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Canon CanoScan 8800F Color Photo Scanner
Canon is doing an amazing job in helping people preserve old photographs, negatives and slides apart from providing the best cameras that actually take photographs in the present day. The 8800F is an upgrade of the 8400F and is here with lots of attractive and intuitive features. It is a very high quality scanner loaded with numerous professional options and comes at an affordable price
The scanner comes with a set of free softwares like Arcsoft, Presto Pagemanager, Photoshop elements etc. These can be extremely useful in editing the scanned copies of the pictures so as to remove any defects and add details. There are various choices of resolution to choose from and the scan time purely depends on the choice. Scanning at 600 dpi is very quick and one does not have to compromise on the file quality to get it sooner. The main advantage with this device is that it does not require any heat up time for the lamp which does the job quicker. Installing the device on any machine is a very easy task and requires no special skill. The basic purpose for which most of the users opt for this device is to digitize prints, slides and negatives, apart from other applications. The auto adjustment option corrects any faults in the picture and also removes any kind of scratches to get a perfect picture. The ease of use of all the provided software is also good and is at the service of the user whenever needed.
It has the capability to scan around four to five pictures at a time and save each one of them individually after scanning. It is very easy to load and place the film guide mounts on the scanner. While scanning negatives, it saves each shot on the strip as a separate file making it a hassle free operation for the user. The software is also flexible and permits odd film sizes. This is because there are three negative holders with the device, but it can be resized according to the user’s choice by just turning the thumbnail view off. It can work wonders with any kind of media used the results are always more than just pleasing. This particular model has changes with respect to the layout of buttons used to select different modes and also the on/off button when compared to the earlier version, making it more user friendly.
There are not many drawbacks to this device and those present are also user specific. If the user starts scanning several objects continuously, the file names of the scanned files are in a serial order as they are saved. But if the user takes a break by turning the device off and later switches it on continue his work, the file name starts all over again instead of continuing where it stopped. Though this is a very minor issue, it may be of concern to the specific user and no to the whole lot. Also the time taken to scan slides is a bit longer when compared to photos.
It is a wonderful scanner with attractive features for the price which also includes several useful softwares and the device comes with a reliable brand name. The user couldn’t ask for more.
