Scanner

[Ronnie73]

It is surprisingly difficult to sometimes find that information. Even when looking at the scanner specs. One easy way to tell is to find a scanner that is made to scan negatives or film slides. They need the CCD to scan the depth of the slides correctly.

[GoldenAge50s]

Originally Posted by Ronnie73

It is surprisingly difficult to sometimes find that information. Even when looking at the scanner specs. One easy way to tell is to find a scanner that is made to scan negatives or film slides. They need the CCD to scan the depth of the slides correctly.

I have found that to be very true! Finding the specs does not always tell you the scanning element anymore. In fact, it is getting harder & harder to find a flat bed scanner at all!

[toledo_mudhen]

There's a reason why they're working at Office Depot

[Ben Yourg]

Thank you all,for your help.

[jchcollins]

I don't think the staff at places like Office Depot have much cause to know a lot about scanners anymore - they aren't as popular / necessary for pictures and things like that as they were 20 years ago. My local Office Depot had a pretty poor selection, I actually wound up ordering the one I wanted (an Epson v370) off of Amazon.

[CW]

I posted this last month in another thread. It may be helpful here. Also see this thread for more suggestions:

As of 9/23/2019, I just checked the Canon site and it appears they no longer make the Canoscan 5600F, the 9000F, or the 9000F Mark II. It looks like Canon only makes LiDE scanners which do not work well with slabbed cards.

You can find one 9000F and one 9000F Mark II on Amazon right now, but they are ridiculously overpriced.

For us card geeks, the Epson V series may be the only good option, other than finding a used Canon on eBay.

[frankbmd]

Originally Posted by CW

I posted this last month in another thread. It may be helpful here. Also see this thread for more suggestions:

As of 9/23/2019, I just checked the Canon site and it appears they no longer make the Canoscan 5600F, the 9000F, or the 9000F Mark II. It looks like Canon only makes LiDE scanners which do not work well with slabbed cards.

You can find one 9000F and one 9000F Mark II on Amazon right now, but they are ridiculously overpriced.

For us card geeks, the Epson V series may be the only good option, other than finding a used Canon on eBay.

I purchased my Canoscan 5600F after the release of the 9000F and it was ridiculously underpriced.

[jchcollins]

Originally Posted by CW

For us card geeks, the Epson V series may be the only good option, other than finding a used Canon on eBay.

I have nothing but positive feedback for the Epson v370. It works beautifully with cards, including for thicker cases and slabs.

[Leon]

The more skill the store personnel have the more they make per hour in turn leads to higher cost items. The ROI for that expertise probably isn't good.

Originally Posted by jchcollins

I don't think the staff at places like Office Depot have much cause to know a lot about scanners anymore - they aren't as popular / necessary for pictures and things like that as they were 20 years ago. My local Office Depot had a pretty poor selection, I actually wound up ordering the one I wanted (an Epson v370) off of Amazon.

[lowpopper]

Just get a CanoScan and call it a day. 5600F, 8800F, 9000F etc.