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R2D
Irwin, PA
The Canon 8800F makes it fun to digitalize old film and pictures
4 star rating

a PC User, a healthy cook
Pros

    Price, Quality

Cons
    Needs more film adapter sizes.

DEC
9
2008

Canon CanoScan CS8800F Flatbed Scanner — 

I purchased the Canon 8800F as a refurbished product from Canon's estore.  The product came in only two day with free shipping and included everything I needed to set it up including cords and software.  It came with Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.0 for Windows and 4.0 for Mac and ArcSoft Photostudio 5.5 along with the installation and organizational software.  The scanner looked brand new even though refurbished, but the warranty is for 90 days instead of one year. 

It does a good job scanning negatives, slides and prints, along with office print scans. It comes with adapters for 35mm film, 35mm mounted slides, and medium format film strips.  I have also experimented with 110 by laying the film on the glass and using the 35mm film adapter and additional handmade masks, and have had some success with trial and error. The scanner is easy to use in the basic modes, though, to achieve the highest quality for photos I have had to experiment with the adjustments.  I wish it came with the ability to adjust the adapters for more film sizes.



I_thumb_up Canon CanoScan CS8800F Flatbed Scanner is recommended by R2D

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playst wrote on Jan 26, 2009 at 6:08AM

In response to R2D's comment from Jan 26, 2009 at 5:23AM:

So you had the retail color box or brown box for the scanner ? Is there a protective plastic film on the scanner itself and secure by orange tape ?

R2D wrote on Jan 26, 2009 at 5:23AM

In response to playst's comment from Jan 25, 2009 at 9:16PM:

I don't still have the box. I think the scanner came in a retail box inside of a brown box. From what I can remember it only said "refurbished" on the packing slip, but I'm not sure. It's not on the scanner itself.

playst wrote on Jan 25, 2009 at 9:16PM

So does your refurbished 8800F scanner comes in retail colour box or brown box and is there any wording like "refurbish" place on the box itself ?