Canon CanoScan LiDE 80 Color Scanner by Canon
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Digital camera reviews of Canon CanoScan LiDE 80 Color Scanner
Digital camera Review: Easy to use - horrible quality
Summary: 2 Stars
I made the decision to get the LiDE 80 based on a comparison of reviews for different brands. I had considered getting another HP but the reviews for the one I was looking at were not at all good.
The LiDE 80 is easy to install and use, but getting crisp detailed scans of photos? Forget it. After every scan I have to adjust the contrast, the saturation, the sharpness, or a couple other settings. Every scan has a foggy, milkly, diluted, faded, out of focus (insert description of choice) quality to it. I'm losing so much detail it's not even worth the time it takes to scan my photos. I've played with the scanner settings hoping to get some kind of improvement but it's just not happening.
I was previously using an HP 3300c and I never had to adjust to my scans in a graphics suite to get good results. I'm going to pack this piece of junk up and get the HP 3970 like I should have done in the first place.
I'm giving the LiDE 80 2 stars simply for how easy it is to install and use.
Digital camera Review: Excelent Scanner
Summary: 5 Stars
I've been nothing but satisfied with this scanner. My old Visioneer scanner broke, so I bought this one to replace it since I've always been a fan of Canon products (they last), and it seems to be the right choice. It's super compact, only runs off of one USB cable, and scans wonderfully. I use it for scanning in drawings and negatives for graphic design. And with the compact design, it would be easy to carry around with a laptop for scanning on the go. And at this price, it's a wonderful deal.Digital camera Review: Excellent Scanner
Summary: 5 Stars
This scanner is a wonder. Easy to use with idiot proof features. I love it - sorry I did not buy it sooner.Digital camera Review: Excellent scanner, abysmal operating system...
Summary: 2 Stars
I purchased the LiDE 80 from another vendor about a year ago. Worked fine for 11 months and then I started to get some relatively minor errors from the software. May have to do with upgrade to Windows XP SP2, I don't know.
I called up the Canon Tech Support people (they are nice and very knowledgeable), and they told me to uninstall and then reinstall the scanner. Okay, fine. I do this for hardware all the time.
However, ever since, I have been unable to reinstall the device, either with drivers from the OEM CD or from the Canon website. My operating system simply does not accept these drivers--when I install them, it is like nothing happened. The hardware installation wizard DOES NOT work for this scanner, presumably because the drivers are not "digitally signed" (translation--Canon didn't pay Microsoft a lot of money; that's okay with me as this would propagate into the price of the scanner, however it still needs to function properly to have any value).
So basically I am stuck with a piece of equipment that is useless to me. My computer is a Dell that is only 6 months old--this should be able to work.
In conclusion, the scanner is very nice when it works but the operating system is lousy...
Digital camera Review: Fast and Convenient
Summary: 4 Stars
The Canoscan LiDE 80 is easy to use for a variety of applications and the USB Hi-Speed (no longer USB2) interface is super fast and convenient since it not only is the data link, but supplies power to the scanner. If your power hub is as congested as mine, you'll appreciate this bonus. The LiDE 80 comes standard with a film adapter unit so you can scan 35 mm film or unmounted slide film. although the literature claims the film scanner runs at 2400 x 4800 DPI, I don't buy it. My Nikon fim scanner is 2900 DPI and gives MUCH better scans of 35 mm film. No contest. Then again, it was quite a bit more (4X)expensive than the LiDE 80 and only scans film...The LiDE 80 includes software for automatic retouching of scratches and dust - and it also now has grain and fading correction. I tried these features on color photos taken over 50 years ago and was pleasantly surprised with the results. Overall, this is a nice package that goes well beyond the typical bargain scanner.