Best office scanners & accessories according to redditors

We found 246 Reddit comments discussing the best office scanners & accessories. We ranked the 117 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.

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u/julieannie · 9 pointsr/blogsnark

Some ideas that have worked well for me/others:

Aging Parents - Kind of expensive (fluctuates a ton) but if you have a parent with a ton of photos who talks about scanning them all in someday, this scanner is fantastic. I have the older version and it's literally so easy to use that even my mom and dad could figure it out when I let them borrow it. Not a great bulk doc scanner but exactly what you need for photos. Pair with a case like this to store the originals in and you've done a great deed.

Newlyweds- If they don't have specific interests, a picnic blanket goes over well. I have the one linked and it's nice for the cheap price. Pair with some wine, maybe some other picnic accessories. I'm also giving a minted gift for a custom designed print for wedding photos to my brother/new sister-in-law.

Teens- Move beyond the selfie stick - some phone lenses go a long way, get a self timer for the phone, or a PowerCore. The powercore isn't sexy but super loved by all. I usually hit up BaubleBar or Sephora for deals too.

Handyman- I shoved this cheap light in my husband's stocking last year and he loves it. It's super handy.

Homebody- This is out of stock in the best size right now but it always comes back in. It is the softest blanket ever, doesn't shed, and we bought them for every room of the house.

Dog- What dog doesn't love bully sticks? A good deal, really good quality and my dogs have loved them.

On my wishlist- A milk frother, The Food Lab cookbook, a magnetic pincushion, maybe some Ugg slippers, a bunch of Etsy art and Essie gel couture nail polish. Debating a special purchase for myself with a bonus I received, I'm thinking a camera for a big trip coming up if I can find the right holiday deal.

u/sunriseinthemidwest · 8 pointsr/photography

I personally think the VSCO presets are great and I have a few reasons for this:


  • The cost of film keeps rising and it's not easy to justify $8USD every time you want to shoot a roll of Portra 400 or $11USD every time you want to shoot 36 frames of Fuji Pro 400H.

  • The stock of filming is depleting. As the demand for film decreases, the cost goes up. And long with that, the realization that this medium is not going to last forever. Can a person really justify the cost of a good film camera when we are worried about its future?

  • Along with the cost of film, you have the cost of AND RISK of developing film. Mom and pop shops that develop film are scarce and as a result, the only place we can develop are the drug stores that are few and far between. Even these businesses don't see it in their best interest to keep their machines for long. The risk comes when you have some new hire at the store who is clueless about using the machine and can screw up the development of your film.

  • The last part to sharing your film shots come when you have to scan them via a scanner. Film photos and prints are absolutely beautiful when done right but if you want to share them with friends, you need to have a scanner (good ones aren't that expensive) which uses a CCD sensor to scan the images. So when you digitize the images (unless you're using a high quality scanner), you run into the problem you had in the first place, which is wanting the feel of film. Because now you've used a DSLR or scanner sensor to digitize the film. Which does remove some of its aesthetic. So what's the solution? Buy a $500 scanner just for film? Who can justify the cost when, as I said above, the stock is dwindling and expensive.

    So let's concretize this:

    Decent quality camera at a trusted online source - $65

    Decent quality lens at a trusted online source - $47

    5-pack of Kodak Portra 400 at a popular online film photography website - $40 ($8 per roll)

    Average cost of developing at a drug store near me in Chicago - $5 per roll ($25 for the 5-pack (180 shots) you shot)

    Mid-level scanner for 35mm negatives - $150

    Total cost is $327 USD BEFORE tax.

    Now of course as you shoot more film, this cost will add up. $65 for every 180 frames. This is not cheap. Now imagine you go out and get yourself an entry level DSLR or M4/3 camera and lens w/ an SD card. You're talking $500-$600 and you don't have a medium that's fading away.

    What does VSCO have to do with this? It's simple. It is the first great piece of software that allows us to come close to the look of film. Maybe it's not perfect but rather than bash it as a tool for Lightroom, I would say we should advocate this type of idea and perfect it. Even have Kodak and Fujifilm create their own presets that they can sell for use.

    Some people have even created some examples comparing VSCO vs real film. So when done right, the results can be mind blowingly close (and overall worth it in my opinion) to film.

    That being said, I do still love to browse Flickr from time to time and just search specifically for film photos. And if I had the time and money, I might shoot film for fun. But I think in the long term VSCO and other apps like it, are how I will go.
u/JasonZX12R · 8 pointsr/photography

I did 1500 so far, I used IDImager to catalog. Would really recommend it. Really the only solution I could find for cataloging large amounts of photos.

http://www.amazon.com/Canon-CanoScan-9000F-Color-Scanner/dp/B003JQLHEA/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1303811339&sr=1-1

Used that scanner, but it was a few years ago I bought it. Might be better now. Scans negatives great, which is what I mostly have. There are some auto negative scanners, but I couldn't see them working too well since you have to select the photo area.

I scanned into png since it was the best solution for lossless I could find. TIFF's were too big.

I hosted on smugmug since they would do pngs. Though their customer service has gone downhill in the 3 yrs I have had them, might not renew next year.

u/JCdentonManderley · 7 pointsr/dubai

Sigh....what will you guys do without me? What you need is this: Fujitsu Scansnap ix500. https://www.amazon.com/Fujitsu-PA03656-B005-Image-Scanner-ScanSnap/dp/B00ATZ9QMO
After buying this product.....many women have asked to marry me and have babies. I promise if you're a girl...you'll do the same.

u/fearnotthewrath · 6 pointsr/Genealogy

First be polite and be prepared for more brickwalls, before you got into genealogy, how would you react if some stranger walked up to you and started asking you questions about their family/history/past... it can get creepy really fast.

I always start with in personal visits first. Be polite, and introduce yourself and how you are related. Be sure to list DIRECT relationships... they may not know who their GREAT Aunt is, so you may have to explain how you are related.

When asking for information, start with dead people... or people you don't have much information on. Once they warm up to you, you can start asking for information about the living. I have found that by providing them with something they may know about someone is a good way to break the ice. You have to build a relationship (if you don't already have one) with these people and sometimes that is a bit of a challenge.

If you have any documentation from people they would know, Pictures and records, bring those along. I don't know how many times I have brought pictures of family with me, and they are usually pictures that they have not seen. Once the pictures are out, most of the time it turns into a "you showed me yours, let me show you mine".

If you don't have a portable scanner, get one (This is the one I use). Get scans of whatever they will let you scan, even if they ahve old books, flip though them and if you find anything that is hand written scan that, you never know where a small piece of information will lead you. Don't ask for the original. Sometimes they will be interested in providing you the original, but 8 times out of 10, they won't.

Don't forget about them. After you get the information, ask for an email address, and send updates, don't just use them for information and never talk to them again, most of the time people will appreciate being included in your research.

I have a listserv I use to subscribe people that want to keep up with updates that we have made.

And that is about it, just remember it can get awkward quickly, so having some ammo of familiar information will warm them up nicely...

u/ThePunchList · 6 pointsr/learnart

This is the workhorse I've been using for a few years and it's been great. It's loud and kinda slow but cheap and reliable. I've had no issues with it on Win 7 or OSX using any adobe product. It's only big enough for a normal sized piece of paper so if you're trying to do large drawing you'll need an A3 scanner at minimum.

u/bent42 · 6 pointsr/politics

I'm curious for a source too, but it's not at all far fetched. Scanners are tiny nowadays and could easily be put into the feed chute of a shredder. The guts of this would do nicely. Data over power lines certainly isn't a new technology. Hell. You could use a wifi scanner and not even screw with that.

I could cobble this together in my garage over a weekend probably.

Edit to fix link.

u/[deleted] · 5 pointsr/gaming

I found a shortcut to this either on tv or reddit comment I don't really remember. This will ruin the book so sell the digital copy accordingly. You also need a scanner that works on a feed system aka ADF like a fax machine (rather than a slow flatbed ) but beware of low end ones which are more trouble than they are worth. This does 40PPM which means 1000 page book in under 30 minutes. Put the book on a table clamp and use an angle grinder to grind off the binding don't forget to get goggles to keep paper out of your eyes. Take the covers off and feed the pages. Looking at the price of the materials startup at 500 is costly which could be cut down by buying a cheaper scanner to 300 or finding someone who already owns one which would cut the cost down to <50$. Of course if you already have all the materials what the hell are you waiting for. If not you could or could not use the amazon links provided to do this.

u/Frenchy_Bread · 5 pointsr/slpGradSchool

Oh God, yes, one of those clipboards with internal storage is a must. I have a plastic one, made by Dexas (like $6 at Wal-Mart) and a heavy duty aluminum one.

The pens that have 4 colors in one can be a lifesaver.

Get tons of index cards for making flashcards.

Get a bunch of those little post it flags to mark important passages in texts.

No-bleed, possibly erasable highlighters.

I also got a mini portable scanner. It was a lifesaver in the library.

You mentioned a new backpack. Depending on how your days work out, you might want to consider something with wheels. I'd avoid the rolling crates like this. They always fell apart on me.

I wound up amassing SO MUCH loose paper, I needed tons of binder clips and paper clips to keep it organized.

A mini stapler can be a godsend when your prof hands out 10 page unstapled packets.

u/Anwhaz · 5 pointsr/shittykickstarters

Oh good, another single function low use device I have to charge. But on a serious note, how could this have run out of money? Not only does it already exist in a variety of different forms, the software has been made by dozens of companies (for many years) and is available on a device that serves more than one purpose. I'm curious as to what the hangup is, and I'm guessing it has to do with a large number of not-quite-necessary purchases.

u/funisher · 5 pointsr/ArtistLounge

I scan all of my RGD drawings and primarily work in graphite. I use a canoscan 8600f but I believe they have updated the model to the 9000. It works pretty well. Sometimes the dark pencils (the ole' 9b) can get reflective, particularly when you mix media and they are drawn on a dark surface. The only way to avoid that is to make a whole elaborate setup. Black felt behind the art. Studio lighting. Then you can spread you light sources so wide they won't reflect as much.

By that point, if you aren't working to large, it's easier to just scan and use a white balance card. Just include that little guy into the scan and use the black, white, and grey eyedropper tools in the "levels" settings in Photoshop. Any reflections, you can edit out to make it match the real values of the drawing.

_Dead's suggestion with the shade is the best method for shooting on a larger scale and don't have the resources for a fancy pants setup. Cell phones won't have the best camera for shooting the art but you gotta use what you gotta use.

Just remember, even with a white balance card, the most important thing is making sure the lighting is EVEN. Try your best to make sure there are no hot-spots of light because that is the most difficult to adjust later.

I can go into more detail on fancy pants rigs if needed.

u/4x4taco · 4 pointsr/raspberry_pi

Sure. Here's what I could pull from my orders and searching around. This is most of my gear. Not really "homelab" stuff. Have a crap ton of ethernet running around the house.

u/hilariuspdx · 4 pointsr/filmphotography

This works! Not sure how it compares to others in its price range, but I have an older version that does great. https://www.amazon.com/Canon-CanoScan-MKII-Negative-Scanner/dp/B00AGV7TQG/ref=dp_ob_title_ce

u/markwms · 4 pointsr/declutter

Go with Fujitsu.

If you want top of the line, get the FI-7260.

If the flatbed really isn't needed, step down to the Scansnap ix500

The Fujitsu's are hands down the fastest and most reliable scanners I've encountered if you plan to scan any sort of moderate volume.

EDIT: Spelling

u/ARimmapirate · 3 pointsr/raleigh

I can't speak for a service, but I scanned my old photos with a Doxie Go scanner. I felt more comfortable scanning them myself vs. a service.

u/finaleclipse · 3 pointsr/photography
u/doppelgangsta · 3 pointsr/malelivingspace

I bought a Fujitsu ScanSnap to help me go paperless. It's expensive ($400), but the thing is a beast. It's really fast and it can OCR your documents immediately while it scans the documents. So you can turn all your papers into searching electronic PDF's very easily. Buy a shredder, and all those papers sitting around will be gone.

u/henryandzoey · 3 pointsr/personalfinance

I think they are talking about this.

u/bboy1977 · 3 pointsr/Flipping

Neat Scanner devices did something similar last year. Look at the reviews from about mid 2016 - the ratings tank.
https://www.amazon.com/Neat-Company-NeatDesk-Desktop-2005410/product-reviews/B01A0FQ8Q4

However, people still buy them for whatever reason. I've sold three since then with no issues. At half price what I used to get, but sold nonetheless.

u/CwissyBwear · 3 pointsr/minimalism

I bought a flatbed scanner from Amazon a few months ago for ~$60 and used it to clear out an entire 4-drawer filing cabinet. I minimized everything to fit in the built-in file drawer of my desk and it was a WONDERFUL feeling when it was all finished! It was definitely a labor of love but I listened to a bunch of podcasts and broke the scanning sessions into segments so I didn't get too overwhelmed. This scanner only fits up to letter-sized documents so that was a bit of a challenge, but larger scanners are so much more expensive.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00LN0NUOO/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

u/Wishyouamerry · 2 pointsr/gifs
u/1000100001 · 2 pointsr/Dyslexia

You have text to speech on many e readers. However, if want to read a paper book, there are scanner pens

If you were a child I would recommend the c-scanner pen.

u/Linclin · 2 pointsr/gadgets

A computer with a printer. Some people buy a course book with friends and scan it with a hand scanner to save on money. Books can be about $400-600 per semester. Or they just download the book from about a billion sources. A hand scanner might be useful for scanning books that are on reserve for courses in your library.

hand scanner example
http://www.amazon.com/VuPoint-Solutions-Magic-Portable-Scanner/dp/B004EFXW6Q/ref=pd_sim_sbs_e_5?ie=UTF8&refRID=1A8KYCFVK0FD012GC2JQ

u/dougolupski · 2 pointsr/Polaroid

Epson V500 is a good cheap scanner to get started with. I started with that one before upgrading to the V800 for 4x5 wet scanning.

Did you get a lot of people asking for the actual image? I had that problem at events, its a tricking balance of being polite saying no but thanking them for either posing or yada yada yada.

u/Macaroni_and_Cheez · 2 pointsr/Genealogy

I have a similar handheld scanner, and while it does work pretty well, it requires a lot of practice to get a good scan. I've scanned things thinking I did a great job of keeping it straight and going the right speed, only to get back to my computer and find that someone's face is stretched out because I messed up ever-so-slightly.

Overall I like the scanner, but a photo of the item in question, taken with a good camera in decent lighting will be just as good. I'd recommend getting a good digital camera and portable tripod instead.

u/anderber · 2 pointsr/lomography

I got a Canon 9000F MKII and I love it. It's super fast and you can do 35mm, slide and medium format film.

http://www.amazon.com/Canon-CanoScan-9000F-MKII-Scanner/dp/B00AGV7TQG/

u/interceptr · 2 pointsr/linuxquestions

I have this Vupoint Magic Wand.
It uses MicroUSB and also has a MicroSD card. It's pretty good. $70.

u/aakaakaak · 2 pointsr/AdviceAnimals

If she doesn't give credit because there isn't any scanner warping I could always show her my magic wand. Absolutely SFW.

My favorite thing about the whole anti-plagiarism thing is a good portion of the teachers just steal their assignments off the internet nowadays. It's so easy just to google the question and get easy to copy (and adjust, so I don't get busted by the scanners) answers.

u/IndustriousMadman · 2 pointsr/EngineeringStudents

Ah, I see. Well good on you for thinking of your residents then.

Another post reminded me: my department had a pretty nice scanner, the ScanSnap S1500. Another department in the building had their students scan homework. They also had a scanner, but their students always came to our lab to scan homework because our scanner was far, far superior in usability and scan quality. I realize it's pretty expensive for what it sounds like your budget is, but definitely go for that over anything that isn't of academic value - buy whiteboards first, then the scanner, then a dvd of Real Genius (trust me on this one), and then whatever else you have in mind.

u/jeffk42 · 2 pointsr/analog

I mean, you have to scan it somehow if you want it on your computer. :-)

There's no magic method; pay a lab to scan them, scan them yourself on a scanner or use a digital camera with macro mode, or... well, that's about it really.

I suppose if you don't mind it looking terrible you could use one of the cheap things on Amazon, but you're already a third of the way to the price of a PrimeFilm XE, which is one of the better 35mm scanners out there right now.

u/Matlock_ · 2 pointsr/photography

I still shoot quite a bit of film and develop my own black and white.

I use Ilford developer and fixer.
Find development times for any brand of developer here.

Decent scanners are fairly inexpensive.
This one will do.
Having a lab develop film and scan images to a cd cost around $10 a roll, so the scanner will pay for itself soon.

I don't deal with a darkroom for prints anymore. I like film and still use it, but for me, photoshop is so much easier.

u/whatswrongwithgoats · 2 pointsr/networking

Depending on confidentiality concerns, you could outsource the scanning or grab something like this Fujitsu Scan feeder or similar.

Cloud storage is iffy when the service gets cancelled, there might not be the option to retrieve your files. A good mantra is "If your data is not in 3 separate places, it's nowhere."

  1. Local
  2. Cloud
  3. Offsite

    Perhaps something like Bittorrent Sync to simplify the local + offsite.
u/ABC_AlwaysBeCoding · 2 pointsr/RetroFuturism

I will hopefully be using this one for a long time. Bought one for my parents, too; they're happy with it.

When I first got it, it printed so quickly that I thought it was just doing a self-test LOL

All-in-ones were universally terrible. I gave mine away and "upgraded" to that printer above and a Fujitsu ScanSnap (well worth the cost). Fantastic combo.

u/DrLionelRaymond · 2 pointsr/medicalschool

Have you considered getting a document scanner? A good one can run you a few hundred dollars, but one of my good friends uses one for all of his notes. At the end of every day he takes his stack of notes, drops them into a Fujitsu SnapSanner, and with a few custom Apple Scripts everything gets sorted and uploaded to Dropbox and/or Evernote. Since all of the notes are OCR'ed, indexed, and optimized on the fly, the file sizes are manageable, the scans are very clear, and the notes are searchable. I've been eying this model and will likely pick one up for use this year.

I tried to go the MS Surface Pro route with both the SP1 and SP2 but always ended up giving up due to limitations of the Surface (poor battery life, screen size sucked, the height of the surface itself strained my hand/wrist/arm after a while, and I'm not a huge fan of Windows 8). Looks like the SP3 resolved almost all of the things I didn't like about using the SP1/SP2 (still runs Windows 8 but hey, nothing is perfect).

u/WallToPa · 2 pointsr/books

I've never used a scanner - does it needs to be a particularly expensive one to scan it in and be able to read the text? For example, would this cheap Canon one do the job?

http://www.amazon.com/Canon-Office-Products-LiDE120-Scanner/dp/B00LN0NUOO/ref=sr_1_2?s=office-electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1416776382&sr=1-2&keywords=CanoScan

Cheers!

Edit: Sorry, and assuming I do each page slowly over a few weeks (got a job so can't do it all in one), it's then an easy process to combine all the pages into one Word document or PDF?

u/MasterYogurt · 2 pointsr/DnDBehindTheScreen

An auto-feed scanner is stupidly efficient. Heck you could buy it from Amazon, finish your scanning and return it...

The one in my office can do 80 pages per minute.

Flatbeds might be 2 pages per minute. Hippo would be scanning for years.

u/Nerd_By_Design · 2 pointsr/DnDBehindTheScreen

Just an FYI I have this scanner and it works great. You have so much awesome history to preserve.

u/bigdaddybodiddly · 2 pointsr/photomarket

seems a little steep - it's $169 at Amazon and Adorama right now.

How would you feel about $100 shipped to California ?

u/mikenew02 · 2 pointsr/Genealogy

I use this one, it's great. It runs fully on USB so no external power is needed.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00LN0NUOO

u/GogglesPisano · 2 pointsr/Genealogy

I've made do with cell phone photos, which (as you noted) are not ideal, but very portable.

There are small portable "bar" scanners where you feed documents through them. For old, possibly delicate photos this is not great - the rollers can damage the original photo. You really want a flatbed scanner.

In the end, your best bet is probably just to get a compact flatbed scanner - there are a number of models (like this Canon scanner ) that are about the size of a laptop. You can carry it in a regular laptop bag.


u/coreyboulet · 2 pointsr/photography

Hello,

I want to scan my family pictures, I think I would like to do it myself rather than just sending the pictures somewhere.

The Epson FastFoto FF-680W is a bit pricey, but I've found that the Plustek Photo Scanner - ephoto Z300 can do 600dpi pics as well and is worth $200. Amazon

Do you have any recommendation? Should I buy the Plustek or is something more pricey really worth it ?

Thanks !

u/iserane · 2 pointsr/photography

>The issue is that we have no idea if a regular developer will be able to get them developed.

If you can see them, they're already developed.

As for digitizing them, you'll hae a couple options:

  • Any decent photo lab would be able to scan them in for you, but it can take a bit of time and money (it would be $0.65 to $1 a frame in my neck of the woods).

  • You can do it yourself with any decent camera and proper backlighting. I was able to get this from the sample image you posted. If you were to hold it flat, with even light all across from behind, and use a high resolution camera. Some simple tweaking in photoshop will get you pretty desirable results (if you can't work photoshop, and want to go this route, let me know and I can do the tweaking for you).

  • My preferred route is through the use of a film scanner. You can find dedicated ones for different sizes, but for archival purposes, I always recommend a flatbed with appropriate inserts. An Epson V600 or CanoScan 9000F II would be good models to look at. They'll come with template inserts for various types of film and have appropriate backlighting built in. The nice thing about these is they'll work with most types of negatives, in addition to regular photos and documents (it's always nice to have a scanner).
u/reddilada · 2 pointsr/AskReddit

It's pricey but I picked up a Fujitsu ScanSnap S1500. Best thing ever. Everything gets scanned and backed up to cloud storage. Original thrown away unless it is some sort of special document like a car title which goes in a filing cabinet.

My desk went from a sea of paper to empty. Highly recommend.

u/povies · 2 pointsr/Cameras

I was a bit quick to state that about the depth and lighting from looking at a couple comparison photos online. I was looking at scanners on amazon. How much do you think a decent one would cost? Here's one I found http://www.amazon.com/Jumbl-High-Resolution-Negative-Slide-Scanner/dp/B00ICOB78K/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1448986208&sr=8-2-spons&keywords=film+scanner&psc=1 . Do you think I would get a better shot with all this or a low tier (around $200) DSLR? Thanks so much for the feedback!

u/XcentricOrbit · 2 pointsr/photography

Some of the flatbed scanners with film holders work well, as dtanist suggested. If you're looking for a "dedicated" film scanner, you can occasionally find the Plustek OpticFilm 7400 or even 7600i SE for under $200 on sale. I picked up a 7400 in October of 2012 for $170; it had very solid reviews on B&H, and fair (i.e. - "It's good-- for the price") reviews from various tech / photo blogs.

My thoughts on the 7400: It lacks hardware dust & scratch removal, and it definitely isn't fast, but if your negatives are clean and you aren't in a rush, its image quality is good.

Actually, though, it looks like those two models were replaced earlier this year. There may be some still lingering around; the replacements are the OpticFilm 8100 and 8200i SE. I'd recommend the SE models over the 7400 / 8100, simply for the addition of infrared for dust & scratch removal (unless you take great care of your negatives and clean them before scanning; then it's not as much of an issue).

If you aren't in a rush, I'd recommend setting up price trackers at camelcamelcamel for Amazon, and camelegg for NewEgg (that's where I got my 7400), and perhaps a deal alert at SlickDeals (and that's where I FOUND the deal on the 7400).

EDIT: The Canoscan 9000F MkII that dtanist mentioned is ~$160 at Amazon right now.

u/sporobolus · 2 pointsr/BuyItForLife

my ScanSnap S1500M has held up well for over five years of moderate use, but i seriously doubt it is BIFL; the paper handling is very reliable and much more convenient than using a flatbed scanner; on Mac it used to come with a license for Acrobat Pro, which does a better job of OCR than the ScanSnap software; the newer model iX500 is the same basic design, which takes up a space the size of a sheet of paper on your desk; i have not used Fuji's smaller document scanners, but they get good reviews

u/landcross · 2 pointsr/DataHoarder

I use the Reflecta film scanner: https://reflecta.de/en/products/detail/~id.840/reflecta-Film-Scanner-Super-8-%E2%80%93-Normal-8.html

In the US it goes by the name 'Wolverine': https://www.amazon.com/Wolverine-Super8-Digitizer-Film2Digital-MovieMaker/dp/B01KA32HH0

I believe there are two versions available; one which has support for large reels and one which doesn't. In other words, there's a version which has the film-holders extended to the left and right to hold the larger reels. My version doesn't support the larger reels, but I just jerry-rigged my own reel holders. You can find plenty examples on the internet.

The quality is reasonable, especially for the price. It's not the best in the world, but it's not that bad either. I can't really give a good opinion on that though, as the films I'm scanning have degraded pretty bad so they already look really bad which isn't really the scanner's fault. But from what I've seen and read it's pretty decent :)

u/officespace2 · 2 pointsr/photography

Depends on how much time you have and how many photos/negatives you have. If its only a few, try your local photo print house (preferably a nice professional non-chain shop). If it is more than a few, try an online place like ScanCafe. If we are talking boxes and boxes and you have time on your hands and are tech savvy, consider a film scanner with infrared channel ($400), a flatbed scanner with touchup software ($150), and scanning software ($80). If you know nothing about photo restoration/touchup, you'd be best to just pay ScanCafe to do it.

u/alexander_the_grate · 2 pointsr/videos
u/Simi510 · 2 pointsr/Trucking

Use this scanner its worth the money

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00AYUI490/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

save the pdfs to a dropbox folder

u/cerrvine · 2 pointsr/Etsy

Oh wow, it would be much cheaper just to buy a small scanner. This scanner: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00LN0NUGC/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1 is quite cheap compared to more high end ones but I personally can't tell the difference between the scan and looking at my art in person. Neither could an art professor who specializes in prints. In some cases contrast/brightness may need to be adjusted, but the same is true of photos. Here's a scanned small acrylic painting I did about the size of yours: https://imgur.com/a/9nwALU3 Of course the image on the screen is much larger than the actual painting so shrinking something like that is better.

u/whydanwhy · 2 pointsr/Genealogy

I bought this handheld scanner and it works great. It's light, easy to pack, and scans very quickly. Like another poster said slight movements can be aggravating, but most of the time the scanner auto corrected the movement and the rescan I did was unnecessary.

No need for a computer as it uses a microSD card for storage, some would see this as a pro or a con since they can't view the image on a monitor. You can however inspect it on the small display of the scanner, it will at least help determine if it scanned at an angle or if anything was cut off. The quality is top notch and it saves in either PDF or JPG at Lo (300dpi), Medium (600dpi), or Hi (1050dpi). ($89.95)

Additionally, it works perfect when I need to scan large media, but don't want to use a camera capture. Take multiple swipes of the piece, a poster say, and then stitch the multiple files in Photoshop later. Viola, high resolution scan. The scans are limited to 8.5" wide, but can go on indefinitely as far as I can tell.

TaoTronics® 1050 DPI 1.44'TFT Color Display Colour & Mono Handheld Scanner for Document, Photo, Reciepts, Books + JPG/PDF Format Selection

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I've also used Genius Scan+ through all of college and genealogy work in a pinch. It does a great job of preserving a book page, screen cap, or board, but I wouldn't count on it to preserve photos unless I had nothing else. (Free/$6.99)

Genius Scan+ by Grizzy Labs

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And I use this scanner for when I have no carry restrictions. A computer is required and I need multiple power outlets, but it has the best scan quality by far. A huge plus is that it can neatly scan negative strips with an included accessory. ($174.84)

Canon CanoScan 9000F MKII Color Image Scanner

u/HybridCamRev · 1 pointr/Filmmakers

Congratulations! I bought my first Super 8 camera 45 years ago and shot with a Chinon Pacific 12SMR in film school - I wish I still had it.

> Where can I buy Super 8 film cartridges for cheap?

You can get [Black & White Tri-X cartridges for $21.95] (http://adorama.evyy.net/c/60286/51926/1036?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.adorama.com%2Fkktxr464.html) and [color Vision3 cartridges for $34.95] (http://adorama.evyy.net/c/60286/51926/1036?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.adorama.com%2Fsearchsite%2Fdefault.aspx%3Fsearchinfo%3Dkodak%2Bvision3%2Bsuper%2B8) [Referral Links].

Each cartridge will run for about 3 minutes and 40 seconds at 18 fps or 2 minutes and 30 seconds at 24 fps.

> will i have to take the film somewhere to be developed or is there a way of doing it on my own?

Yes, you will have to send your film off to be developed. There are very few local film processing labs left. You can [get your film processed for about $20] (http://www.pro8mm.com/Merchant5/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=01&Category_Code=proc).

At that point you can pay to have it digitized and sent back to you on an SD card - or you can buy a [$299 digitizer] (https://www.amazon.com/Wolverine-Super8-Digitizer-Film2Digital-MovieMaker/dp/B01KA32HH0//ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&linkCode=ll1&tag=battleforthew-20) and do it yourself.

Hope this is helpful and good luck with your new camera!

u/ironmanthing · 1 pointr/whatisthisthing

If it it 9mm or Super8 Hammacher Schlemmer has advertised these for a while. it looks like now they also offer conversion services...best of luck with your neat film :D

8mm/16mm to DVD Conversion Service - $74.95 - $999.95

Super8 to digital - $1,300.00

Super8/8mm to digital - $499.95

Non-H.S. version - $265.95 (looks to be the same unit found at H.S.)

Here is an article explaining the difference in Super8 and 8mm film, they also offer conversion services.

u/lamOtter · 1 pointr/VideoEditing

You can use a simple scanner like this or any other one you may have lying around.

I've never really used movie maker but it should be able to do the job perfectly. Just look up videos explaining pan/zoom.

u/lofro023 · 1 pointr/Evernote

No, it doesn't have a feeder, but the Evernote process isn't too bad. This is the particular Doxie that I bought. The process of importing to Evernote isn't too bad, although you can't go directly to it, per say. Basically, you scan as many documents as you want, then plug the Doxie into your laptop. From there, you open up Doxie's software to group the individual notes into multi-page documents, as well as adjust the page borders to crop out extra space that their automatic process missed, fix white balance, whatever. From there, you can select individual PDFs or all of them and it's just one click to add them to the default notebook in Evernote. It sounds like a long process, but it really isn't. I was able to power through an entire semester worth of papers, handouts, tests, essays, etc. and get them all imported into the proper notebook with names, dates, tags and everything in one evening.

Thanks for passing on that review, I'll be sure to check it out! If I decide to go for either bag, I'll write about my thoughts and post them here.

u/fernly · 1 pointr/AskPhotography

FYI if you have "hundreds" to do, you should think about spending a little more -- what's your time worth, anyway -- and get something like the CanoScan 9000 which does several at a time and would have muuuuuuch higher quality.

u/NovaSr · 1 pointr/Archaeology

There are a few new organizations building applications and infrastructure for digitizing archaeological data. As HappyArchFunTime said, check out the forthcoming Codifi app from the Center for Digital Archaeology (http://codifi.org/) and the FAIMS app/db system (https://www.fedarch.org/).

In the short term though, I'd suggest scanning the field notes so you at least have images of them, and linking the images to the database records. I use a ScanSnap S1500 scanner (http://www.amazon.com/Fujitsu-ScanSnap-Instant-Sheet-Fed-Scanner/dp/B001V9LQH0/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1409886865&sr=8-3&keywords=scansnap+s+1500) to quickly scan separated pages, but you can also cheaply build a book scanner with a cardboard box and a digital camera to scan bound notes (http://www.diybookscanner.org/). While you can use Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software to extract text from the notes, I've found it doesn't work very well with handwriting - transcription of fieldnotes is better left to humans at this point.

Going forward, you might suggest that the excavators start recording digital while still in the field to avoid the data entry time. The fastest way to "go digital" at this point is to import use Filemaker Pro ($300) and run a mobile version of the database on iPads. John Walldrodt has some great demonstrations from the multiuser database he built for recording in Pompeii (http://paperlessarchaeology.com/the-database/). FileMaker can handle most data, so you should be able to import your current database into it. This is a significant task though, so I'd recommend waiting until the field season is over and then testing the mobile database before next year.

If you just want to try digital recording immediately, and only need to support a few users, try the MementoDB app (android https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.luckydroid.droidbase&hl=en) or TapForms (iOS https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/tap-forms-organizer-secure/id291405311?mt=8) as they are very simple to get up and running, but more limited in what they can do vs FileMaker.

Once you have digital datasets, consider talking to the Digital Archaeological Record (http://core.tdar.org/) which is focused on archiving data for future access and OpenContext - which is built to publish data sets (http://opencontext.org/about/) to see about preserving and sharing data with other professional archaeologists.

[Edit - model # and link for scanner]

u/cerebusfangirl · 1 pointr/analog

I have an Epson V500 that I used to scan in film negatives, slides and printed pictures. I've had it for the past couple years and it has done a good job scanning in all the old family slides and some film negatives that I found.

Though since I've gotten the 500, the 550 and 600 have come out. I don't know what extra features (if any) the 550 has, but it is on Amazon for $169 for prime members.

u/blamy · 1 pointr/analog

I purchased mine on amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Canon-CanoScan-9000F-MKII-Scanner/dp/B00AGV7TQG/ref=dp_ob_title_ce

I think I paid $130 at a point when it was on sale

u/rascalmom · 1 pointr/konmari

That is a newer version of the one I have. Depends on how much you're scanning... If not a ton, this one is great too, and super small. Not as fast, and you can't "stack" asuch stuff, but insanely compact.

Fujitsu ScanSnap iX100 Wireless Mobile Scanner for Mac and PC https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00NWGGUAS/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_Tk0pDb7X039V3

u/Beer_Is_So_Awesome · 1 pointr/photography

I got very good results with that Minolta scanner from Vuescan, but after giving the scanner back I ended up buying a Canon flatbed. Its film scans are decent, if not razor sharp, and the price was right.

u/TarmacFFS · 1 pointr/Gunpla

That's a lot of manuals...

If I were buying an inexpensive flatbed, it would be this one:

Canon Office Products LiDE120 Color Image Scanner https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00LN0NUOO/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_XH.bzbJW6D47A

u/spiritoradio · 1 pointr/photography

What about something like this?

u/bigsexy2 · 1 pointr/CasualConversation

I'm getting my dad one of these, to backup all of his paper files because he runs his own business...

u/Morinaka · 1 pointr/analog

I assume you mean US$, what you get depends on what film types you intend to scan.

If you only ever plan to shoot and scan 35mm i would recommend going for a dedicated 35mm scanner like a Plustek 7200 (3250DPI) for $200, or if you wanted the absolute best scanner short of drum scanning then the $400 Pacific Image Prime Film XA (4300DPI) is reckoned to have the highest DPI scan.

If you just want a general purpose scanner for 35mm and 120 (and documents) then something like an Epson V550 (1600DPI) for $160 is fine.

DPI numbers pulled from this page on the wiki.

I use an Epson V500 with third party film holders for 120 and have no problems. Looks like they've added a half decent 120 holder with the V550 so you shouldn't have to spend more for third party ones.

u/ScotWithOne_t · 1 pointr/analog

Do you own a DSLR and a macro lens? If so, you can get results that rival professional drum scanner, and beat the typical (Epson V700) consumer level scanners. It's kind of a PITA to set up though, and you have to do a bunch of post processing if you do the multi-shot/stitch method for higher resolution. I just do them as a single frame since I'm not making prints or anything. Here's my setup in action.

I also did a bunch of experimenting with different backlights etc. trying to get my regular all-in-one printer scanner to get decent results, but nothing came out anywhere near as good as just taking a picture of a picture.

I am curious if anyone has tried one of those cheapie negative scanners you can get on amazon for under $100.

u/exploring_guy · 1 pointr/BettermentBookClub

As you note, I typically use Kindle and save my highlights. Back in the days when I would read physical books, I always wondered about something like this product, but I never tried it: https://www.amazon.com/Scanmarker-Air-Digital-Highlighter-Translator/dp/B01N07J2AE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1487543445&sr=8-1&keywords=digital+highlighter

u/Specken_zee_Doitch · 1 pointr/declutter

You can also scan and OCR these papers, making them easily searchable and infinitely more available. I got a ScanSnap and never looked back in my work.

u/HellAintHalfFull · 1 pointr/personalfinance

My in-laws gave me a Fujitsu ScanSnap 1100i for Christmas a couple of years ago. I was skeptical, but I really like it. Easy enough to use that I actually do use it, and included OCR. The software isn't perfect, but it's good enough. I recommend it. I don't think they make it any more, but they make something similar (and a lot of more expensive ones that deal better with high volume if you need that).

EDIT: I think this is the current version. Mine isn't wireless.

u/piccoach · 1 pointr/analog

I just found an led light pad used for tracing that works well as a portable light box; works pretty well for proof sheets: http://www.piccoach.com/tipsandtricks/make-proof-sheets-without-scanner/

I don't know anything about this scanner but it's cheap and has pretty good reviews: http://www.amazon.com/Jumbl-High-Resolution-22MP-Scanner-Digitizer/dp/B00ICOB78K/

u/enexorb · 1 pointr/ArtistLounge

https://www.amazon.ca/Epson-Canada-Perfection-Photo-Scanner/dp/B00E1O74SW/


"Effective pixels: 54,400 x 74,880 (6400 dpi), color bit depth: 48-bit internal/external"
Wow. That's a HUGE image resolution! The scanner looks nice, lots of stuff I don't understand.
Looks like the max paper size I can scan is 8.5 x 11 basically. How thick of paper/ Could I fit a small sketchbook in the scanner or do I have to remove pages from my book?

u/SpantaX · 1 pointr/HelpMeFind

Since you have many tapes, then this would be a cheaper option.

https://www.amazon.com/Wolverine-Super8-Digitizer-Film2Digital-MovieMaker/dp/B01KA32HH0

u/timsstuff · 1 pointr/pics

You really need to get a scanner that can handle slides, like the Canon 9000F. It's only $150 and you can digitize that entire collection.

u/weegee · 1 pointr/mac

This is a good one.

u/tbone42617 · 1 pointr/AskReddit

Not quite a pen, but you should be able to use a portable scanner like this.
It will save text as an image, and then there are any number of free downloadable OCR programs you can use to convert the image to text that you can put into a word document

u/KaFaraqGatri · 1 pointr/minimalism

Yeah, I have this one myself. I use it in conjunction with my laptop to save space. It's great.

u/gtrob · 1 pointr/photography

What's the problem with this? (not rhetorical question)

http://www.amazon.com/Canon-2168B002-Canon-CanoScan-8800F-Color-Film-Negative-Photo-Scanner/dp/B000V2QCQI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1290773971&sr=8-1

Cheap, does 12 at a time... time consuming, but you have control over the process.

u/kheszi · 1 pointr/printers

The Canon 9000F MKII is an excellent, highly-rated scanner and will handle your 35mm film easily. The 110 negatives might be more difficult as few scanners exist that will handle this old film format. The 9000F does not have a film holder designed to hold strips of 110 film for scanning, and the scanner will attempt to detect the presence of the film holder during scanning.

Some users have been able to work around this by placing strips of 110 film inside the larger 35mm holder, and turning OFF the thumbnail view mode in the scanning software and cropping the resulting preview manually prior to scanning. There is some additional information at the link below. Hope this helps.

https://www.amazon.com/Canon-CanoScan-MKII-Negative-Scanner/dp/B00AGV7TQG

http://community.usa.canon.com/t5/General-Printer-Discussion/Can-I-scan-110-film-negatives-on-the-canoscan-9000f/td-p/4421 (Scroll to the middle of the page and read the post by "smaricic".)

There is also a non-Canon 110 film holder for this scanner that can be used:

https://www.amazon.com/Film-Holder-CanoScan-Flatbed-Scanners/dp/B00MLN195O


u/Jcwolfe00 · 1 pointr/analog

http://www.amazon.com/Jumbl-High-Resolution-All-In-1-Scanner-Digitizer/dp/B00LU0XO3O/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1420322204&sr=8-1&keywords=negative+scanner

Its actually a digital camera with some special software and light bed to illuminate the negative all built together.

u/djdementia · 1 pointr/minimalism
u/mttl · 1 pointr/Flipping

I recently sold a NeatDesk ND-1000 with the box for $150. I'd ask around $100 with no box.

According to the Amazon reviews, it's an absolute pile of shit and it forces you to buy a monthly subscription, but there's still heavy demand for this thing. Just don't be surprised if you get returns from upset buyers that don't want to pay monthly.

u/tonterias · 1 pointr/uruguay

Ahí va!

Compré este hace años, pero para negativos, venía con varios accesorios de distintos tipos de originales. Un turismo creo escaneé como 20 años de fotos familiares.

Vale la pena.

u/backstab · 1 pointr/photography

My cousin raves about his Jumbl slide/film scanner. He's been digitalizing his father's photos for a while now.

u/bstrunk · 1 pointr/LawFirm

While I agree on the Scansnap for the office, it might also be handy to throw one of these: http://amzn.com/B002R0BFAA (VuPoint Solutions Magic Wand Portable Scanner) - in your briefcase. In our office, its very handy for scanning smaller blurbs (like property descriptions).

u/Shenaniganz08 · -1 pointsr/Android

Its not an obsession, its from doing thorough research. This past July I was in need of a new laptop for work, I tested out the 2015 13" rMBP for 14 days and ended up returning it and then getting an XPS 13 9350. Right now the XPS 13 is the laptop to beat. At $800-900 its an exception value. A comparable Macbook Pro would be $1300, well over $500 for similar specs.

I do the same thing with every electronic purchase. I just spent the last week researching duplex document scanners. I finally ended up with the Fujitsu X500i. Yes its more expensive than what I wanted to spend but its the best value when it comes to performance per dollar.

I'm not pro Apple, I'm not pro Android. I'm anti Fanboy and pro technology.