CanoScan LiDE 700F

[themoleman342]

Anyone know how this scanner might compare to the Epson v500? I know it won't allow scanning medium format film, but that is not a entirely necessary feature for me (though it would be nice to have).

The only reason I ask is it seems to be a bit cheaper than the epson and it is a brand new product. Any advice would be much appreciated! Many thanks!

~Marc

[magnet-2009]

A review...

http://www.macuser.co.uk/reviews/250896/canon-canoscan-lide-700f.html

It's too slow and not efficient for dust removal and scratch recovery. Think better going with the v500.

[GrahamNR17]

Hmm, dust removal, one of my all-time reasons that I hate marketing departments for making such a big thing of it in the ads.

I have tried Canon and Epson. I prefer the Epson for image quality, but the Canon is faster. I also find the dust removal pointless. All it does it replace the dust particle with a pixellated blob that is worse than the dust to edit out of the photo

[themoleman342]

Speed isn't really a priority to me. Although I have many many many negatives, I don't mind spending the time to sort through them all.

I'm guessing epson's ICE is better than the the Canon's QARE?

My intention is to have a lab develop my color film (I'm doing my own b&W) but not print anything from them. Just plain development charges are $4, so not bad. I can then scan the film strips, sort through the pictures I want and don't, do the necessary PP, and have the lab print those. While it sounds like a complicated process it actually will turn out to be much much cheaper in the long run. My only hang-up is in the quality. Would either of these scanners offer the same quality as a lab just doing it from the get-go?


~Marc

[themoleman342]

I just bought the 700f. For $113 including shipping from newegg.com I could not pass up this unit. Sorry Epson! I imagine the price is so low because it lacks versatility. It really only does negative 35mm film strips. So that leaves out medium format and slide film. But from the limited reviews that were available, no one complained about the quality and that is the most important thing to me. From my estimates the scanner will pay for itself after about 15 rolls (the explanation of my plan is in my previous post). From there on I'll be saving money.

I'll try to make a little review here in the next month or so. Now that I have my first real scanner I'll make sure to do much more picture posting. I've always been really embarrassed to post here since every scan that I have is done from the print which offers really unacceptable results.

~Marc

[GrahamNR17]

Congrats, sounds like a bargain. I look forward to hearing how it goes