Canon CanoScan 8800F Color Film/Negative/Photo Scanner (2168B002)
Customer Rating:
Total Reviews: 216
Best Offer: $175.35
By Supplier: ComparaShop
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HP replacement
I replaced my HP 4500 series scanner with the Canon 8800 after I found that to replace the HP burned-out bulb I had to buy a $99 (plus mailing) assembly. The Canon machine is fine but the application software is not as good (for my purposes) as the HP was after upgrading the OCR portion. Other than that, I am pleased with the purchase. 2008-11-29
Good quality for film
The scanner produces a very good quality scans from negatives and slides.
On the down side it is slow. It is also very cumbersome with regular OCR document scans.
The main problem is the MP Navigator software that seems to be very poorly tested on MAC. I am constantly getting the out-of-memory errors on my MAC with 2Gb RAM while it is working slowly, but fine on Windows with only 725Mb of RAM.
While I am happy with the quality, I do not see much use for this scanner once I am done with my negatives and slides.
2008-11-27
Great Scanner
This scanner is top notch. It was easy to install, has great features, and it easy to use. It also turns out a great image. The slide/film adapters work really well also for converting old media. I'd buy it again. 2008-11-24
Love IT!
Love the quality, ease of use. Read the reviews on the $500 models, read the reviews on the Mid Range and Low range, the reviews for the $500 models were saying the same thing about this Midrange model, so feel I have a $500 scanner for about a third the price. Love the durability, doesn't seem cheap. Have scanned many photographs, no complaints the auto correction very nice. I would highly recommend this scanner. Software that comes with it, seems go get the job done as well. 2008-11-24
Canon 8800F Scanner
I love the scanner and have scanned all of my old pictures (5000 already) - the scanner recognizes edges so you can do multiples on the flatbed. My only complaint is that it only scans photos at up to 600 dpi - and while that is probably adequate for my snapshots - the process does take awhile. 2008-11-23