Comments on: Canoscan 8800F vs Nikon Coolscan 5000 (budget vs high end) – a quick comparison

By: Aloha Lavina

Aloha Lavina — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 12:15:18 +0000

Thanks for the comparison. I think will look into Canoscan and Epson both to see where I can invest wisely. There is nothing like film for resolution and developing trust with one’s skills…

By: Billy Gnoud

Billy Gnoud — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 23:18:32 +0000

Hey Lawrence, great article. I have a canoscan 8800f too. But it does a horrible job scanning cross-processed films…

details are losted, and the scans comes out very washed-out/overexposed.

Do you use silverfast for your scanner? VueScan?

How about scanning Kodachromes?

By: Filippo Mugnaini

Filippo Mugnaini — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 07:15:04 +0000

As that ”someone” who asked for a more elaborate opinion on Canoscan 8800F, I thank Lawrence for this helpful review!

By: Lawrence Ripsher

Lawrence Ripsher — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 06:03:02 +0000

Hi Steffen – thanks for stopping by. The other scanner I’m considering, and very likely will buy over this next week, is the Epson v700 (or v750 – probably the cheaper version though). It’s about $500 which is not significantly greater than the Canon and its reputation is excellent. Kal Khogali over on http://www.lostinfocus.org uses this scanner and gets great results from it. I’ll prob still use my Coolscan for 35mm – and then the Epson for MF shots.

I’ll post here once I’ve had a chance to play with it also.

Cheers,

Lawrence

By: Steffen

Steffen — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 18:45:58 +0000

Thanks for the helpful review. I’ve been searching for a 35mm and 120 film scanner and came across the canoscan 8800f. It looks like a good option. I want to scan negatives primarily to make 6×9 prints (for the 35mm), sometimes 8×12 prints (again from 35mm) and larger prints from the 120. My budget is about $200-$300 at the moment. There is such a plethora of scanners that it’s hard to sort through them all. In your opinion, at this price range is the 8800f the best deal? Are there other scanners you’d recommend considering? Should i just save up a few more months for a slightly higher end scanner ($500 range)? I should mention that fast scan speed and the capability to scan a large number of negatives at once is not a requirement for me.

thanks for any advice