Epson Perfection V500 vs. Canon CS8800F for digitizing film library
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I'm sure either one will do a pretty good job for you. Fwiw, I purchased the Epson v500 for the simple reason that it has ICE Technology which does an absolutely amazing job of cleaning all sorts of debris/artifacts/dust et al from both slides and negatives. The hours I've saved not having to hand manipulate each image are numerous to say the least. This was the second time I've had to scan my full slide collection after the first set (over 500) was wiped out by a virus. This time was MUCH easier w/ the V500. Also, the quality of the scan improved a great degree so maybe the virus was a blessing in disguise afterall :-) Btw, I had no problem whatsoever setting it up on my Dell Vista OS. YMMV ... Cheers and good luck !
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Vuescan is fantastic and far more affordable than Silverfast which is outrageously priced. Mr Hamrick is great about support. He personally answers most questions in 24-48 hours via email. I would recommend the Pro version as it is much more flexible. I use Vuescan with my Coolscan 5000 and current Epson scanner.
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Firewire is great with video and photographs; I would go with firewire 800 (1394b) vs. 400 (1394a)
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I use an Epson Artisan 50 and haven't experienced that problem. I've had very pleasing results with the JVC Watershield DVDs. Bright . crisp and sharp photos on the glossy surface. I also haven't had even one bad DVD and I'm well into my second 50 pack. I've had bad ones with every other brand I've used before.
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One pleasant surprise was when I tested the Draft setting for printing: it was much faster and couldn't be distinguished from full quality. This with two photos on the disc and high resolution text.I don't miss the several Epsons (200, 320, and 800) I wore out before, all the feeding troubles, the long cleaning cycles and the accompanying absurd ink consumption.Hurrah for Canon!
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I have the 8600F and have scanned 14 rolls of 24 exposure film. All but one roll worked fine. One roll some pictures look over-exposed and about half of the jpg's look like negatives. I was able to use Adobe photo elements and do a negative on it and color balance to get it to look near normal. There are still a half dozen or more that the colors are all off if I try this. If anyone has figured out a cause and/or solution, please let me know as well! Thanks.
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Vaboo! Good topic.I've got a box of *everything* -- 110, 35mm and 126 negatives. The problem is the software doesn't really allow for this film format . . . I'm going to see if they have a SDK or something to hack that.Any suggestions for the 110s?Also, can someone suggest a good (cheap) negative viewer? That pana-vue #2 looks perfect except it's for slides.Thanks in advance!
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I have been using the CanoScan 8800F for scanning slides and 35mm negatives. I am using an Intel-Based MacBook running Leopard 10.5.4. I used the drivers (newer) that I downloaded from the Canon site and was up and running in under 20 minutes. Very good product - especially with color slides. I have not had any need to scan above 3800 dpi myself - looks perfectly great at 2400.I had heard that the Epson was a bit slow and the software wasn't as good. The Canon software was easy to use and the alerts were helpful, in the event that I hadn't done something correctly.
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Most of what I have (90-95%) are Black & White negatives, and I see from a review at http://www.imaging-resource.com/SCAN/CS9000/9000F.HTMthat FARE is disabled for B&W; film (it thinks the whole emulsion is dust).Have you scanned many B&W; negatives?Also, have you scanned any contact prints/proof sheets (I imagine it does those just fine, but I just remembered those?If this does good with B&W; negatives - then that's' what I'm looking for - as I need a general purpose scanner too.
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In the product description below it says that it is the HC8000D-BL. I would recommend getting one of the new Sony VPL HW40ES/B or even the Epson 5030 projector. I'm not really impressed with the 8000. I've installed dozens of the 7800's and a couple 8000's. The 8000's had issues right out of the box, but the Sony's and Epson's have been perfect right out of the box.
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I'm still debating for myself. My paper backlog isn't as big (maybe 5-7 years) and I have very limited space in my apartment (honestly not sure where I'd fit the S1500), so I'm leaning toward the S1300. BUT, if I had as much paper as it sounds like you do and the footprint wasn't an issue, I'd go for the S1500 primarily because of the speed difference, which is huge. Getting Adobe Acrobat (if you don't have it already) is also a big plus. Go to you __ tube and search for ScanSnap S1300 vs S1500. The speed difference will be really clear.
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I own the older sd700is and it is a great little camera. I really don't think you can go wrong with any of the digital elphs.If I were to replace it today I would get the sd880is because of the wide angle lens.
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i got it on sale cheaper than the 2270. go with low price. the scanner copier are not worth paying extra for.
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I have to agree with A. Geib I bumped up the phyical memory, used quality paper printed at the highest resolution and got very good resultsIt is abit slow on the first thing printing and sounds like a jet when I turn it on, but it was worth the money so far, I also have a Brotherat work and its a workhorse.I've used HP's Lexmark, Cannon, Epson it compares to them all, the interesting thing for me is watching the sell price move up and downI may start tracking it for fun.
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A scan of a print would be a reflective print. For reflective prints, and if you never plan to scan film, pretty much any $100 scanner will perform just fine. You would see the benefit of the v500 and v7xx only when you started to scan film
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There is a useful post in another thread, the Canoscan 8600 vs. 8800 discussion--Vijay reported buying both the V500 and the 8800 and doing a side by side comparison. Canon won hands down.
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I am looking at the V500 compared to the 4490. Any suggestions? The reviews all rave about the V500 for slides and negatives, which I too plan to scan, but I also have many old photos.