Scanners > Canon Scanners > USB > 4000 dpi x 4000 dpi

Advantages: Extremely good image quality
Disadvantages: very slow

When I bought this scanner a few years ago it was quite expensive at more than £700 although at the time scanners of this resolution were in general even more expensive. It is quite an old design and most likely now to be found only on the second-hand market, but due to it's sturdy construction could make a sensible second-hand purchase when compared to the relatively cheap and cheerful scanners available now. It is very robust and fairly large with ...
...length of the film holders, but the build quality of mine has stood the test of time and it is still working after scanning about 500 films (I am gradually archiving my wildlife and travel photographs from more than 20 years of adventures) It is equipped with two sturdy metal film holders: one that takes strips of up to 6 35mm negatives and the other takes 4 mounted slides. The scanner detects which one is being used and sets the default scanning ... Read review

Advantages: Sooooo many features
Disadvantages: None that I can think of

We use the CanoScan Lide 25 (which I'll refer to as Lide 25 from now on) at work and a handy little scanning tool it is indeed. It's very slim and lightweight and sits nicely on my desk, ready to jump into action whenever I need to scan a document or photo. You can copy directly from the platen (glass screen) to your printer or print or even email and it's very easy to set up. AN ABUNDANCE OF FEATURES The Lide 25 uses a USB connection so ...
...handy indeed - saving on energy is always a better option. Unlike other home scanners I've used in the past the Lide 25 scans to a fairly high resolution of up to 1200 x 2400 dpi so when scanning photos you get very good quality images. The software that comes with the scanned allows you to scan documents to PDF too and you choose whether you want them in colour or monochrome or select the image quality you want from 75, 100, 200, 250, 300 or 400 ... Read review