?-( Canon D660U film scanning capabilities?

The scanner does an excellent job with prints. Canon updated the driver
files on its web site recently, and now only passable slide and negative
scans are quite good.

It is slow compared to an Astra 600S SCSI-based unit for high-res scans,
though.

On the other hand it is quite speedy when prints are scanned at 72-100 DPI,
as they would be for web pics.

Remember though that scanners in this price range can't equal dedicated
film-only scanners.

For a small image scanned from a negative, see the photo of the Canadian
Armed Forces Labrador rescue helicopter posted at:
http://members.execulink.com/~ kerisler/gallery.htm

This scan was made using the original drivers. Film and slide scans seem to
be better when the latest downloadable drivers are used.

I would be interested in whether readers of this newsgroup think the scan
quality is passable or not.

Keith E. Risler
KeithRis @alumni.uwo.ca

I am very impressed with the quality of the scans I get from 35mm slides and
film, I only wish it was a bit quicker.  I have just scanned a slide and the
total time for initialisation, preview and final scan was 2.5 minutes :-(

The only other (small) problem is remembering to remove the protective sheet
from the lid, otherwise it takes even longer!

For a review see:
[url=http://www.zdnet.com/products/stories/reviews/0,4161,2637534,00.html]http://www.zdnet.com/products/ stories/reviews/0,4161,2637534 ,00.html[/url]

regards,
Richard