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Canon - CanoScan Flatbed Scanner - 4800 dpi Optical
Average customer rating
4.6
(50 Reviews)
Rating breakdown 50 reviews
5 Stars
37
4 Stars
11
3 Stars
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1 Star
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96%of customers recommend this product.
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Customer Reviews for Canon - CanoScan Flatbed Scanner - 4800 dpi Optical
Customer Rating
5
CANOSCAN 5600F SCANNER
on February 19, 2015
Posted by: Richard L.
from Texas
I have a computer with Windows 7 on it, and my Visioneer one touch ccd scanner would not work with it anymore.
I like to scan coins in slabs, and raw coins, and items that are a little 3-d .
I emailed Canon , and even though it is not offered by them anymore, I found one on line, and used the drivers avaliable from Canon, they worked great with the MP Navigator download also still on Canon site.
I tried to find drivers for visioneer, no luck. Wish Canon still offered this scanner, works perfect, makes PDF, and You can do JPG images with the steps Canon sent me.
THANK YOU CANON.
I like to scan coins in slabs, and raw coins, and items that are a little 3-d .
I emailed Canon , and even though it is not offered by them anymore, I found one on line, and used the drivers avaliable from Canon, they worked great with the MP Navigator download also still on Canon site.
I tried to find drivers for visioneer, no luck. Wish Canon still offered this scanner, works perfect, makes PDF, and You can do JPG images with the steps Canon sent me.
THANK YOU CANON.
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Customer Rating
4
Mixed Feelings on 35mm scans
on July 1, 2012
Posted by: Slide Collector
from Delaware
I already owned a Canon MX700 multli-function printer which has a fine scanner, but I purchased this scanner, based on the many favorable reviews, for its ability to scan 35mm film and slides. I have many thousands of slides and negatives taken over the past 40-50 years, and I wanted to digitize some of them before the colors faded too much. I had tried an 1800 dpi scanner which scanned one frame at a time, and very slowly. Then my daughter gave me another scanner, which quickly scanned by photographing the slide or film. However, it did not reproduce the depth of color in the slides, and highlight areas were badly washed out.
So I looked forward to using the Canoscan with its better resolution and quality.
Using the Canoscan 5600F, I scanned at 2400 dpi about 60 slides from 45 years ago, which I had previously scanned using the snapshot scanner. The colors in the slides were still good, and the colors came through fine in the Canon scans, unlike the earlier scanner. The highlight detail that was missing with the earlier scanner was now fully present. However, when I compared the two sets of scanned images, there was shadow detail that could be seen with the earlier scanner that was lost in the Canon scans. The scans seemed to have too high contrast. If there is important shadow detail, editing the final image is necessary
I then tried scanning a 35mm negative from about 10 years ago. I scanned it at 2400 dpi. I also had a 4x6 print of the same shot which I scanned at 600 dpi. In comparing the two scans, the scan from the print had more pleasing color balance. I then scanned the negative again at 4800 dpi, and there was only a little more detail apparent at the higher resolution. Taking all 3 scans into Photoshop Editor, I adjusted the color balance on each by adjusting the skin tone on the subject. The result was that all 3 were good, and close to one another. It would be difficult to say which was the best.
The film and slide holder seems well designed and easy to use. Scanning a group of 4 slides at 2400 dpi takes up to 10 minutes or so, but it can proceed while you are doing other things. It takes about 30 seconds to replace them and begin scanning the next set of 4.
In summary, I am fairly happy with the scanner's performance, but in many cases editing in Photoshop is necessary to adjust the contrast and possibly the color balance..
Pros: High resolution, easy to use
Cons: Large Footprint
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Customer Rating
5
Great buy
on March 4, 2011
Posted by: CD
from NY
This was purchased as my first scanner purchase in about 15 years. Thing shave improved. The scanner is faster with better resolution. The connection to my Mac was nothing, the software loaded perfectly and is intuitive and easy to use
Pros: Fast Connectivity, High resolution, High-speed scanning, easy to use
Cons: Large Footprint
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Customer Rating
4
great for slides
on December 10, 2008
Posted by: richard
from columbus ohio
we have about 5000 slides from 1963 thru 1980. we have been using this scanner for a week and love it. the resolution is excellent and it only takes about 10 minutes to process 4 slides.
Pros: easy to use, High-speed scanning, High resolution
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting usa.canon.com
Customer Rating
5
Supports Windows 7
on February 22, 2010
Posted by: Texdawg
I purchased this scanner for three major reasons. One, it is fully Windows 7 compatible. Two, great reviews. Three, I got it at a good price.
Pros: Fast Connectivity, High resolution, High-speed scanning, easy to use
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Customer Rating
4
Limitations for film scanning
on July 14, 2011
Posted by: don
from Brookville, Indiana
I thought the 5600F scanner would scan negatives larger than 35 mm. I have glass negatives, e.g., which are 5" x 7". Otherwise, I am very satisfield with the scans of old photographs
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Customer Rating
5
Easy to set up
on August 10, 2012
Posted by: blueoctober
from Oregon
Our IT director bought this brand new and then our office went to tiny scanners so I got this for the very good price of freeeee. It didn't come with a disk so I was easily able to download the driver on Canon's site (needs the driver installed first I found out, hey I'm still learning here). As soon as I did that and then plugged the unit in it was asking what I wanted to do! And away I went scanning like a fiend. Being able to access the manual online is a total plus. Thanks Canon for being uber friendly to a slightly computer savvy user.
Pros: Fast Connectivity, High resolution, High-speed scanning, easy to use
Cons: unit is big
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Customer Rating
5
on November 26, 2010
Posted by: Lu
from United States
I love it. That's all I have to say about it. I plan on buying two more to give away at Christmas.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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