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Love this scanner
I've worn out two flatbed scanners and one parallel port slide scanner over the years. My sister had purchased the Canon CanoScan 8800F recently and loved it so I took her word and ordered one. It's is the BEST I could have hoped for. The 150 dpi setting is FAST! The 300 dpi setting is very fast compared to my scanners in the past. The 600 dpi does bog down but I really don't need my routine family photos scanned in this high of a resolution. So I stick to the 300 dpi pretty much and the scans are excellent quality and color. The software is amazing. In the past when I've laid like 4-6 photos on the glass then I've had to separate each of them by cropping and then save. This software separates the photos for me and I can just zip through saving each one using Ctl-S, putting them all into one folder and then renaming them all using Windows Explore. The slides are slower to scan but much faster than my previous scanner and the software also separates each slide for me. Also, if a photo is washed out or fading, the software has some awesome fixes for all sorts of problems. One B&W that was almost faded out totally was repaired like it had just been developed! All details could be seen. So I just can't praise this scanner enough or the software. I went ahead and purchased the 2-year replacement warranty since I use a scanner a lot but have a feeling this scanner will prove to be hearty! I also found Amazon.com had the best price on the scanner. So I'm happy with my purchase and I'm plowing through the family photos and slides so much faster than in years gone by!
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Great Scanner
This is the best scanner I have ever owned. The software manual is difficult to use. I still cannot scan B&W negatives with sizes other than 35mm. I'd buy it again in a heartbeat!
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Canon 8800F Scanner
This is the first Canon scanner I've owned after 3 HP scanners over several years. I've had it only a few weeks, but am very impressed with its quality, speed and ease of use. With its LED light source, it is immediately ready to scan without a warm-up period. I have scanned some old 35 mm color film with excellent results and expect the same with hundreds of 35 mm slides, which was the primary reason I selected this scanner. Based on the limited usage so far, I am very pleased with the product and enthusiastically recommend it.
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Delighted
I've been using the CanoScan 8800 Series F with Mac OS 10.5 longer than a month now, and I'm absolutely delighted with it's operation as well as the results. Though this product represents my first purchase of any flatbed scanner, I couldn't imagine being more pleased with another product. The following observations may be helpful to new users.
1. The updated driver for Mac OS 10.5 now ships with this product. But, if perchance you didn't receive it, visit the product description on the Canon web site for your area and you'll conveniently find what you need under the tab called "Drivers & Downloads."
2. I experienced a learning curve in the use of this product. For example, there seems to be three distinct options for controlling the scanner: (a) by using one of the seven buttons on the scanner itself, (b) by using the "MP Navigator XP" software from Canon as a controller, or (c) by using a modified version of PhotoStudio from ArcSoft. Each method offers its own advantages. Try all three of them to determine your preferences, but avoid using more than one of them at the same time.
3. For optical character recognition with exceptional accuracy rates in excess of 99.5%, I recommend scanning documents with a resolution of 600 dpi and reading them with OmniPage Pro X from ScanSoft. However, more casual users of this scanner may be completely satisfied with the version of OmniPage SE that unexpectedly came with mine.
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Great scanner
I absolutely LOVE this scanner. It brings in high quality pictures that I swear are even more clear than the actual photo. I highly recommend this scanner to anyone looking for one that is reasonably priced.
