Slides look like negatives when scanned I've scanned about 500 slides to date with this machine., Most of them come out very well but occasionally, the machine goes into this mode where the scans look like negatives and/or the slides are cropped (even when they're properly positioned in the holder). Anyone have any luck correcting either of these issues? I keep looking for answers on the web and finding nothing. Thank you! Slides look like negatives when scanned I've scanned about 500 slides to date with this machine., Most of them come out very well but occasionally, the machine goes into this mode where the... » Read More Slides look like negatives when scanned I've scanned about 500 slides to date with this machine., Most of them come out very well but occasionally, the machine goes into this mode where the scans look like negatives and/or the slides are cropped (even when they're properly positioned in the holder). Anyone have any luck correcting either of these issues? I keep looking for answers on the web and finding nothing. Thank you! « Show Less
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I would like to get a copy of your tutorial for the CanoDcan. Thank You, Carl Cramer@crusher653345@sbcglobal.net
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It takes me about a minute per slide. While I am scanning one batch, I tweak the previous batch in another program so the project keeps moving along. I've had the CanoScan for 2 months now, have scanned about 100 slides without any problems. I am very happy with it. I have a little tutorial on my site that shows some of my results: http://www.patriciaweppler.com/tutorial.htm
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Patricia--you are a life-saver! Thanks so much for taking the time to put together your tutorial. I've been paying between 75 cents and $1 each to scan my Dad's slides. With over 1,500 more to go this is definitely more cost effective. I had an HP scanner that supposedly did slides but the results were nothing like what you are able to get on your 4400.
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Patricia, thanks for the tutorial. I bookmarked it in case I need help when the scanner arrives. I have PSP also, so I expect things to go smoothly. I'm really looking forward to preserving and sharing my family's old photos, many 50 years and older!
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I have the 8600F and have scanned 14 rolls of 24 exposure film. All but one roll worked fine. One roll some pictures look over-exposed and about half of the jpg's look like negatives. I was able to use Adobe photo elements and do a negative on it and color balance to get it to look near normal. There are still a half dozen or more that the colors are all off if I try this. If anyone has figured out a cause and/or solution, please let me know as well! Thanks.
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Hi Patricia - I cannot seem to access your tutorial on the Canoscan 4400F. I bought mine for the same purpose (to scan all of my slides), so I would love to be able to read this. Can you email it to me at cthompson@columbia.com? Thank you!! - Cary
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I am having the same problem of some slides scanning as negatives and someitmes one slide outof four not getting scanned. I found nothing in the FAQ or on the Canon site for the 4400F about this negative slide image problem, so I sent them an email for help today and hope they have a fix. I'll post it if they do.
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This won't help you but you are not alone in experiencing these problems. Frequently my slide scans come out as negatives and several times Slides have been cropped although positioned correctly. In the latter case I've redone one slide over and over again in different positions in the holder, upside down as well, but still the Canoscan crops it. I hope someone out there can help both of us !
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Oh my goodness, THANK YOU so much Patricia for your website to your wonderful tutorial! I am going to def order this scanner now! Bless you girl
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Your tutorial is outstanding and it may be the deciding factor in my decision to buy.Thanks,Joe
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Sorry - 35 mm slides, negative, mounted 110MM slides, and 110 negatives only. You probably need to go to a flatbed scanner that's designed to handle the larger stuff. That's what I ended up doing.
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Hi Ryan. Sorry it took so long to get back to you on this but my printer/scanner has been out of service for the past week. I was going to upload scanned photos of the manual however Amazon will not let me upload photos after I've already posted a review. That being said I made a slideshow video and uploaded it. Since it's a video is may take a day or two to post. I'd send you the PDF but I have no other means of contacting you. Hopefully this helps.
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I also scanned my dl with no problems. It reported an "overlap" and gave me the options to rescan. It's not something I'd want to do too often as it may cause problems down the road with the rollers.
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Yes, but like I said previously it does a much better job with negatives than slides. Slides come out so so and need some adjusting with Photoshop.
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I have made a lot of scans yet so I have not had a problem. I f I were you, I would cotact them and ssk them their policy for returns they may repar or exchange it. Good luck!
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Good Morning Karen, I'm sure that you can. There is a place and little devise that you use to scan them and slides. I believe it will work just a GOOD as the photo scanner works. I love my scanner. I have scanned approx. 500 photos in 3 different sessions and I still need to do many many more. I have negatives that I will be scanning also. Good Luck and again I LOVE MY PERSONAL PHOTO AND NEGATIVE SCANNER. YOU WILL TOO... Sincerely, Mary J. Kinch mkinch@aol.com
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No it doesn't scan slides. It only scans photos but now the end result shows a faint line across every photo scanned. This was cited as a problem that other users have had as well.
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I had not worked with negative film until I read your question, so I got out a strip of 35mm color negatives and put it in the scanner. After selecting "negative film", I looked at the first negative on the strip, and discovered that the image looked exactly like previous slide images had looked! There is no additional external software with the scanner, but conversion from negative to positive is built into the internal conversion program. What you see in the scanner viewer looks like a small print. Transferred to the computer, you wouldn't know whether the image came from a slide or a negative. To me, this makes the conversion process even more simple. (Any manipulation you may want to do after getting the images onto your computer can of course be done with any of a number of different image processing programs.) Hope that helps!
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The scanning quality is excellent (max = 600dpi). I have not tried to scan in negatives, but the scanning that i did perform caught sufficient detail i would suspect it would be fine. As for slides, that is a different question, as they are in the cardboard; i don't know if that will mess with the focus (being off the glass). Scanning resolution: Max = 600dpi in Jpeg or Tiff. I will run a negative through the scanner hopefully tonight and will let you know for sure.
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I suppose that depends on how you are using the machine. I have been printing photos. Power point slides and such with whatever memory came with the printer and I gzve never had an issue. I have not had to scan very large files just the odd photo or 20 page contract but so far everything runs great
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I know it did not scan the old studio portraits I have of my ancesters, taken years ago. The cardboard material of those is not thin enough to pass through the scanner, maybe because it is curved. It may be the same for mounted slides, though I did not try any of my mounted slides. Sorry, that's all the help I can give.
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Just a second or two. You place 5 slides in at a time and scan one at a time. Loading takes more time than scanning but that doesn't take long. Just make sure you use a high capacity disk. They are cheap and saves time.
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I've only scanned slides but I would guess photos will do well also. File format is JPEG. The file size would be limited by the space available on the micro-SD card. I'll try some photos and respond again. I am very happy with the scanner for slides, however.
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I have only fooled with this a little, but yes, you insert the slides one at a time and the slide is scanned to a memory card (you supply). I think there is a way to scan to a file on your computer but I haven't been home to try all the features. The operation is very simple, there is a way to specify bw negatives, color negative, or slides. I am a little concerned about the quality of the images, but I need to get an image from a slide I've had professionally scanned, and then compare the two scans.
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Sorry, Patricia, no it doesn't scan slides. I have also wished the same thing, although I only have a small amount of slides - it would still be nice
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Most of what I have (90-95%) are Black & White negatives, and I see from a review at http://www.imaging-resource.com/SCAN/CS9000/9000F.HTMthat FARE is disabled for B&W; film (it thinks the whole emulsion is dust).Have you scanned many B&W; negatives?Also, have you scanned any contact prints/proof sheets (I imagine it does those just fine, but I just remembered those?If this does good with B&W; negatives - then that's' what I'm looking for - as I need a general purpose scanner too.