In summary
The CanoScan 9950F is ideal for photographers who want a flatbed scanner with high-resolution film scanning capabilities. It’s capable of scanning up to 30 frames of 35mm filmstrip, twelve mounted slides, and medium format and sheet film up to 5 x 4- inch size. The 9950F includes Canon’s Film Automatic Retouching and Enhancement (FARE) Level 3 technology, which removes dust and scratches and corrects fading, graininess and backlighting. . . [more]
Full review
The CanoScan 9950F is ideal for photographers who want a flatbed scanner with high-resolution film scanning capabilities. It’s capable of scanning up to 30 frames of 35mm filmstrip, twelve mounted slides, and medium format and sheet film up to 5 x 4- inch size. The 9950F includes Canon’s Film Automatic Retouching and Enhancement (FARE) Level 3 technology, which removes dust and scratches and corrects fading, graininess and backlighting. ‘One-touch’ buttons access the Copy, Scan, Scan to PDF and E-mail functions and the 9950F has a convenient Fast Multi-Photo mode that automatically detects each frame then scans all images at once and saves each separately.
Our tests produced the following scan times:
- One A4 colour print at 300 dpi – 32 sec.
- One 10 x 15cm print to A4 size at 300 dpi – 49 sec.
- Preview a strip of four 35mm colour negatives – 35 sec.
- Scan four 35mm colour negatives for 10 x 15cm output at 300dpi – 25 min. 43 sec.
- One 35mm reversal frame for 10 x 15cm output at 300 dpi – 1 min. 30 sec.
- One 35mm reversal frame for A4 output at 300dpi – 2 min 54 sec.
Strengths
- Accurate colours and tonality
- Useful bundled software
Weaknesses
- Limited scanning options
- Limited crop control with high-resolution scans
Specifications
Scanning head: 6-line Hyper CCD IV sensor plus cold cathode fluorescent lamp
Optical resolution: 4800 x 9600 dpi
Output resolution: 25 – 19200 dpi (through software interpolation)
Bit depth: Colour 48-bit input / 48-bit output or 24-bit output; Greyscale 16-bit input / 16-bit output (film only) or 8-bit output
Interface: USB 2.0 Hi-Speed / FireWire (IEEE1394a)
Dimensions (wxdxh): 290 x 509 x 128mm
Weight: Approx. 5.6 kg
RRP: $799
Distributor: Canon Australia; 1800 021 167; www.canon.com.au
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