Canon Unleashes New Scanning Power!

[Hooch Tan]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.gizmag.com/canon-canoscan-9000f-film-scanner/15013/' target='_blank'>http://www.gizmag.com/canon-canosca...-scanner/15013/</a><br /><br /></div><p><em>"With the aid of Canon's new flatbed scanner, these treasured memories can now be transferred to high resolution digital storage. The CanoScan 9000F scans at 9600 x 9600 dots per inch in Film mode, benefits from instant power up thanks to white LED and can even automatically remove imperfections from scanned images to improve on the originals."</em></p><p><img src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/resizer/thumbs/size/600/dht/auto/1273201003.usr20447.jpg" style="border: 0px solid #d2d2bb;" /></p><p>Is there really a market for high-resolution scanners anymore?&nbsp; Of course!&nbsp; Maybe you favour the warmth of traditional cameras.&nbsp; Maybe you still have a few shoe boxes of photos you want to archive.&nbsp; Fortunately, new scanners are still being made at ever higher scanning resolutions.&nbsp; Soon, you will be able to scan your pictures, and just say "enhance" in Photoshop CS5 and it will reveal everything around the photo!&nbsp; While all of my photos have been from a digital source for years, I have to wonder, for those of you who are photogs, do you rescan all your pictures the moment a higher resolution scanner comes out on the market?</p>

[Jason Dunn]

For me, it's less about DPI (1200 dpi is high enough for almost anything for my needs), than it is about the size of the scanners. All the consumer-grade scanners are still limited to letter-sized scans. Give me a 12" x 12" scanner and I'd be happy! That's something I'd pay for.

[Lee Yuan Sheng]

There are large format scanners, Jason, but as you've no doubt noticed, they're just not available at the consumer level. You're talking about some very expensive stuff!

[Jason Dunn]

There are large format scanners, Jason, but as you've no doubt noticed, they're just not available at the consumer level. You're talking about some very expensive stuff!

Yeah, exactly - I know they're out there, but they're quite expensive. And the large format scanners are HUGE and for HUGE items...full-size blueprints, etc. All I want is a few inches...I think too that item/object scanning is another interesting place for consumer scanners to go. More DPI? Meh. That's not so exciting.