In the market for a new scanner...recommendations??

[David Campos]

My old scanner is not compatible with my new computer. Trying to do a little searching to try to figure out what type of scanner would best fit my needs. Most of my cards are raw but I do have some slabs as well. I'm looking to build up a photobucket/flickr/photo hosting site and want to scan my personal collection as well as scan cards I'd like to move.

I've read where most people recommend a CCD vs. CIS scanner. How can I tell whether a scanner is a CCD scanner vs. a CIS scanner?

My old scanner was a canoscan 1220U LiDE scanner.

Searching older posts, I've seen recommendations for these scanners.

HP
3110
4570C

Scans with your recommendation would be great.

Thanks in advance for your responses.

 

[hofmichael]

I just got a Epson V330 photo scanner.I am in love with it and I haven't started tweaking the settings yet.Here is a sample scan right out of the box.

 

[muskiesfan]

I love the HP Scanjet G3110.

 

[Bruin7]

I have a CanoScan 4400F. Best scanner I've ever used. Biggest difference I see are on graded cards. The whole card/slab is in focus.

Allen

 

[ChasHawk]

I love the HP Scanjet G3110.

this.

When you look scanners up online and look at the specs, it should say...scanning element : ccd

The problem with the Epsons is that they use individual LEDs as the light source, so with any kind of reflective surface, you get this...

Same card with a G3110

 

[jbhofmann]

this.

When you look scanners up online and look at the specs, it should say...scanning element : ccd

The problem with the Epsons is that they use individual LEDs as the light source, so with any kind of reflective surface, you get this...

Same card with a G3110

Not all Epsons are LED. Epson CCDs, if you can find one, have the best quality that I've seen.

 

[koal]

do all of these scanners mentioned have an auto-cropping feature? its a royal pain when scanning multiple cards to go into a separate screen and manually crop each card.

 

[ChasHawk]

Not all Epsons are LED. Epson CCDs, if you can find one, have the best quality that I've seen.

http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/jsp/ProductCategory.do?BV_UseBVCookie=yes&oid=-8172

 

[boomo]

I have a CanoScan 4400F. Best scanner I've ever used. Biggest difference I see are on graded cards. The whole card/slab is in focus.

Allen

much more this, even better with 8800 and 9000. thing i like the best is the scan software, once you master it you can do 350-400 scans an hour

 

[cmnkb8]

I have used 3 different scanners since late 2010, and they are in order: HP G3110, Epson V200, Canon Canoscan 4400F.

The G3110 is a fine scanner, and does a decent job scanning at 300dpi but the colors seemed a bit flat to me, especially when scanning refractors (no "pop" - as in you cannot tell they have a refractive surface from the scan). So I decided to buy a different scanner...

The Epson V200 is my favorite - picture quality wise, since it makes refractors "pop", and has better color saturation than both the G3110 and 4400F. However, it is the slowest of the three, and the bundled Epson scanning software makes me rage because it tends to crash way too often (TWAIN error, bad drivers I suppose). I tried using the default windows scanning software, but that causes it to run even slower than slow, so now I am currently trying...

The Canon Canoscan 4400F, by far the fastest of the three mentioned here, also has the best picture clarity (compared at 300dpi), though that can be a bad thing, as it even picks up lines/flaws on a soft sleeve that the other 2 don't. Colors are nice and deep, but refractors do not "pop", and there is an annoying white glare when scanning slabbed BGS cards (PSA cards, no problem) that does not go away whether I turn the card sideways or whatnot. Currently I am still using this scanner, but I am thinking about setting up my V200 again on the side just for refractors and BGS slabs.

And yes I know I can use software to "tweak" colors and saturation, but I'm too lazy and want my scans to look nice "as is".

For pricing, the G3110 cost me $52 brand new, the V200 $28 used, and the 4400F $25 used. All 3 were bought off ebay.

Edit: to clarify, when I say the V200 makes refractors "pop", I mean it makes it look almost like what you see with the naked eye (shiny, with refractive patches of color), but NOT like the jumbled mess of rainbow lines that is caused by LED scanning elements.

 

[jbhofmann]

http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/jsp/ProductCategory.do?BV_UseBVCookie=yes&oid=-8172

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Epson+ccd+scanner

 

[ChasHawk]

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Epson+ccd+scanner

And what do you know smartass?

Most of the search results that come up are for Epson scanners with CCD elements...yes, but that also have an LED light source, which is...survey says...what causes the lines on reflective cards...ding! ding! ding!

CCD is the scanning element
LED is the light source

Thus endeth today's lesson.

 

[ChasHawk]

Here you go. one of your links even contains this quote from Epson...

[h=3]LED Light Sources in CCD Scanners[/h]

CCD (Charge Coupled Device) scanners usually use a cold-cathode fluorescent lamp (CCFL), but Epson has developed a scanner that uses a white light-emitting diode (LED). The white LEDs provide the highest level of resolution (6400 dpi) while also improving usability for customers by shrinking warm-up times and realizing steep savings in energy consumption.

Glad to see you haven't changed in the time that I was gone...

 

[jbhofmann]

Here you go. one of your links even contains this quote from Epson...



Glad to see you haven't changed in the time that I was gone...

LOL don't get mad... LOL there are older Epson scanners that are CCD that don't use LED lightsource. I know this because, see I have one.

 

[200lbhockeyplayer]

I have an Epson Perfection V500 Photo and I'm more than happy with it.

 

[ChasHawk]

How long does it take you to get rid of the LED lines, Mike?

 

[200lbhockeyplayer]

How long does it take you to get rid of the LED lines, Mike?

None of those scans are edited in the slightest. No color correction, nothing.

 

[ThoseBackPages]

are any of the manufacturers making (somewhat) affordable scanners with really large scanner beds?

im in the market for a scanner that can scan CGC slabs

 

[ChasHawk]

None of those scans are edited in the slightest. No color correction, nothing.

Then why did I get this when using the 500?

Every card I've seen posted on fcb from an Epson scanner has these same lines. So what is your magic trick?

 

[ChasHawk]

are any of the manufacturers making (somewhat) affordable scanners with really large scanner beds?

im in the market for a scanner that can scan CGC slabs

They are out there, but are like $1k plus