Scanners: Reviews

Imaging-Resource.com: Mike Pasini gives a very detailed review of the Canon CanoScan 9000F scanner including comparisons to its closest competitors, the Canon CanoScan 8800F and the Epson V600.

PCMag.com: Reviewer M. David Stone gives the Canon CanoScan 9000F a "qualified recommendation" because of some problems that he ran into when scanning 35 mm negatives.

ScanDig: The editors at ScanDig give a very thorough account of hands-on testing of the CanoScan 9000F, including details about how to best use various features.

About.com: About.com guide Peter Piazza gives a short summary of his hands-on testing of the Canon CanoScan 9000F. He says scan quality is excellent with some scans looking better than the original, thanks to the white LED light that brings out true colors from a print.

Computer Active: ComputerActive.com awards the Canon CanoScan 9000F a "Buy It" designation.

Amazon.com: Several dozen contributors post opinions on Amazon.com about the Canon CanoScan 9000F, giving it an overall rating of 4 out of 5.

PCMag.com: PCMag.com awards the Canon CanoScan LiDE 110 its Editors' Choice and Greentech Approval seal.

Amazon.com: More than 50 customers weigh in on the Canon CanoScan LiDE 110 at Amazon.com, giving the scanner an overall rating of 4.5 out of 5.

Macworld: James Galbraith's write-up of the Epson Perfection V700 scanner for Macworld is not particularly long, but it is thorough.

PCMag.com: This review is a bit less thorough and not as well documented as most of M. David Stone's PCMag.com articles.

PC World: The Epson V700 is said to be a good choice if you need the best film scans in this short write-up for PC World.

CNET: Lori Grunin is the only reviewer to reconcile the discrepancies in speed performance, as reported by other critics, by exploring speed of the Epson V700 at varying tasks.

ScanDig: ScanDig .com is a German site primarily geared to reviewing film scanners.

Amazon.com: More than 80 Epson Perfection V700 owners have contributed reviews to Amazon.com.

Imaging-Resource.com: Editor Mike Pasini gives a thorough account of weeks of hands-on testing of the Plustek OpticFilm 7600i.

ScanDig: This extensive review, translated from its original German, goes into much detail about using the scanner and compares test results with the Plustek OpticFilm 7500i and other competing models.

Shutterbug.com: David B. Brooks gives an informative write-up of the Plustek OpticFilm 7600i's features and functionality, concluding: "Simple and straightforward, the compact Plustek OpticFilm 7600i scanner offers the best consumer 35 mm dedicated scanning at the smallest cost for photographers today."

Computer Active: ComputerActive gives the Plustek OpticFilm 7600i its Buy It designation.

BHPhotoVideo.com: More than 30 customers post opinions on the Plustek OpticFilm 7600i Scanner, rating it an overall 4.5 out of 5 stars.

PCMag.com: M. David Stone at PCMag.com calls the Fujitsu ScanSnap S1500 "the best desktop document scanner in its price class," praising its speed and good looks.

IT Reviews.com: U.K.-based IT Reviews presents a favorable review of the Fujitsu ScanSnap S1500, although there is no rating given to put it in context with other competing models.

Macworld: James Galbraith's Macworld review gives the ScanSnap S1500M3.5 out of 5.

Amazon.com: Over 280 ScanSnap S1500 owners weigh in on the scanner, with more than two-thirds giving it a top five-star ranking.

NewEgg.com: The over 100 owner comments for the Fujitsu ScanSnap S1500 at Newegg.com largely mirror those at Amazon.com.