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 - Best scanner I've usedThe Canon CanoSCan 8800F Scanner is fast, quiet and easy to use. I love the ability to scan two photos at once (which a lot of scanners have, but, not at this speed). The deal I found at Amazon was $30 cheaper than anywhere else. My only complaint is the large footprint. It's larger than the Epson Scanner it replaced, and you expect new technology to be smaller. But I'll gladly accept the large footprint for the fast speed. This scanner produces results comparable or better than the Epson, and it does it in 20% of the time. Rating: - CanoScan Can!Since getting my CanoScan I have been busy converting hundreds of slides and negatives to JPG format, so that I can story them onto CD's for future use. The 8800F is easy to set up an use. It is everything I imagined it to be and I have more functions for which I have yet to try. I would recommend the CanoScan 8800FD to people who might be looking for a photo scanner for sildes, negatives and photos for home use. Rating:  - inexpensive versatile scannerWorks well on color prints, documents, 35mm slides, AND [by trial and error] with 2.25" x 2.25" slides. Exceeded expectations. FIVE STAR Rating: - Great ScannerUpdated 12 Aug 08 - I used this scanner for 14 hours one day and it didn't flinch; I was more tired than my scanner. But a few tips since beginning to use this particular scanner: 1. Invest in flatbed scanner cleaning supplies. This is crucial to keeping excessive noise from being added to your scanned image. Use a dust remover air bulb or compressed air. Plus clean the bed frequently. Another tip; if you are scanning a large number of photographs, or in my case old (1900's type) wash hands frequently. Keep finger tips clean or as I state below, invest in nylon gloves to handle photos. 2. I'm scanning film negatives and color positives that are very fragile and one broke (brittle) while moving it to the scanner. My only suggestion is to use archive quality gloves for old negatives and glass mounted photos 3. Buy and use a film cleaning solution and handle each one carefully. I know that goes without saying, but I've found a lot of BW shots have fingerprints on their face and they add more noise to end item. 4. I'm not promoting anything but I'm using a Photoshop plug-in Noise Ninja to control excessive noise gained through scanning and Kodak ROC for color restoration processes. This saves me hours of color matching and testing swatches. I still need to adjust for some, but this saves me hours of computer time. 5. I've surpassed 2K scanned photos so far and it's still working like a charm. I have another 1/2 million to go. 5. 120 film negatives have become a problem; perhaps it's due to age but I'm running into difficulty getting the scanner to recognize them. It's been hit and miss. I suspect the top side scanning lamp may not be wide enough or bright enough to sense the negative. After 919 scans of various kinds of media, I have a mixed bag of reviews. Beginning with 35mm slides and negatives - works great. Black and white 120 size came out great. It took me a while to make 120 work work though. The carrier was too small for large format, 4x6, so I had to improvise and that took a lot of time. Once I learned to use large format, then I tested it with 110 negatives. No luck with those. These are too small for the scanner to sense and I pushed the capabilities of this scanner. Overall it worked as designed, quick and fast. I also used the advanced, simple and multiscan settings and they worked perfect. Scanned documents looked like the originals after scanning and printing. In summary I used each setting and they worked flawlessly. My request to Canon is to add a carrier for larger format film, it would make it easier to scan. I used this with a Mac, new version, and it works really great. If I really get technical and want professional grade reproductions, that's when I go to photo labs, but those visits are rare. This is a great scanner for the price and it did everything I asked without failing or crashing. For mid range scanning, and non-professional photo work, this is a great scanner. But if you are a professional and demand lab perfect photos, this may not be what you want. But for my use, semi-pro and commercial work, this is perfect for my use. Rating: - easy and quickI have been very pleased with this scanner. It was easy to set up and has been quick to use. I have even scanned a picture that we couldn't get out of it's rounded glass frame and it scanned very well. I have also scanned some slides, the main reason I purchased the scanner, and they scanned well and fairly quickly. I took the scanner with me to a family reunion and scanned family pictures for use in a power point presentation. One of the reviews mentioned that the scanner was smaller than they had thought. I didn't think it was so small but it did fit into my carry-on luggage.
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