D.Duck wrote:
"Jim" wrote in message
...
Don White wrote:
My buddy from the BVI and I were talking about all the old 35mm slides
and negatives we have from the good 'ole days. We both decided we need
a scanner so we can share old pictures with family & friends.
He lives on a 32' sailboat on Tortola so a smaller dedicated unit might
suit him.
I have the room... and will have other uses, like copying documents (seem
to do this a lot for moms affairs) so I ordered a Canon CanoScan CS8800F
from FutureShop at a sale price of $199.99 CDN.
Anyone have any experience scanning their old film/slides over to
digital?
Here's the unit..
http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/pro...gon=&langid=EN
Note: the sale price expired yesterday.
Got a nice Brother MFC laser printer with fax for a little over $100. Got
a Brother MFC laser printer for the bus for under $50. Both do an
excellent job of scanning color photos. I have no idea whether or not they
can "sann" film, slides, or negatives.

Let us know how your unit does on these items. The N/A, next to
transparencies in the specs, tends to make me think that Cannon can't do
what you bought it for.

On the Canon web site their spec sheet shows backlight for slide scanning.

http://tinyurl.com/2b6um4


Maybe Donny could exchange the one he bought for one of those.

"Mr. Jim" wrote in message
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D.Duck wrote:
"Jim" wrote in message
...
Don White wrote:
My buddy from the BVI and I were talking about all the old 35mm slides
and negatives we have from the good 'ole days. We both decided we
need a scanner so we can share old pictures with family & friends.
He lives on a 32' sailboat on Tortola so a smaller dedicated unit might
suit him.
I have the room... and will have other uses, like copying documents
(seem to do this a lot for moms affairs) so I ordered a Canon CanoScan
CS8800F from FutureShop at a sale price of $199.99 CDN.
Anyone have any experience scanning their old film/slides over to
digital?
Here's the unit..
http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/pro...gon=&langid=EN
Note: the sale price expired yesterday.
Got a nice Brother MFC laser printer with fax for a little over $100.
Got a Brother MFC laser printer for the bus for under $50. Both do an
excellent job of scanning color photos. I have no idea whether or not
they can "sann" film, slides, or negatives.

Let us know how your unit does on these items. The N/A, next to
transparencies in the specs, tends to make me think that Cannon can't do
what you bought it for.

On the Canon web site their spec sheet shows backlight for slide
scanning.

http://tinyurl.com/2b6um4


Maybe Donny could exchange the one he bought for one of those.

Say what?
That is my model. (on it's way from Ontario)

"Mr. Jim" wrote in message
...
D.Duck wrote:
"Jim" wrote in message
...
Don White wrote:
My buddy from the BVI and I were talking about all the old 35mm slides
and negatives we have from the good 'ole days. We both decided we
need a scanner so we can share old pictures with family & friends.
He lives on a 32' sailboat on Tortola so a smaller dedicated unit might
suit him.
I have the room... and will have other uses, like copying documents
(seem to do this a lot for moms affairs) so I ordered a Canon CanoScan
CS8800F from FutureShop at a sale price of $199.99 CDN.
Anyone have any experience scanning their old film/slides over to
digital?
Here's the unit..
http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/pro...gon=&langid=EN
Note: the sale price expired yesterday.
Got a nice Brother MFC laser printer with fax for a little over $100.
Got a Brother MFC laser printer for the bus for under $50. Both do an
excellent job of scanning color photos. I have no idea whether or not
they can "sann" film, slides, or negatives.

Let us know how your unit does on these items. The N/A, next to
transparencies in the specs, tends to make me think that Cannon can't do
what you bought it for.

On the Canon web site their spec sheet shows backlight for slide
scanning.

http://tinyurl.com/2b6um4


Maybe Donny could exchange the one he bought for one of those.

Isn't that the one he referenced?

D.Duck wrote:
"Mr. Jim" wrote in message
...
D.Duck wrote:
"Jim" wrote in message
...
Don White wrote:
My buddy from the BVI and I were talking about all the old 35mm slides
and negatives we have from the good 'ole days. We both decided we
need a scanner so we can share old pictures with family & friends.
He lives on a 32' sailboat on Tortola so a smaller dedicated unit might
suit him.
I have the room... and will have other uses, like copying documents
(seem to do this a lot for moms affairs) so I ordered a Canon CanoScan
CS8800F from FutureShop at a sale price of $199.99 CDN.
Anyone have any experience scanning their old film/slides over to
digital?
Here's the unit..
http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/pro...gon=&langid=EN
Note: the sale price expired yesterday.
Got a nice Brother MFC laser printer with fax for a little over $100.
Got a Brother MFC laser printer for the bus for under $50. Both do an
excellent job of scanning color photos. I have no idea whether or not
they can "sann" film, slides, or negatives.

Let us know how your unit does on these items. The N/A, next to
transparencies in the specs, tends to make me think that Cannon can't do
what you bought it for.
On the Canon web site their spec sheet shows backlight for slide
scanning.

http://tinyurl.com/2b6um4


Maybe Donny could exchange the one he bought for one of those.

Isn't that the one he referenced?


Probably. I read the spec. sheet where it said "transparencies N/A" At
first,I didn't notice the fine print, where it contradicted the specs.

"Mr. Jim" wrote in message
...
D.Duck wrote:
"Mr. Jim" wrote in message
...
D.Duck wrote:
"Jim" wrote in message
...
Don White wrote:
My buddy from the BVI and I were talking about all the old 35mm
slides and negatives we have from the good 'ole days. We both
decided we need a scanner so we can share old pictures with family &
friends.
He lives on a 32' sailboat on Tortola so a smaller dedicated unit
might suit him.
I have the room... and will have other uses, like copying documents
(seem to do this a lot for moms affairs) so I ordered a Canon
CanoScan CS8800F from FutureShop at a sale price of $199.99 CDN.
Anyone have any experience scanning their old film/slides over to
digital?
Here's the unit..
http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/pro...gon=&langid=EN
Note: the sale price expired yesterday.
Got a nice Brother MFC laser printer with fax for a little over $100.
Got a Brother MFC laser printer for the bus for under $50. Both do an
excellent job of scanning color photos. I have no idea whether or not
they can "sann" film, slides, or negatives.

Let us know how your unit does on these items. The N/A, next to
transparencies in the specs, tends to make me think that Cannon can't
do what you bought it for.
On the Canon web site their spec sheet shows backlight for slide
scanning.

http://tinyurl.com/2b6um4


Maybe Donny could exchange the one he bought for one of those.

Isn't that the one he referenced?
Probably. I read the spec. sheet where it said "transparencies N/A" At
first,I didn't notice the fine print, where it contradicted the specs.

I wonder if they are talking about the transparancies you would use on a
projection type setup....... the 8' x 10" version.