canon scanner 8800F

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is someone using the Canon Scanner 8800F for black and white negative film? is it to be recommended? i have 6 x 9 fuji camera and like to shoot in this format. some suggestions will be welcome.

dd
 
I just bought the Canoscan 8800F to use for 6x6 medium format film scanning. It works well, though I have only used it on colour negatives. It can be a hassle to use if the negatives are bent/curly, but if you take your time and use rubber/cotton gloves, the results will be impressive.

For 300dpi scans it takes 2 minutes with ICE on my imac G5.
 
Yes, the 8800F is GOOD enough. I have used 8600F and I am using 4990. I can't really tell the differece. I am sure 8800F is better than the 8600F.
 
I know some people with Epson 4490s they bought refurbished directly from Epson for about $100. The results I've seen from the 4490 were significantly better than the my old 8400f. Not sure how that compares to an 8800f.

Paul
 
i am thankful for your help. i have gone to use the 8800F in a shop and put some older 6x6 black and white film in it with very good results. i see that it can have dust but can be taken off with photoshop. i think the contrast of the 8800F is good and makes for deep saturation of the broad tones of old HP5. thank you for your help in this. i believe the 8800F will work very well for me and my old negatives.

dd
 
hello.

yesterday i bought a canoscan 8800F for use with 35 negatives. unfortunately, my initial results have been very disappointing. doesn't even come close to comparing with the scans i get back from the local minilab (they use something called a noritsu koki qss29-31).

i've read a number of positive reviews on this site for the canoscan so was wondering if i might be doing something wrong? do i need to adjust the software to maximize results? currently, my scans are very dark and lacking detail.

any tips appreciated. thx!
 
doitashimash1te said:
I use a 9000F and I have much better results when I scan B&W as color negatives and desaturate afterwards in PP.
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Try to scan the BW as slidefilm with further invertion. It's much more better.
I have some articles how to invert the image but they are in Russian only. But I think there are some in English on the web.
I'm using Nikon 8000, but I think it will work on Canon as well
 
hello again.

thank you for the suggestions.

i spent all last night trying to improve my scans but to no avail. i'm not prepared to lay blame on the scanner, as it may be my lack of software skills. or perhaps my local lab guy is simply exceptionally skilled at his job.

either way, i've decided to return the scanner and stick with my local lab for the time being.

cheers.
 
Yup, Noritsu scans rulz! compared to my new 8800F
I can live with the fact that they pull more detail, but if I'll be happy if I can just get the same colors....
 
Belvegas said:
hello again.

thank you for the suggestions.

i spent all last night trying to improve my scans but to no avail. i'm not prepared to lay blame on the scanner, as it may be my lack of software skills. or perhaps my local lab guy is simply exceptionally skilled at his job.

either way, i've decided to return the scanner and stick with my local lab for the time being.

cheers.
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What was exactly wrong with your scans? Grain?

If it's grain, I can tell you that whenever I scan a few slides or negatives for friends, they are less than happy with the results. ... They expect the scanned image to look like it came out of their digital camera. Mainly, noiseless/grainless. I've been scanning for a quite a few years with a Canon FS4000 and recently purchased a 8800F for medium format. ...It's a different look. Especially when you scan at 4000DPI and look at the scan on a large screen. The grain looks like asteriods!

I have found with MF, it's scans better than 35mm.

Maybe I am doing something wrong all these years, but straight out of the scanner, my scans look terrible.

John
 
I´m using it and I love it. It is fantastic for my 6X6 and the 35mm are ok as well, at least for web.

6X6

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35mm

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I bought one (8800F) a few months back and am quite pleased with it, scan negs from my fugi GW670111, price was also a factor. Nikons or Noritsus cost quite a bit more.
Belvagas;If your scans look dark, try using more backlighting.
 
I have previous model, 8600F. And for black & white and medium format it's good enough. Even for colour, I've noticed it scans medium format colour better than 135 films. Here's a sample of 120 film (done with my Lubitel)

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A lot depends on software you'll be using though..
 
I have both the 8800f and a Coolscan V. I think the 8800f is acceptable for 120 and poor for 35mm. In the end I decided that to really get the most from 120, I had to be using an Imacon or send out for a drum scan. I have found that I can get comparable results with 35mm and a Coolscan.


Canon 8800f.............
 

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