Canon CanoScan LiDE 700F – Don’t Buy It Until You’ve Read This Review

Monday, July 26th, 2010 at 2:58 pm

Canon CanoScan LiDE 700F Color Image Scanner (3297B002) Review

Okay, it’s time to review another photo scanner, and today it’s the Canon CanoScan LiDE 700F. If you want a good value scanner that will make great quality scans of your photos, then this is a great one to get. It is lightweight and easy to store, and works well with all versions of Windows from XP onwards. The only real down-side worth mentioning is that it doesn’t scan quite as quickly as advertized, even on the recommended resolution. However, for most people this will be a very minor thing.

The Good

Great scan quality
Lightweoght and easy to store
Works well with all version of Windows from XP onwards

The Bad

A bit slower than advertized

Features of the CanoScan LiDE 700F:

Stunning Resolution & Color Depth – 9600 x 9600 resolution with 48-bit color depth for scanning brilliance.
EZ Buttons – Copy, scan and create email attachments or PDF files simply with the push of a button.
Auto Scan Mode – everything is detected automatically and done for you.
35mm Film – special film scanning guide frame and Film Adapter Unit included.
One Plug Scanning – one single plug provides both USB connection and power.
3 Way Positioning – upright, portrait and landscape.
Currently On Sale – get it now on Amazon through this link

Customer Reviews of the CanoScan LiDE 700F:

Excellent scanner, lightweight, easy to store, and the price is right!

I like this scanner immensely because of the light weight, portability between machines I use, that it requires only one USB plug, and the great scanned images. I do agree with another reviewer that the cover does feel flimsy and could be broken by someone not careful but that does not concern me much even thought I carry this from room to room depending on what machine I need to use. Just use the same care as you would with your laptop and you will be fine.

I would not hesitate to recommend this scanner for high resolutions scans for people on a budget. This is a great scanner! I have no regrets having purchased this scanner…

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Great scanner, but It doesn't scan slides...just film

Canon has really improved their scanning technology and the CanoScan LiDE 700F does a super job with not a lot of preparation.

The user software interface is not as intuitive as I had hoped, but the scanner makes up for this small obstacle with the handy front buttons. The film scan works beautifully and it is too bad that Canon didn’t do something to incorporate 35mm slide scanning into this model to make it a perfect flatbed scanner.

Overall, I have to give Canon a thumbs up for an affordably well made scanner.