What scanner are you using with Win7?

[IggyAZ]

I'm looking for a good quality scanner to scan hundreds of old pictures.
I have seen many but wanted to see what you guys could suggest that works well with Win7 32 bit and using USB.

Thanks

 

[Hikertrash]

Some one earlier mentioned an Epson All In One that would take a batch scan and straighten and separate each photo into it's own file. Otherwise, photoshop will also do that.

 

[IggyAZ]

Some one earlier mentioned an Epson All In One that would take a batch scan and straighten and separate each photo into it's own file. Otherwise, photoshop will also do that.

I'm presently considering this scanner.
Epson Perfection V600 with Dry Ice software that does wonderful things to old pics
Does photos, slides as well as negitives

or a

CanonScan 8000F

 

[Hikertrash]

Some one earlier mentioned an Epson All In One that would take a batch scan and straighten and separate each photo into it's own file. Otherwise, photoshop will also do that.

I'm presently considering this scanner.
Epson Perfection V600 with Dry Ice software that does wonderful things to old pics
Does photos, slides as well as negitives

or a

CanonScan 8000F

Will the the Canon work with Windows 7?

Edit: I saw where Canon does a good job of updating their drivers. I have an older CanoScan 4200F I got to scan slides. Unfortunately, it only does 2 slides at a time.

 

[sygnus21]

I use a Nikon Coolscan LS4000ED as seen on my website - Scan/Print

Yes, it works under Windows 7 x64 using my instructions here - http://www.sevenforums.com/drivers/44994-getting-your-nikon-coolscan-work-w7-x64.html

 

[Phone Man]

I have the Epson Perfection V300 USB running on Windows 7 64bit.
It has LED back light so no wait time to warm up. Nice unit.

Jim

 

[fseal]

I have the epson perfection V500 and it's working pretty well on Win7-x64

Both the stand alone scan tool and twain worked though my last update to photoshop somehow killed it's twain ability

I've specifically been using to scan old slides. some as old as 1940. It dows quite a nice job.

The ice technology is somewhat slow though and on /some/ slides it messes up and you have to rescan without it. But most of the time it does an amazing job. and when I got to the newer slides I just wiped the dust off the tray on every scan and blew off the slides and had very little de dusting to do by hand in photoshop.

 

[ignatzatsonic]

Iggy:

I looked into scanners 5 or 6 years ago and came to the conclusion that Epsons were appropriate for my needs. Prices then were declining into the sub $100 range. I never bought one.

For the first time in several years, I just now looked at New Egg Epson scanners.

I see one Epson under $100, with the midpoint price around $300, some above $500.

What's going on that is causing scanner prices to rise noticeably in the last 2 or 3 years??? Do they also do your laundry? What am I missing? I was shocked at the prices. Some well beyond $1000.

That sounds like 1995, when all scanners were very costly.

 

[whs]

Some one earlier mentioned an Epson All In One that would take a batch scan and straighten and separate each photo into it's own file. Otherwise, photoshop will also do that.

I'm presently considering this scanner.
Epson Perfection V600 with Dry Ice software that does wonderful things to old pics
Does photos, slides as well as negitives

or a

CanonScan 8000F

Will the the Canon work with Windows 7?

I have 5 Canons - a couple are 4 years old. They all work with Win7.

 

[sygnus21]

What's going on that is causing scanner prices to rise noticeably in the last 2 or 3 years??? Do they also do your laundry? What am I missing?

Photographers with their thousands of negatives and slides needing to be converted to digital files

 

[ignatzatsonic]

What's going on that is causing scanner prices to rise noticeably in the last 2 or 3 years??? Do they also do your laundry? What am I missing?

Photographers with their thousands of negatives and slides needing to be converted to digital files

No doubt true, but it was true 5 or 10 years ago.

Or are you just making a supply/demand argument that prices are just what the traffic will bear--eg, way more people buying scanners?

Perhaps better stated: does the typical scanner of today have major improvements over scanners of 5 years ago? Or is it just that due to demand, the manufacturers can simply charge vastly more for a modestly improved product? Maybe I need to buy Epson stock?

I don't see this effect in processors, ordinary cameras, monitors, and other high tech areas off the top of my head.

 

[SeanHellen]

I have the HP photosmart C4780. Although I cant vouch for scanning (havent used it yet), the photocopy is brilliant

 

[sygnus21]

What's going on that is causing scanner prices to rise noticeably in the last 2 or 3 years??? Do they also do your laundry? What am I missing?

Photographers with their thousands of negatives and slides needing to be converted to digital files

No doubt true, but it was true 5 or 10 years ago.

Or are you just making a supply/demand argument that prices are just what the traffic will bear--eg, way more people buying scanners?

When you consider the relative young age of digital photography then you realize there are tons of people out there with large libraries of negatives/slides that want them archived in digital format.

This in turn creates a high demand for scanners, especially quality ones. So yeah, you can make a supply/demand argument, though the other part of that equation is the availability of quality scanners.

I'll say this - when I bought my Nikon Coolscan LS4000 film/slide scanner in 2003, I paid $1500 dollars for it. Now a used 5000 (it's replacement) goes for around 2500-3000! A bit ridiculous, but there's your supply in demand for a quality scanner.

On a "side" note..... I get lots of e-mails at home and posts here for this how to guide - http://www.sevenforums.com/drivers/44994-getting-your-nikon-coolscan-work-w7-x64.html from people happy to be able to use their Nikon scanners under Windows 7 64-bit because Nikon for some odd reason hasn’t bothered to provide a 64-bit driver themselves.

Anyways I'm happy the post provides some relief and they’re not stuck on an old system, or have to get rid of a very expensive piece of equipment.

My two cents.

 

[fseal]

THe rise in scanner prices may be due to a couple of things...

1) Fairly base level scanners are coming with built in transparency functions which USED to cost an arm and a leg anyway.

2) The demand for scanners is probably LOW. I'm betting that they are selling a lot fewer of them now and that is driving the price up. It's so easy now to just take a digital photo of something and upload that, the need to "scan" documents or pictures or other objects "real time" is probably going down. Also artists (that need their stuff on computer) are more and more now using the computer to do art rather than traditional meda then scan. The "family photo archiver" may be one of the last demographics for the traditional flatbed scanner left...