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 - Best scanner - especially for the price!I have only used this to scan prints, documents, and magazine articles so I can't comment on film or slide scanning. Compared to other scanners I've used from HP and Microtek, and scanning I've done on Multifunction devices, the Canon CanoScan 8800F is by far the fastest scanner I've used! The software is also very simple and easy to use and set up (at least on my Mac), and it doesn't install a bunch of extraneous annoying software that pops up every time you restart you computer (like Microtek). If you want a reliable, easy to use scanner that is very fast with almost no warm-up time due to its LED technology, this is the one! And you know since it's a Canon that it will produce fantastic quality images. I am a huge fan of Canon's products and they have delivered another great one here! Rating: - Cannon CanoScan 8800F ScannerI've been looking for a scanner to do film, slides, and prints for conversion to digital images for a year or so now. The CanoScan is very easy to use, fairly fast, and has the software to do the fixing and editing as well as color balance, hue, brightness, contrast and saturation. While going through slides and photos from forty years or so ago, I was surprised at the color shift that they have done. The software can fix most of that and bring it to more realistic colors. Have only had the unit a month, but it has been earning it's keep. The scanner is solid, fairly heavy (a good thing) and gives consistent results. This is an excellent way to preserve those old images to share in their new digital format, and without the color shift of photochemical dyes. I'm very pleased with this unit and would highly recommend it at even twice the price. Aloha, Dan the flowerman Rating: - SpeedI bought this scanner for speed. I have a 1,000 photos I want to scan. My old scanner took about 20-30 seconds (including placing it and removing it) at 300 dpi for a 4x6 photo. I figured all the Canon scanners would scan photos with good quality, but with a lot of photos to scan, time was the issue. So I think it is worth the $100 more than the LIDE 90 if I can many hours. I read the product description which said it scans an 8x10 in 7 seconds. I actually found that hard to believe. I found a review on CNET where someone said it is true. Well, it is. I actually can't believe how fast it is. With the one button push and a good work flow, I can scan at least 5 4x6 prints (at 300DPI) a minute and I think I can get it faster. Also, the software is better than it used to be. My old Lide's software was pretty lame. This software is not great, but it does let you set up some defaults so that you can just scan without having to touch the computer, just a one button push on the scanner and the software places the scanned photos into a folder I specified. It was also pretty trivial to set the copy function up. Now with a one button push I can scan and print a document also without having to touch the computer. And the scanner is so fast, it is almost like using a real copier. To bad a document feeder is not an option. One last note about software. There are full versions of Photoshop Elements 4.0 (for Mac) and 5.0 for Windows included. I've already convinced two of my friends to get one. Rating: - I really like this scannerI really like this scanner. it is unlike the free scanner you get in a 1&3 . it really does a great job with photos..... Rating: - Great scanner!!Love this scanner! We scanned litterally hundreds of old photos the first weekend I got it, and it performed beautifully. Easy to set up and easy to use. Does a great job -- highly recommend it, especially for the great price.
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