Canon CanoScan 9950F Flatbed Scanner

by Canon

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 20 x 5 x 11.4 inches ; 12.4 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 19 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B0002U41AI
• Item model number: 9190A002
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (77 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
  • #25 in Electronics > Camera & Photo > Printers & Scanners > Flatbed Scanners
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 2, 2001

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

The powerful CanoScan 9950F color image scanner delivers the ultimate in scanning performance and quality. It handles a wide range of originals, from photos and documents to transparencies and negatives, up to large-format 4-by-5-inch film. You'll simply be amazed at the quality of your scans. The 9950F scanner achieves a spectacular 4,800 x 9,600 color dpi resolution (maximum), which is the highest in its class, and 48-bit color depth for over 281 trillion possible colors.

A USB 2.0 Hi-Speed connection ensures the highest possible transfer rates, which is especially important on large files, and previews are available in about 3.6 seconds. An additional FireWire interface can connect to your Mac (the FireWire interface is not compatible with Windows; cable not included). For added convenience, four easy buttons--Scan, Copy, E-Mail, and PDF--automate the scanning process, so your projects can go much faster. Just position your original, select the use for the image, and in seconds it's ready to go.

The Hyper CCD IV is Canon's first 4,800 dpi CCD sensor for flatbed scanners. In combination with a Super Toric (ST) Lens and the scanner's dual light system, the Hyper CCD IV is able to produce visibly clearer results with finer details. The ST lens also has a large aperture to pick up more light than conventional lenses, a factor which leads to faster and brighter scans.

Features:

• Maximum 4,800 x 9,600 dpi resolution
• Batch scan 30 35mm negative frames
• FARE (Film Automatic Retouching and Enhancement) Level 3 technology
• Supports professional films up to 4 by 5 inches for both transparencies and negatives
• 48-bit for over 281 trillion possible colors

Are some of your most precious images on old slides and negatives worn and collecting dust? Canon has a simple solution: FARETM 3.0 (Film Automatic Retouching and Enhancement). Its built-in retouching technology handles the most common problems found with old negatives and slides. It can remove much of the dust and scratches that may appear on your originals. It can even revive images that have faded over time. Plus, Backlight Correction Technology works to adjust image exposure, and Grain. Correction will smooth out grainy images. The included film adapters let you scan transparencies and negatives, from 35mm up to 4-by-5 inch formats. You can even batch-scan up to thirty 35mm negative frames or 12 mounted slides.

What's in the Box
9950f scanner, AC adapter, USB cable, film guides (35mm negatives, 35mm mounted slides, 120 roll film strip), setup CD-ROM, user's guide

Product Description

The CanoScan 9950F Color Image Scanner handles a wide range of originals, from photos and documents to transparencies and negatives up to large-format 4 x 5 inch. The 9950F scanner achieves a 4800 x 9600 dpi color resolution (max.) and 48-bit color depth for over 281 trillion possible colors. An available USB 2.0 Hi-Speed or FireWire connection ensures the highest possible transfer rates and previews are available in about 3.6 seconds. For added convenience, four easy buttons - Copy, Scan, PDF and E-mail - automate the scanning process, so your projects can go much faster. The Hyper CCD IV is Canon s first 4800 dpi CCD sensor for flatbed scanners. In combination with a Super Toric (ST) Lens and the scanner s dual light system, the Hyper CCD IV is able to produce visibly clearer results with finer details. The ST lens also has a large aperture to pick up more light than conventional lenses, a factor which leads to faster and brighter scans. Re-touch old film automatically with FARE (Film Automatic Retouching and Enhancement) Level 3. It can remove much of the dust and scratches that may appear on your originals. It can even revive images that have faded over time. Plus, Backlight Correction Technology works to adjust image exposure, and Grain Correction will help smooth out grainy images.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

186 of 187 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great scanner for slides, September 18, 2005

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Crashy88 "crashy88" (Level 2) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Canon CanoScan 9950F Flatbed Scanner (Office Product)

I bought this mostly to scan a large collection of color slides for use in Powerpoint presentations; it replaced a HP ScanJet 3500 (about which I had no complaints at all, but needed the slide scanning capabilities). I'm running it off an iMac G5 with Mac OS 10.4, scanning through Photoshop CS2, using the USB 2.0 connection (Firewire 400 also possible).

You get a lot in a compact package: scanner, with lid with built-in transparency light, power and USB cables (no Firewire cable, though), 4 transparency templates (35mm strip, 35mm slide, 120 format film guide and 4x5 transparency guide, all of sturdy plastic rather than the cardboard I've seen with other scanners), minimal printed documentation, software CD and Photoshop Elements CD. And it shipped very quickly direct from Amazon.com.

The CanoScan 9950F works like a dream--it was out of the box, software installed, scanning immediately. Scanning slides took a little longer for me to figure out, partly because the very brief documentation follows procedures for 35mm film strips rather than slides as its main example. But the results are great--very high resolution (1200 dpi, can go up to 4800), clear, crisp, bright scans (the only downside is that it shows how dusty some of my slides are, but the software even has some fixes for that). And the scans are pretty quick--average of about 30 seconds per slide at 1200 dpi. Scanning paper documents is a snap, and you can do all the usual things like scan to a printer like a copy machine or to a PDF file. The USB 2.0 connection gives fast transfer rates and, unlike some of my other USB devices, putting the computer to sleep is no problem for this scanner--OS 10.4 will recognize it right after awakening. Plus, it looks very cool; scanner design was the least of my concerns here, but it's hard not to admire the sleek black and dark gray case, and it seems pretty sturdy as well.

A few notes for the new buyer.... The Getting Started booklet is extremely minimal and skips some important things (the power button on the front of the scanner, for example!). It's mildly annoying that the instructions take you through procedures using the proprietary software ArcSoft PhotoStudio bundled with the scanner software, rather than Photoshop, which anyone who's serious about images will be using. (The scanner does ship with Photoshop Elements on a separate CD-Rom). It's even more annoying the way the software is installed as a group (it doesn't seem to be possible to skip installation of one piece and then go back and install it). None of the print documentation seems to explain the functions of the blue LED on the front of the scanner (OK, continuous means "on", slow flashing "standby" but what about the different speeds of flashing while scanning is going on?), nor are you told when it's okay to turn the machine off altogether (apparently any time when it's not actually scanning). Finally, there is some wiggle-room in the slide templates--I know this will be helpful to accommodate various kinds of slides, but it means that you'll want to make sure the slides are straight in the template before scanning: just slapping them on may result in having to rotate the images a bit later (I've used higher-end scanners with spring-loaded slide templates that do away with this problem).

There are certainly much higher-end scanners out there for slides (and other film media), but when you think of the price of the CanoScan 9950F, it's a great bargain. I'm really happy with this so far; once I've scanned all my slides I've got plenty of other jobs to keep it busy!

56 of 56 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great for Slides and Negative, November 5, 2005

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Arthur Balajthy "River Chaser" (Allentown, PA) - See all my reviews
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I've had the machine for about a month, and scanned in several hundred 120 negatives and about 1000 slides so far (5 or 6 thousand to go). It takes about 45 minutes to scan in a set of 12 slides, but they come out great. The 'faded' setting on the machine worked good for some slides from the 70s. Dust and scratch setting also makes a big difference. I don't use the 'Autotone' setting - I do that in Photoshop CS and I think it does a better job. Scanning the slides in 16 bit color, 4800 dpi, doing a batch color, size, bit depth and saving in Photoshop. Not using the included photosoftware - Photoshop CS out of the box (and other programs like Thumbs Plus) work fine. Scanning photos at 600 dpi goes much faster than slides or negatives - good thing since I have 22 albums. I've worked with several scanners for over 10 years and this one is well worth the money. Easy to use and looks good on the desktop.

52 of 53 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Scanner, January 29, 2006

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Daniel G. Lebryk (Chicago) - See all my reviews
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Really like this scanner. It's a bit on the pricey side for a scanner alone. However, add that it is an excellent film scanner and it's actually a good deal. Negatives are really easy with the software - load a full carrier with 20 to 36 negatives, preview in under a minute, and each shot is placed in it's own thumbnail. Click on which pictures you want scanned, and only those are scanned. Couldn't be easier.

There is a tough moment with this scanner and software - you absolutely have to calibrate the scanner before doing negatives. I had read a review that somebody returned this model twice because it left vertical streaks on the scans. I had the exact same problem - in addition to awful color and totally black frames - I reviewed the troubleshooting guide and it said to make sure the calibration window was free of dust, and force a calibration. Voila, streaks gone, images just about perfect.

It's a very fast scanner. Does absolutely beautiful, nearly perfect photocopies. Paper scans are outstanding. Previews come up very fast. And excellent film scanning. A great package.

It's a pretty big scanner, but it also has a ton of electonics inside. It has the feel of a very well built unit, with a good bit of heft. And it's a very good looking black, shiny.

One of the best features, the lid is spring loaded so that it stops where ever you leave it. Great feature to partially lift the lid, it stays there.

Highly recommend this scanner.