Advantages: Cheap as chips Disadvantages: Family ask you to Scan their old photos too
Do you have boxes of old 35mm film or slides from before you bought that shiny new digital camea?
This is the perfect gaget for transferring old films onto your PC and it is one of the cheapest that I was able to find.
The FilmScan 2700 can scan 35mm positive and negative film.
Once scanned, images can be saved, printed, shared, enhanced and published.
The accompanying software contains several image adjustment tools allow scans to be fully optimized with maximum image detail and color accuracy.
The unit is able to scan 35mm exposures in slide or strip format with a reasonably high 2700dpi optical resolution.
Each top quality scan is complete in arounf 1 minute 10 seconds. So if you have a lot of images it does take some time, but the scanner does not take a lot of attention and you can watch TV or even write ...
Advantages: Affordable, solid, good quality and you can rest cups of tea on top! Disadvantages: Sometimes slow to scan and other scanners do have better quality
We have had out Microtek Scanmaker 3600 for well over 5 years now and it is still going strong and doing the job for our entire family. I'm not sure how much we paid for it, but it was not a lot because we just wanted a basic scanner that could scan in documents. It is very reliable, easy to use, with a suitable range of features but has the tendency to be a bit slow occasionally.
1. Looks, Design and Size
The scanner is fairly good looking, quite elegant and fairly compact. It measures approximately 17" long, 10" across and 4" high so can fit into most desktop areas. It has a solid build to it and rather funky curve on the lid that gives it some added style. Furthermore, the main surface is flat and you can easily rest your cup of tea, lunch or bits of paper on top! The white colour is easy on the eye and fits in to most rooms ...
Advantages: Cheap and replaceable. Attractive and efficient technology. Disadvantages: Ink costs more than the machine. Potential ecological mayhem.
My new Canon PIXMA IP1800 replaces my Canon PIXMA IP1600 so the planet may be doomed and It could be my fault.
My Canon PIXMA IP1600 had nothing wrong with it. It wasn't broken. The pictures spilled out on glossy paper at A4 ready for framing. The text was crisp and black. I'd had it for a year or so. It was cheap yet efficient and as good as any printer I'd ever owned. It had no tray to catch paper coming out but otherwise was printing perfectly and I've been delighted with it. This is partly why I bought the Canon PIXMA IP1800 which is also excellent. But why bother? They're almost the same machine!
The ink is running out on my old printer and, bizarrely, new cartridges would cost more than a brand new one. My wife was furious.
She looked at the packets of ink cartridges with a shop assistant because she didn't believe me ...
Microtek USA has been at the forefront of scanning technology for over two decades. Its scanners are designed for home users and professionals alike - all of whom wish to achieve the best quality images they can obtain. With this scanner's high 1800 dpi optical resolution, film can be scanned and printed at up to 10" x 8" in size (200dpi output). A high dynamic range of 3.4D captures subtle highlight and shadow details with accurate color reproduction. The easy-to-use auto-loading system enables batch scanning of up to 40 exposures in a single 35 mm roll at a time. Fast and convenient with both positive and negative film. The new, easy-to-use image editing application from Adobe Systems Inc is the perfect partner for the FilmScan 1800 on both Macintosh and Windows platforms.
