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Ectaco C-Pen Handheld Scanner

Childrens Toy Shop > Photo > Slide and Photo
from: Ectaco


Lots of other reviews get into the details, so I won't bother. Let me just give my opinion of how I like the performance of this pen.

I do a fair amount of scanning and use this pen for spot scanning. It is even good enough that I have found myself using this pen to scan multiple pages, although that's not what it is best at.

The only challenge I have is when I'm trying to scan near the spine of a book. When the surface is not flat, the scan can go off into left field. When that happens, I simply go back - highlight the garbage - and rescan a bit slower and it seems to pick it up fine.

Some have said it is not that fast. I find it almost as fast as I can scan a line. I don't know what they expect from a ... Read More:

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Nikon Super CoolScan 5000 ED Film Scanner

Childrens Toy Shop > Photo > Slide and Photo
from: Nikon

February 15, 2004
I'm a fairly accomplished amateur photographer. I've got film from Africa, National Parks and other places, and have now put around 500 slides and negatives through this scanner.
It's *great*.
The dynamic range is fantastic. 'Dark' images come through wonderfully. If it was unintentionally underexposed, the 16-bit color depth gives lots of room for adjustment. I was able to rescue many previously useless images and get decent digital files.
Speaking of rescues, many old family photos have rolled through my scanner, and the pleasure of saving and restoring old memories has been of great worth.
The negative strip feeder struggles with strips less than two frames long; some of my old negatives were strangely cut, and I ended ... Read More:

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HP ScanJet 7650 Flatbed Scanner with Auto Document Feeder (L1940A#B1H)

Childrens Toy Shop > Photo > Slide and Photo
from: Hewlett Packard


I've been using this device for about 12 months now and I'm happy enough with it. Perhaps in the future, I might try this product which seems to get stellar reviews:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000YA1XVG/ref=nosim/gizmodo-20

Yes, it does seem to jam a lot, and when it does, it does seem to be a pain to get it out, depending on where it is. But for the hundreds of documents I scan in, mainly office papers, it does the work well enough.

It creates searchable PDFs, and I simply scan in a document through the ADF, and it creates a file, subbed by the month, and I'm able to later search the documents by the month.

I also use the flat bed for documents that are strangely shaped, or look as though ... Read More:

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Epson Expression 10000XL Large-Format Flatbed Photo Scanner

Childrens Toy Shop > Photo > Slide and Photo
from: Epson


This scanner is wonderful! I work for my local historical society and this is the scanner that we use to do all of our digital preservation. We use it to scan large format negatives and it works like a dream.

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Nikon Super CoolScan 9000 ED Film Scanner

Childrens Toy Shop > Photo > Slide and Photo
from: Nikon

February 15, 2004
I was astonished at what this scanner could do, in terms of preserving the gentle tones of my black and white negatives. My only regret is that there is no equivalent to Digital ICE for black and white. That problem is not unique to this scanner, of course.

The quality of the images I get from this scanner, with negatives from a basic 1970-vintage twin lens camera, trounces the images I get with a Canon 5D SLR. I also have used it with 35MM negatives, which work beautifully, and with both 4.5cm x 4.5cm negatives and 110 negatives, which require that I jury-rig a special mask for the glass-covered medium format carriage (FH-869GR, not included).

The 9000ED comes with a 35MM carriage, 35MM slide carriage, and basic MF carriage. For ... Read More:

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Nikon Coolscan IV APS Film Adapter

Childrens Toy Shop > Photo > Slide and Photo
from: Nikon

April 26, 2004
I only scanned about 15 rolls of APS before it gave up the ghost. Luckily, it has a 1 year warranty. I sent it off to Nikon for repair. The scans were for the most part fine. Oddly enough they're always rotated wrong, but that's easy enough to fix. Preview takes too long, so work off of your index prints.

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Pacific Image Electronics' PrimeFilm PF1800U USB Film Scanner

Childrens Toy Shop > Photo > Slide and Photo
from: Pacific Image Electronics


For some reason all the images look as though it was a printer with the ink cartridge running out. I have tried every possible combination and it all looks the same. Stay away from this thing unless you are seriously desperate.

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Nikon CoolScan V ED Film Scanner

Childrens Toy Shop > Photo > Slide and Photo
from: Nikon


Easy to install and setup. Had it working within ten minutes after it came out of the box. Instruction manual easy to understand and it came with a quick start guide. A strip of four negatives utilizing ICE software takes about five minutes to scan. Scanning strips is done in auto mode and is a great convenience. Noise level is minor. Very satisfied with scanned images and operation of this film scanner.

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Epson Perfection 1660 Photo Scanner

Childrens Toy Shop > Photo > Slide and Photo
from: Epson

August 29, 2002
This scanner produces fair results for most work. There is a major flaw in the design that prospective buyers should know. The assumption is that when scanning negatives, there will be a difference in density between the edge of the frame and the inter-frame space. This is usually, but not always the case. I have a large project involving photographing small items against a black background. I carefully exposed so that the black background produces no density on the negative. This allows the maximum dynamic range for the object I'm photographing. This scanner refuses to scan the entire strip. I get nothing. If you need a scanner for negatives, this is probably not the one to get.

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Pacific Image PrimeFilm 3610AFL 35mm Film Scanner with 3600dpi, USB Interface

Childrens Toy Shop > Photo > Slide and Photo
from: Pacific Image


The scanner came on time and in good condition - well packed! I have used the scanner only sparingly so far but it seams to work very well for what I have done. I would seam to be a good unit.