Flatbed Scanner
HMSDOC
scanning photos to 8x10 but no need to scan negatives or slides?
Howard
Uni
HMSDOC wrote:
>
> What would you recommend as a good quality prosumer type flatbed scanner for
> scanning photos to 8x10 but no need to scan negatives or slides?
Canon N670U or N1240U :)
Uni
>
> Howard
Mac McDougald
says...
> What would you recommend as a good quality prosumer type flatbed scanner for
> scanning photos to 8x10 but no need to scan negatives or slides?
>
> Howard
Bout anything will do, even sub 100 buck models.
1200ppi optical oughtta be more than plenty.
Main decision is interface (USB 1 or 2/Firewire, mainly) and whether
8.5x11 is big enough.
The Canons that Uni mentioned seem highly rated, true.
I'd advise against HP on general quality/software concern principles, but
everyone has their favorite brand to hate :-)
--
Mac McDougald
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Ed Hamrick
> The Canons that Uni mentioned seem highly rated, true.
I agree - the Canon N670U is an excellent choice. You don't
really need the 1200 dpi of the N1240U to scan 8x10 photographs,
and you can get full 16-bit data from both.
The real advantage of the N670U and N1240U is that you don't
need a power cord and the scanners are small and light.
The Epson 1650 is also a nice choice, and scans a bit faster
than the Canon scanners.
> I'd advise against HP on general quality/software concern principles
I quite agree.
Regards,
Ed Hamrick
Uni
Ed Hamrick wrote:
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> "Mac McDougald" <doogleRE...@doogle.com> wrote:
> > The Canons that Uni mentioned seem highly rated, true.
>
> I agree - the Canon N670U is an excellent choice. You don't
> really need the 1200 dpi of the N1240U to scan 8x10 photographs,
> and you can get full 16-bit data from both.
>
> The real advantage of the N670U and N1240U is that you don't
> need a power cord and the scanners are small and light.
Let's not stop there, Ed.
Let's not forget about the real easy, no fuss, setup software...
And let's not forget, this scanner pays for itself by consuming about
10% of the power of comparable CCD scanners...
And the colors... wow wee! :)
The N1240U is a good choice if you don't have a photo editing
application, as it included Photoshop Elements with it.
Uni
Ed Hamrick
> Let's not forget about the real easy, no fuss, setup software...
Yes, the Canon software sets up easily and few people report
problems with it.
> And let's not forget, this scanner pays for itself by consuming about
> 10% of the power of comparable CCD scanners...
I don't think the cost of power is a significant savings.
> And the colors... wow wee! :)
The colors are good (in my opinion) with these scanners
because they use LED light sources, just like the Nikon
film scanners. I think this type of light source produces
better (purer) colors because they can isolate the
component colors better.
A more technical explanation would be that if you take the
curve of sensitivity vs. wavelength of the scanner and
multiply by the curve of reflectivity vs. wavelength for
each ink color, you get less overlap of these three curves
with LED's than with white lights and tri-color CCD's.
Regards,
Ed Hamrick
Uni
Ed Hamrick wrote:
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> "Uni" <plg...@usa.net> wrote:
> > Let's not forget about the real easy, no fuss, setup software...
>
> Yes, the Canon software sets up easily and few people report
> problems with it.
>
> > And let's not forget, this scanner pays for itself by consuming about
> > 10% of the power of comparable CCD scanners...
>
> I don't think the cost of power is a significant savings.
I know. But it amazes me how little power these scanners actually
consume. 2.5 Watts isn't all that much. And with Standby mode consuming
1.5W, this means the LED and motor consume a mere 1.0 Watt.
>
> > And the colors... wow wee! :)
>
> The colors are good (in my opinion) with these scanners
> because they use LED light sources, just like the Nikon
> film scanners. I think this type of light source produces
> better (purer) colors because they can isolate the
> component colors better.
>
> A more technical explanation would be that if you take the
> curve of sensitivity vs. wavelength of the scanner and
> multiply by the curve of reflectivity vs. wavelength for
> each ink color, you get less overlap of these three curves
> with LED's than with white lights and tri-color CCD's.
Clever! Thanks.
Uni
>
> Regards,
> Ed Hamrick
HMSDOC
Howard