Scanners > 42-bit colour Scanners

Advantages: Quick and Easy to use
Disadvantages: None

...scans it through. The Nikon Coolscan IV ED offers an ultimate in professional film scanning technology. It is a desktop scanner which offers a super-fast throughput when scanning 35mm strip film or mounted 35mm slides at upto 2900 dpi optical resolution. That means it produces an image on the PC of in excess of 12 megapixels from a 35mm frame, which means you can create an image which can be printed onto an A3 page in full photo quality. Digital ...
...(Image Correction & Enhancement), Digital ROC (Reconstruction of Color), and Digital GEM (Grain Equalization & Management) this device ensures maximun image quality with minimal retouching required from a standard 35mm film. So you dont have to get them developed and can be shared online and through email and CD's. It comes complete with a manual that is well layed out and easy to read. It is easy to install, as it comes with an installation CD. ... Read review

Advantages: Good-Looking, Compact, Good For Little Kids
Disadvantages: Not Very Good Quality

Good, compact scanner but not very good quality. If scanning in photos, pretty good but if scanning in text, the text sometimes comes out multi-coloured. I was actually given this scanner by a friend who was clearing his bedroom, and is suitable for me because all i use it for is messing around . . . . the usual things kids usually do like putting their hand on it and scanning it in, or just little bits of homework. This scanner is very compact, ...
...A4 paper and is about 2 cm deep. I have mine tucked away in a little drawer, out of the way! Would recommend for little kids who want to scan in their hand prints, etc ... , but not for business people who are using it for work! ;) ... Read review

Advantages: Easy to use
Disadvantages: Dust under the scanning glass

...of the scanner is the HP logo along with the model number. On the front of the scanner is a pannel that has four blue buttons on. They are used as shortcuts to scan, fax, copy and email. I never use them, but they can be quite annoying if you knock one and it loads the scanning software on screen. Ease Of Use The scanner is easy to use, just click scan and your away, although it does have a few annoying features, like scanning in black and white ...
...you decide taht you want to save it, you have to re-scan the picture all over again. Scanning an image takes about a minute. Problems I have had the scanner for a few years now and it has not broken yet although there has been a build up of dust under the scanning screen, but this hasn't appeared to affect my scans too much. The Price I got the scanner for Christmas but after a look around the internet I found you could pick one up for about ... Read review

Advantages: Rather compact, excellent price, scanning positive image is very well
Disadvantages: Poor software, problems with USB, scanning of color negatives is bad

...of performance of the hardware Umax Astra 3450 have appeared much better on a comparison with the 2200 model. The scanner shown the excellent output results and good productivity. It is necessary to mark a high exactitude colors and balance on gray for scanning both in reflected, and in transparent light (for positive images). Essential defect of this model is the unsatisfactory quality of received images for scanning of color negatives owing to ... Read review

Advantages: solid built good brand , high quality
Disadvantages: software some what lurky

.... downloaded the software from canon usa (because canon europe wants you to pay for every thing!) the disadvantage is that the software standard is selected for film transprarant (yes , this scanner can scan 35mm negatives) and not glas (for normal scans) but after a search trough the settings mode a found the settign for glass or transparant i also have a more modern canon scanner (lide20) but this one is much butter although you would not say ... Read review