Canon CanoScan 4400F Color Image Scanner (1306B002) by Canon
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Digital camera reviews of Canon CanoScan 4400F Color Image Scanner (1306B002)
Digital camera Review: Pleased
Summary: 4 Stars
I am very pleased with this unit. It helped me transfer over 1000 slides to my computer with ease. I found it easy to install also very easy to use after playing with it for a while. I does have its quirks setting it each time to put the scanned file where you want it.Digital camera Review: Scan your Slides
Summary: 5 Stars
Works great so far. Only problem that might occur is that the slde holder is very flimsy and I cross my fingers each time I reload slides that it stay in one piece. I hope Cannon or an after market manufacturer addresses this issue. The fade correction is very useful in the software for our 45 year old slides.Digital camera Review: Displeased with Canon
Summary: 1 Stars
I ordered this product to scan old photographic slides.
Our computer utilized the Windows Vista operating system.
According to the Canon instructions, I was supposed to download software from their website. After many hours of trial and error, e-mailing their "technical support" department and receiving partial answers, I packaged up this scanner and sent it back to Buy.Com.
I completed a Canon consumer satisfaction survey (giving them my honest opinion) and was never contacted by them.
No more Canon products for me !!!!
Digital camera Review: Decent Negative Scanner, Quick Tips
Summary: 4 Stars
I received this product about 8 rolls of 35mm ago, and have been scanning diligently since I opened the box. I installed the drivers from the web site prior to it arriving, so I just plugged it into my Mac and was ready to go.
I was terrified with the out of the box settings. I wanted to throw out my negatives and ship the scanner back. I was expecting out of the box photo scans equivalent to my D80, and since this was my first attempt at shooting film, I had to way to compare to the reality of 35mm film.
I now scan to TIFF, using the "Scanner Driver" option from the Toolbox, and scan in at 9600dpi, 2592x1944 resolution, and each file comes out at 14.4mb. They are large files, but, they are decent pictures now that I am not ashamed of.
With Picasa, the files are easily adjusted and ready to export to Facebook, email, wherever. I have not tried the included software from the cd so I cannot make any remarks on this.
The best scans are for some reason from upside down negatives. Maybe its just my film? Consequently, I flip and rotate the images from the prescan window. Curly negatives are a problem, so after developing, press your negatives in a book or something for a day or two. If you do scan the curly negatives you might find rainbow striping on the two outer most frames or a sort of barrel distortion effect.
The negative holder that comes with the scanner does seem flimsy as others have reviewed. I think its an intentional design consideration as it just makes loading the film real easy and being softer plastic I think its less likely to scratch either your negatives or the scanner itself.
Speed isn't the greatest, but I personally dont think its outrageous. With the settings I choose, its about 4 minutes per 35mm frame. Time increases with cropping within the frame at prescan or of course if you select 16/48bit scanning which I have not played with yet.
All in all, happy with the purchase, happy with the scans, and I think its a solid product. It even has some foothold, so it doesnt slide around your desk. It kind of sounds like an old diesel mercedes when its scanning, too.
Digital camera Review: Best darn scanner I have ever used
Summary: 5 Stars
Easy to set up and use. Quality scanning. I would recommend this scanner to anyone. Price is reasonable. I've never had a bad Canon product. Period.