canoscan 9000f

[Moto-Uno]

I'm looking to buy a Canon Canoscan 9000f and was wondering if anyone is using this model with Win7? I've read conflicting remarks concerning it's setup with this operating system.A pain or a pleasure?
Thanks for any help,Peter

 

[jordanstarr]

I used the 8800f with it and it worked fine

 

[maxwell1295]

Same here....Canoscan 8800f + Win 7 with no problems at all.

 

[vinyljunky]

Currently using the 9000f with Win 7 and no problems at all. Setup took all of 5 minutes. My only suggestion is not to use the bundled software, it's terrible. Adobe Photoshop or Silverfast 8 give much better results.

 

[mfunnell]

I have an old Canoscan 9950f (still a good scanner). When I went to Win 7 I checked the Canon website and, yes, they'd provided drivers. If Canon does this for old, withdrawn, models I'm sure they'd do at least as well for more recent and current ones. Canon should be given full credit for this - and Nikon should take note (but won't).

...Mike

 

[menthel]

I used a 9000f with W7 before changing over to an iMac. It worked fine. I would recommend getting the equivalent Epson scanner though, from what I have seen they produce better results.

 

[Jockos]

W7 x64 here, works like it's supposed to!

There can however be problems if you also have a Nikon flatbed installed, conflicting drivers. Also MPNavigator has had some problems with Windows user profiles in the past, but it's rare and might be fixed since I worked there.

 

[je2a3]

8400F Win7 home edition, no problems.

 

[Arvay]

I think you have mixed up Canon with Nikon 9000 that has a problem with drivers using W7.

 

[Borge H]

I have a CanoScan 9000F. I use it with Vista. There is no problems with setting up the software or using it. You can find newer versions of the software at Canons home-pages. You will do it in less than 5 minutes.

But I´m not so satisfied with the sharpness of the scans with CanoScan. You will not get the details you are used to get with your Leica.

So I bought a OptikFilm 7400 from Plustek some weeks ago. The plastic negative rails are much better than Canons and the sharpness is almost like old prints. But I had some, three, strange thin color lines at some dpi-settings with the Plustek. I tried to contact the Plustek customer service, but they say send in an image less than 2 MB. This is difficult to do when the phenomena appears at sizes like 30 MB....

If you wíll not scan larger than 35 mm, I recommend the Plustek scanner. The price is lower and the result is better. They both use versions of Silverfast software, but you can also use VueScan. The bundled software I got with Plustek was version 6 of Silverfast, if you check on their homepage you can get version 8 for free. This version is much better. But the software installation was not easy, as with CanoScan. I guess the software engineer at Silverfast must hate his/her employer in order to complicate it like this...

But if you get the program version 8 of Silverfast installed, it operates fairly good with Plustek. I am not using any of the color corrections available, I tried some software dust removal, but it is very time consuming. I will do it in Lightroom or Photoshop.

 

[al1966]

I use a Canon 9000, have used it with both Win7 and Mac and I think it is a very nice scanner. I got a little annoyed with HP and Epson not providing drivers for relatively recent products and Canon seems to provide them for quite old products so perhaps they are the better long term proposition.

 

[tluebker]

Dear Borge,

This version is much better. But the software installation was not easy, as with CanoScan. I guess the software engineer at Silverfast must hate his/her employer in order to complicate it like this...
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can you please tell me what exactly was complicated for you during the Installation ? I would really like to know as we always try to improve SilverFast.

Best regards,

Thomas Lübker,
LaserSoft Imaging AG

 

[Moto-Uno]

Thank you everyone for your responses.And now the irony,there are none left for sale any where in the B.C,lower mainland!!! What are the chances of that?
Regards,Peter

 

[xvvvz]

Then, if you still want a flatbed, I would suggest an Epson V500 or V600. I like the software better than Canon's and I like that the film is suspended slightly higher so there is less chance of Newton Rings. You can often get great deals on these in the clearance center of the Epson Store online.

Doug

 

[Moto-Uno]

Thanks for the suggestion ,it appears the V600 should fill the bill.
Any one with thoughts?The 700 would be great,but it's more valuable than my pocket book allows.
Regards,Peter

 

[Borge H]

Dear Borge,




can you please tell me what exactly was complicated for you during the Installation ? I would really like to know as we always try to improve SilverFast.

Best regards,

Thomas Lübker,
LaserSoft Imaging AG

OK, here it comes.

With Plustek you get two CD diskettes with software. One from Plustek and one from Silverfast.

The Plustek software is no problems. It installs quickly. But the Silverfast....

1) You enter the supplied disc and install Silverfast 6.x.
2) During the installation you must enter a very long string of letters and numbers (codeword).
3) When installed, the program prompts you to register. The registration program is funny, if you go back you loose inputted data, if I remember correctly I once again had to enter the codeword.
4) Then you get suggestion to upgrade, free of charge, to the Silverfast 8.x.
5) If you accept, you get an e-mail to your registered e-mail address with a new string of code numbers and letters that have to be entered correctly (puh!).
6) Then the installation programs prompts you that the old code-word for Silverfast 6.x which was supplied with the scanner is not valid any longer (?).
7) When I now tried the Silverfast program during scanning it crashed. I rebooted the computer and it then works better.
8) I noticed the installation program have changed my software for my CanoScan 9000F. I have not tried to run it yet, but is surprised that they changed this also.
9) Scanning slides I notice small thin lines with three colors at some dpi-settings. Finally after contacting Plustek, they suggest me to "Please try to do "Software RESET" in SilverFast 8 and then do scan again. The "Software RESET" you can find:
-Start SilveFast 8
-click "Service Dialog"
-Click "Software reset"
10) I noticed myself that the lines disappeared at 2500 dpi, if they where visible at 2400 dpi. So I changed the settings and continued. I guess I have to manipulate the program like this to get good results. The scratch removal and dust correction software routines is very slow on my computer, I tried it once but will not use it again.


As a conclusion I would like to add that I have a research degree in electrical and computer engineering and are not unfamiliar with software installations. If I have problems, I guess many other users also will have. That was the back-ground to my remark earlier.


Suggestions: 1) Better written installation manuals with a short quick installation guide and a first scan example on paper and pdf-file with the software. 2) The codeword hysteria could be simplified - perhaps with registration and license on the net. 3) Why voiding the Silverfast 6.x license which I have paid for? 4) Why changing the CanoScan software also? 5) Better user manuals.

But remember, the result with the Plustek scanner is much better than CanoScan with my 35 mm negatives. I recommend it for buyers, but it could be more user friendly...