J-Katzman

J-Katzman: #canon_canoscan_9000f EZ Buttons, 9600 dpi CCD Sensor, Auto Document Fix, Auto Scan Mode, Built-In Power Supply, FARE Level 3, Film Scanning (35mm film/120 format film), Gutter Shadow Correction, High-speed Scanning, Light Guide, OCR Text Data Conversion, PDF Password, Sensor Carriage, Super Toric Lens, White LED, Zero Warm-up Time2 Available on the market since a few months, the Canon CanonScan has proven itself a worthy successor of the 8800F. A resolution of 9600dpi for film scanning is claimed. Don't expect to achieve this enormous values in practice, but the CCD sensors capture enough details for large printing. The white LEDs are a bright, but energy saving light source, that needs no warm-up time. The 9000F is quiet, fast and comfortable to use. It scans also any original, reflective as well as transmissive material; different film holders are included. The scanner i available for around $ 240,- Wow, what a prize. Remember how expensive the quality scanners were some years ago. It seems, that the 9000F is bundled with SilverFast in europe, unfortunately not in the US. SilverFast is the best scanner software you can get, but it's quite expensive. http://www.silverfast.com/product/Canon/729/en.html I recommend the CanoScan 9000F to anyone looking for an all-round device, at least taking also the cheapest SilverFast SE version. Ambitious photographers should update to a higher version including IT8 color calibration for a color-true CMS. If you're going to scan no photographies at all, but 35mm slides and negatives only, then a dedicated film scanner like the Plustek 7600i would be the better choice. best Katzman J. Sep 14, 10