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Summary: Poor photo quality scans, not worth it for the money
Review: 2 problems kept this from getting 5 stars, sadly both could have been avoided. First, don't even try to use the drivers on the CD-Rom just go straight to their web site and download the newest drivers. This is not mentioned anywhere in any of the literature I received with the unit. Also, my first unit (which I returned) had the grey film on the underside of the glass aas well as little plastic filings that I could not see until the internal lamp came on. Aside from those 2 problems, which Canon's quality control team should have caught, it is everything I was looking for in a home scanner at a great price.
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Summary: Everything I wanted, but flawed
Review: 2 problems kept this from getting 5 stars, sadly both could have been avoided. First, don't even try to use the drivers on the CD-Rom just go straight to their web site and download the newest drivers. This is not mentioned anywhere in any of the literature I received with the unit. Also, my first unit (which I returned) had the grey film on the underside of the glass aas well as little plastic filings that I could not see until the internal lamp came on. Aside from those 2 problems, which Canon's quality control team should have caught, it is everything I was looking for in a home scanner at a great price.
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Summary: It looked good, But.
Review: After reading pretty good reviews I bought it, but unfortunately the lock switch seemed to be defective and the scanner bar wouldn't move. I checked with Canon tech support and found them to be more responsive than I expected, but their suggestions didn't make it work and I returned the unit. I now have an Epson that seems to be OK.
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Summary: Poor photo quality scans, not worth it for the money
Review: Bought this scanner because it was supposed to be a good photo scanner, but when i got it and set it up the quality was worse then the scanner i had gotten for about 60 bucks a year or two earlier. For just everyday scan use and not for nice photo quality scans it worked ok. Was very fast, just don't reccommend if you are looking for a high qualtiy scan. Returned and it took forever to get my money back.
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Summary: Two D660's later and still no good.
Review: Don't buy a D660u. A week ago I bought (from Amazon) a new Canon D660u. After I hooked it up I noticed that the underside of the glass had grime on it and needed to be cleaned. An email from Canon in response to my question asking how to clean the underside of the glass, I was told that it is not consumer serviceable and needs to be forwarded to a warranty station. An email to Amazon brought a VERY prompt reply and an offer to Air Express a replacement unit or issue a refund. The second one arrived in two days and is just as contaminated. Looks like a grimey gray wavey film on the bottom of the glass that simply needs a two second cleaning. What a shame that this simple that task is not something Canon thinks ever needs to be done. I'll be returning this one too (at Amazon's expense). I sure like dealing with Amazon, though. They're number one in my book. Canon on the other hand, sucks.
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Summary: A great scanner!
Review: First I would like to say that all of you who are buying this scanner as your first are spoiled rotten! My last scanner was purchased about four years ago and served me well. Still works but I decided to upgrade becuase it's quality isn't up to par with my needs anymore. THough it was long ago, I still vividly recall the three days it took to get it, the scsi card, and the drivers all working happily together.This scanner on the other hand had a step by step guide that had me up and running in only two minutes, no joke, didn't even have to reboot. The quality is great. The color balance is excellant, incredibly sharp, and no artifacts or saw edges of any kind. The saturation seemed a little low at defualt so I tinkered with the settings some to get it where wanted. Another big bonus is the film scanner. I've seen other scanners that seem to have rough "quick and dirty" adapters and so forth but this scanner is truly optimized for the purpose. It has a light built into the lid, instead of a mirror system, to ensure balanced light. The image from negative scans is a little soft, I assume that this is cuased by the slight bends in the film. Its not hardly noticable unless studied side by side with a print. The startling aspect is the color. It is extremly vivid. I was rather shocked when I looked at some picures of a past vacation. The perfect color brought back realism that was lacking from the print which was color balanced by a lab technician. I'm looking forward to using the film scanning function for professional purposes but I would also like to point out that is is a very handy feature even for just home use. I'm sure that some of you are like me, with boxes of negatives in the closet and prints scattered to the far ends of the earth. Instead of paying expessive lab fees for all 10,000 of them to processed, I can just browse through them, scanning the ones that look ineteresting and emailing some to buddies.
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Summary: What a gemstone for the price!
Review: Had it working in about 5 minutes out of the box with WIN-98 and on-board USB connection. No driver problems with WIN-98 unlike a previous reviewer had with WIN-ME. The color negative and slide (film) scan feature are what really sells this scanner for the price. The film scans are a bit slow at 1200 dpi but worth the wait. I was concerned about how well film scanner would work before I purchased it. Other "film" scanners cost hundreds of dollars. However, this product comes through with shining colors as a "film" scanner at this price. Yeah, freedom from slide trays. Normal picture and document scans are fast and push button simple! I sure hope CANNON keeps this concept of a low priced film/picture/document scanner alive.
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Summary: Piece of Cake
Review: I bought this scanner because of its low price and features. What I really wanted was a good basic level slide/negative scanning capability at the lowest cost, and this scanner fits the bill well. Nothing could be easier than setting up this scanner--took all of 10 minutes (from opening the box to plugging it all in to loading software to actually scanning an image). Operation is very simple--put photo on platen, push button, follow on-screen prompts. I've found the software packages very useful. Those looking for batch slide scanning will find no such capability here, and if you have a stack of negatives to go through, plan on taking some time. However, you can't beat the capability of this scanner for the money. Also, tracking my purchase through Amazon.com was excellent--all the info you could want about where in the pipeline your purchase is at any given moment. They said 5-7 days, it arrived in 3. Great Job.
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Summary: Veeery sloooow!!
Review: I just purchased a 660U scanner. After a 20 minute trial I decided to return it and get my money back. It takes 6 minutes (yes six minutes) to scan a single negative in high res mode. This is absolutely useless
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Summary: Veeery sloooow!!
Review: I just purchased a 660U scanner. After a 20 minute trial I decided to return it and get my money back. It takes 6 minutes (yes six minutes) to scan a single negative in high res mode. This is absolutely useless
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