Canon CanoScan 2700F

Going digital but still want to continue to enjoy your years of 35mm photos? Maybe the best way ahead is to invest in a dedicated film scanner. On the other hand few of us have limitless budgets so we won’t be rushing out to buy a top line brand new scanner - hence my purchase of a Canon CanoScan 2700F (you knew I’d get there eventually). The Basics ~~~~~~~~ The 2700F is a 35mm film scanner. It will handle negative strips, APS cartridges (if anyone uses APS!) and mounted transparencies (slides). There are two main advantages to scanning the negatives rather than prints; firstly, and most ... more

This is a film scanner I bought second hand quite a year ago. It was fairly priced and I thought of giving it a go. The first problems occured when I had to set up the SCSI card which took some time, but was worth doing, if you really are into computers. SInce this is a discontinued item, there are no drivers for Windows XP (unless someone knows something that I do not and enlight us), I had to set up my computer with 2 different Operating Systems. Windows 98 just for the scanenr and XP for all the other applications. It is alright, it does not do you much of a hassle. So the scanner is a ... more