration but they have been disappointed that has not jumped the Epson absent. It makes still more duty keys on the front part but you to use the software in order to install everyone. They are not made an impression with the software of the navigator of the mp that it has come with the Canon. It does not introduce advantage over Epson like some to deduce in their reviews. However, I soon appreciate the Pagemanager and the elements of Photoshop. I use the device of exploration for a variety of applications, like making the copies, giving numerical values to the lime of the pdf, debit numerical values prints and flowing (that they can more subsequently be touches to you on using the adobe) and for faxing. I have not explored some flowing or not those people the negations still. Us they can be some recordings that I can proceed to in order improving the quality of the B


Canon CS8800 Color image Scanner
Reason for purchase was to scan old 35mm slide pictures that were over 40 years old. Commercial scanning is very expensive. Scanner does a great job bringing old slide pictures back to life and digitizing them. I've stored thousand of old family pics on DVD for posterity. Great product..only wish the scan could work faster. It takes 4 to 6 minutes to scan (four each scan) to accomplish. Definitely caught up on my reading during the scanning process. Scanner also does a great job on prints and nagative. Glad I found a purchased from [...]


Fabulous Scanner!
When I got my new pc with Vista installed, the result was that it disabled my printer, scanner & all-in-one, with no driver downloads available! So the search was on for new peripherals. I read oodles of reviews for scanners & there seemed to be quite a few unhappy users: speed, flimsy construction etc. I really got discouraged until I found the 8800f. My son got it for my birthday in October. I have a 'gazillion' slides & photos that I need to get onto CDs etc...so definitely need the slide-scan capability. I have done a few slides & quite a few photos for my genealogy website etc. and am very pleased with the scanner's performance. There really is no 'warm-up time'...and the scans have been quick & good quality. Even though I had Photoshop Elements 5 (which also came with the scanner)-I find I use the ArcSoft Photo Studio edit default program a lot for basic edits.
I highly recommend the CanoScan 8800f-so glad I found it!


Grandpa loves his new scanner!
After to have enjoyed my old hour perfection 1650 Epson, I have been assigned the operation of the flowing family of exploration of our old ones of the family. In the first place I have tried the device of flowing exploration dedicated of the available one to Hammacher Schlemmer. Ché leaves of the ***! of c after the search has dedicated to the devices you of exploration of the flowing one for a moment, has come on one review of the Canon 8800F. After ulterior search (task that will catch up the extremity of the Internet during this effort) I have ordered one. Hour, after exploring approximately 500 old flowing ones and to obtain has used to the new interface of software, is in the love with this device of exploration. It makes a job LARGE that it explores old the flowing ones in excellent-high resolution (dpi 4800) and is moreover a device of exploration for all the uses excellent. As soon as a famous one to piè of page, is necessary approximately 20 minuteren to the flowing ones of exploration four to dpi the 4800.


cannon slide scanner
I was trying to select a good device of exploration so as to I could put a bunch of old flowing of the family on a CD for mine mother-in-law for a Christmas present them of surprise. I have read some of the reviews and have decided to give 8800F to a blow. I have found for being an excellent product for the moneies. They are necessary approximately 3 minuteren to the flowing ones of exploration 4, but really I have appreciate the recording car that rule that "difficulty" your image for you. Moreover it has a regulation of removal of the scratch that works taken care of graceful. They are happy with my purchase.


Canoscan8800F
This device of exploration of the gun is wonderful to work with. We are migliaia of examination of old flowing, photo... and are a lot pleased with the quality. This product is estimated well approximately to the $180 ch' has paid.


So easy a 10 year old can run it.
These days you wouldn't expect a 10 year old to have difficulty with a computer but with careful setup even the technologically challenged can use this scanner.

I have been using the scanner for 35mm slides on a computer running XP.

Software installation was simple but since multiple software products are installed, it takes a while. It is not clear what is required vs what Canon thinks you might like to have. Hookup to the computer is also simple. One power cord and one USB cable. The power block has a standard power cable instead of the brick that takes up two outlets worth of space on a power strip.

I configured one of the front panel buttons, so the procedure for scanning 35mm slides is: load slides, push button, wait for preview scan (15 sec), select image(s) for detailed scan, click scan button, wait for scan to complete. A 1200 dpi scan takes about 2 minutes for 4 slides, a 2400 dpi scan takes about 4 minutes.

It is probably possible to configure the system to eliminate some of the steps but as is usually the case, the documentation is not the greatest. I would rate it as fair.

Overall, I wouldn't hesitate to buy this scanner.


Cannon Scanner
CANON CANOSCAN 8800F COLOR FLATBED 4800X9600DPI 48-BIT FILM 35MM USB (Retail)
Received promptly. Very happy with performance. Does exactly what is claimed it can do.


Exceeds my expectations on 35mm slides
I have a large collection of 35mm slides dating back to the mid 1960's. I now take only digital pictures and view them on a 65" HDTV with an Xbox 360 hooked up to my computer. I've been looking at ways to get my precious slides on my computer. This 8800F scanner exceeds my expectations for ease of use and superb quality scanning my Kodachrome slides. The scanner also included Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.0 and after scanning in the slides, performing an unsharp mask in Photoshop they look great. Highly recommended.


Good stuff for the money
That one bought a month ago pricipalmente in order to explore the large film of 35mm. No problems, systems up to now! Returns are sweet time with the film however: every blow of the film can take until to several minuteren. Moreover, this is before what that I have obtained really to work without a legamento with mine mac! It has always worked in the problems with HPs and Epsons. The supports of acetate are kind of fragile and fragile, but so as to it is the film. Fortune teller who is common exercises in.


VERY HANDY SCANNER
I have obtained this device of exploration from Amazon for $183.99. The explored photos, the important images of the bucket and documents have seemed cutting. According to the resolution of examination (dpi until 4800), the images from the flowing ones from 35 millimeters have observed still better of originate them. The software that has come in the package was easy to install and to use (use Windows.xp). I would have to buy more soon this.


Faster than the Canon 8400F
I have used a Canon 8400F for several years and it has done an excellent job. I purchased this as a replacement and because the scanner was supposed to be much faster. It is faster and the quality is good. I have tried it with photo scanning and document scanning but have yet to try it with negatives and slides. The new LED technology seems to work as advertised.


High quality - scans and hardware
I also bought this to scan slides -- however, while the slides are the standard slide size in terms of the holder, the slide film itself is square instead of rectangular like most modern slides (mine are about 1.44" x 1.44"). For some reason, the default size of the cropping the 8800F uses when you select 35mm slides is not user-changeable. I wrote the company and got a standard answer back that basically said "we're not changing the software to make you happy". I think they misunderstood me, but whatever...

Fortunately, I found the answer quite by accident. It turns out that in order to make the scanner work for my situation (and maybe yours), I simply had to uncheck the "Switches On/Off the Thumbnails View Mode" button and that allowed me to manually create the right size crops. It also means I can use the 35mm strip holder instead of the 35mm slide holder and leave the old slides in their metal slide magazine holders, saving me even more time.

After figuring that out, I'm happy to say this scanner exceeds my expectations and makes me a happy camper now that I can no longer use my Konica Dimage Scan Dual IV with my Vista-based PC. The hardware is very sturdy and speed is great. 1200 DPI scans take less than a minute each.

If you want more information on how to manually set-up to scan older slides, leave me your email as a comment to this review.

Hope that helps.
Steve


Good for slides, negatives and paper
They have been flowing of color of examination, negations of color and b


Review of Canon CS8800F scanner on OS X
After reviewing several scanners - I decided to try the Canon CS8800F as a replacement for a broken Epson 1670 scanner. It was difficult to decide because none of the brick & mortar stores had one to look at, but I chose the Canon for several reasons: ability to scan 35mm film (we have a large library to begin putting on the computer), quick with the LED/no warmup tmes, and reported ease/stability with OS X (Mac).

Ease of Use: I'm very pleased with it's ease of use - my 9 year old sons can (on their own) copy/print documents using just the buttons on the scanner and not having to do anything on our family computer. My mother-in-law can as well.

Quick: it's quick. For intermittent use, and it's no-warmup time. My wife complained about the previous scanners warmup time, so this was a reason to look at/buy it. I haven't used it enough for regular work to determine how fast it is for higher resolution work, but so far it is seems fast on the default scans.

I can easily make multipage pdf documents for emailing and/or faxing to friends/family - this feature has come in handy - although that wasn't initially a reason why i looked it it.

So far, the software has been everything that it should be - doesn't slow down or crash our OS X 10.4.x like the Epson software would. Run in native Intel mode (iMac Intel).

The cons i can think of at the moment is it would be nice if it had a LONG usb cable adaptor, but considering i placed the unit about 10 feet away, that's longer that probably any product has a cable for. And the most annoying issue is the noise it makes while scanning. We do a lot of scanning work after my 9 year olds are in bed and if they aren't already asleep they can easily hear the scanning down the hall. It tends to be a high pitched whine. If this unit could be improved, that is what could be improved and why i'm giving it only 4 stars out of 5.

I haven't had a chance to evaluate the film scanning just yet, i may add that to a later review and there may be some minor issues with OS X 10.5 and the software. The scans work, but the software crashes after the scan. It worked fine with 10.4.10 that i'm looking into right now, so i suspect an update soon should be forthcoming from either Apple or Canon about that.

John Q.


excellent scanner
This scanner is the best I have had for many years, great for negative films also. I certainly recommend it.


Fast, but creates artifact (noise) on pictures
I've had this scanner for 2 days now. I scanned in regular glossy and matted photos and found that the quality looked bad due to artifacts being scanned in. I thought it might have been dust on the photo or on the scanner, so I proceeded to clean it. Rescan and the photo looked better, but it generated noise where there shouldn't have been any.. Note I did recalibrate the scanner, and it occurred on both the glossy and matted photos. I would understand why it would occur on matted photos.. but on glossy? I played with all the settings and made it look a tad better, but it would still create artifacts. I cleaned up the artifacts by treating them like scratches.. but that is a bad way of fixing it due to lose of resolution quality. Maybe I just had bad luck picking a bad one. I'll try exchanging it..

Note that I scanned in about 20 different types of photos over the ages and all of them had this problem...

Addon: I tried scanning in "Magazine (Color)" mode instead of the Photo mode and got better results.. very strange. Any case I would increase the stars to *** if it would let me. Still going to exchange it to see if it was just bad luck on the lot build.


Impressed
My CanoScan 8800F arrived from Amazon earlier than anticipated which is usual for Amazon and great for me. Setup was very easy. This scanner and its software is definitely made for VISTA. It comes with Adobe Photoshop Elements ver 5. (Yesterday I saw a copy of ver 6 on the store shelf). The included software is easy to install and performs well. However, there are no printed manuals other than the Quick Start Guide. In addition to Photoshop Elements, it comes with ArcSoft PhotoStudio ver 5.5 and ScanGear which must be installed and used if you want to scan 35mm film, slides or 126/620 film.

I was impressed by the fact that it would automatically crop different size images being scanned. However, I soon discovered that it did not always do the autocrop and when I manually cropped, it did not save the cropped image. Hopefully the help screen will tell me what I did wrong.

I scanned some 35mm negatives and it will do up to 12 images in one session and take about 8 minutes. I also tested the scanning of some 35mm color slides and it will do 4 in one session and take about 2 minutes. The slides just drop into the holder. I figure that if I sat at the computer and paid attention, I could scan about 60 color slides an hour, giving time for placing them in the holder and then saving the images. This does not include time for the auto retouch software to work. My saved unretouched color slides are about 1.5 MB in size when saved as a JPEG.

Overall I am very pleased with my 8800F purchase. One note of displeasrue was the fact that the Canon website would not allow me to register my purchase as part of the setup/install process. It took all of the information, but then rejected it.


I was surprised!
Hour I have had the device of exploration for several weeks and they are really made an impression with like the systems of the exploration device. It always supplies turns out to you constant. I have not played with the software that has come with the exploration device, but imports the just ndemnity using elements 5 of Photoshop. I am making to work Seen and it has not induced Seen to hiccup once. I have tried several regulations and I obtain turns out better to you if I explore to 4800 and the returns of every flowing around 2-3 minuteren. For the normal examination it is enough fastly. I can make one copy from the device of exploration to the printer. In effects my printer is one of those all in jobs one, I can make a copy from the Canon the printer, more fastly than I can make one copy with the single printer.


very happy
Set up was very quick and easy (running XP). I bought this scanner primarily to scan 35 MM slides, and the scans are good, and at 1200 dpi, take about 2 minutes for 4 slides. Each slide is saved into its own jpeg file, so there is no cropping pictures. The slides just drop into the adaptor, so reloading is quick and easy. Haven't tried the HP for slides (I have an HP with a document feeder for scanning documents), but the new Canon is great for what I wanted.


The Canon 8800F exceeds my expectations...
It has bought this device of exploration in order to replace mine 8400F that I have bought two years ago. The price to $199.00 is approximately less $130.00 han the 8400F was. Before what that I have noticed hour was the lack of the moment of preheating 8400F' s for every due exploration the new uses of the Canon of the lamp. Yes the explorations are more cutting meaningfully therefore. 8800F the hour is intuitivo to work due the new alignment of seven push-buttons that prechosen ways. The switch of off/on is hour on the advanced cover rather than on the hidden posterior part of sense from the part of left to the level of the table. From the side minus, there are little supports of slide/negative to work with. Canon supplies one for the film of 35mm and one for film only 120. Since the name of the game is the sharpness and the ability to catch up turns out you of end that if you attend it from Canon more than good they are satisfied. The 8800F it surpasses the 8400F in every sense and the colors are more to align to originate them moreover.



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