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 - Striping issue on film scans resolvedI had used this scanner for several months with no problems and good imaging quality. Like several people have reported here, I had a serious issue when I recently went to scan some slides, with a bright stripe appearing in all of the images. I called Canon support, and they indicated it was a simple calibration issue. Sure enough, after I recalibrated it 3 times in a row as instructed, the problem was completely resolved. Very pleased with the image quality now. Rating: - Tedious but worth it!I bought this product just to have the ability to transform my family's old slides into a "slide show" on a dvd. It took some time, as you can only scan 4 slides at a time. And I had over 750 slides. But it was WELL worth it. I am making copies for my siblings and cousins for Christmas gifts this year. I hope they will be pleased. One warning....follow the install instructions to the letter. My computer crashed and mysteriously my mouse quit at the same time all because I plugged in the scanner prior to installing the software. Good luck! Rating: - Good value for the priceI bought this scanner to convert old family photos to images. It does a really nice job for an under $100 product. In particular the automatic restoring of faded color and B/W photos is a huge time saver for me. Many of y old photos are faded, and this scanner restores color and contrast without any work on my part. It also crops the scan area for me, so all I have to do it load the photo and click twice (preview and scan). The only negative I noted, is that the image restoration is either on or off. The preview mode lets me see the effect of the image restoration, and turn it on of off for the image capture scan. On a few photos, I noted that turning the image restoration on goes too far... it saturates the color too much or increases the contrast too much for the photo. In these cases, I have to capture without restoration, and use Photoshop Elements to tune the image manually. It would have been great if Canon had provided a slider for the image restoration, so that I could apply as much as I needed for a photo... For most of my scans, this has not been a problem. I scanned a few new photos "as is", and 98% of my old photos with restoration, and without any further manual tuning in Elements. If you want to digitize your shoe box of photos, this is an inexpensive answer. Rating: - Canon ScannerGood scanner with excellent resolution. Software is not "user friendly"; too complex. Top of unit is curved and if desk space is an issue, it wont support any thing on top of the unit. Negative and slide scanning a plus. Rating:  - A great little scanner!What directed me to this scanner were some good reviews and the fact that it will scan photos, text, and slides. I was looking for a way to begin digitizing old photos and slides (for family archiving); this scanner, along with its included software work great in partnership with my Mac. It is easy to set up and use. Those old photos and slides look better than ever with editing capabilities in the program. It will do 4 slides at a time and multiple photos in one scan, (even old negatives) with adjustable lid for thicker materials. Only drawback I found was no power switch(it goes into a sleep mode to save power), but since I don't use it daily, a simply plug-in switch at the hardware store solved this. Nice size, style at a reasonable price for what it does!
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